Accession number
PML 141418
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
London : J. Mitchell ; Paris : Rittner & Goupil, March 1st 1836.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray; 1987.
Notes
Cover title.
Caricatures by Thackeray published under the pseudonym Théophile Wagstaff; inspired by Didelot's ballet Flore et Zéphire and emphasizing the perceived physical homeliness of the two principal dancers, Marie Taglioni and Jules Perrot; with the illustrated cover reading "Dedié à" followed by a full-length caricature of Taglioni by Thackeray.
Plates signed with Thackeray's monogram.
Lithographed by Edward Morton; printed by London lithographic printers Graf & Soret.
The 8 plates printed on chine collé and partly tinted by hand.
Caricatures by Thackeray published under the pseudonym Théophile Wagstaff; inspired by Didelot's ballet Flore et Zéphire and emphasizing the perceived physical homeliness of the two principal dancers, Marie Taglioni and Jules Perrot; with the illustrated cover reading "Dedié à" followed by a full-length caricature of Taglioni by Thackeray.
Plates signed with Thackeray's monogram.
Lithographed by Edward Morton; printed by London lithographic printers Graf & Soret.
The 8 plates printed on chine collé and partly tinted by hand.
Description
[8] leaves of plates : all hand col. ill. (lithograph) ; 35 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original illustrated and hand-tinted lithographic wrappers in brown cloth clamshell case.
Classification
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