Teresa Bagioli Sickles
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Teresa Bagioli Sickles was the wife of Democratic New York State Assemblyman, U.S. Representative, and later U.S. Army Major General Daniel E. Sickles. She gained notoriety in 1859, when her husband m
Harper's Magazine engraving from a photo by Mathew Brady
A typical ball or fete of the period – Napier Ball
Philip Barton Key
Frank Leslie's Illustrated engraving of 15th Street assignation house
Antonio Bagioli
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Giuseppe Antonio Bagioli of Bologna, Italy and New York City, New York was a successful composer, music teacher and author. He was musical director by 1832 of the Italian opera company of Giacomo Mont
Teresa Bagioli Sickles
…31, with one daughter. Born in New York City in 1836, Teresa Da Ponte Bagioli was the daughter of the wealthy and well-known Italian singing teacher Antonio Bagioli (1795–1871) and his wife, Maria (or Eliza) Cooke (1819–1894). Maria was the adopted and alleged "natural" child of Lorenzo Da Ponte. During her youth…
American Standard, a work composed by Bagioli, (George Morris, librettist) published in 1864