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John Tenniel
1820-1914
Brutus and Caesar [detail]
[London? : s.n., ca. 1863?]
wood engraving
image: 103 x 83 mm; sheet: 114 x 115 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1020
Notes
Title from published cartoon.
Wood engraved proof from an unfinished block showing the upper left hand corner of a political cartoon by Tenniel featuring Lincoln as Brutus, published in Punch, Aug. 15, 1863.
Wood engraved proof from an unfinished block showing the upper left hand corner of a political cartoon by Tenniel featuring Lincoln as Brutus, published in Punch, Aug. 15, 1863.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "Tenniel" in pencil at right.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Detail from a political cartoon showing two caricatured Black men, one attired in a toga and representing the ghost of Caesar, the other dressed as a minstrel.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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