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Libertine

The Libertine Jun 15, 1842, sixpence. p. 14 lith of grand trial dance betw Nance Holmes and Suse Bryant, on Long Wharf Boston, (prostitutes?), one big and clownish, the other more discreet, a black musician, and caricatured crowd ranging from clowns to genteels, comic caricature.  Calls Elssler the French wanton