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John Tenniel
1820-1914
Unavoidably postponed / JT [monogram].
[London : s.n., ca. 1863?]
wood engraving
image: approx. 164 x 207 mm; sheet: 217 x 286 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1018
Notes
Caption continues: Eugénie (reading the English note). "The Bulls don't come, dear!" Louis. "H'm! - Then of course we must give up the party."
Proof of a wood engraved cartoon by Tenniel for Punch, Dec. 12, 1863, p. 239.
Proof of a wood engraved cartoon by Tenniel for Punch, Dec. 12, 1863, p. 239.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows Napoleon III and the empress seated on either side of a small table covered with letters; Napoleon III sits with both hands in his pockets while the empress, shown in profile, peruses a letter.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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