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Richard Doyle
1824-1883
Amusements / RD [monogram].
[London : s.n., 18--]
wood engraving
image: 114 x 77 mm; sheet: 151 x 113 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1323
Notes
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper after an illustration by Doyle, probably created for publication in an unidentified issue of Punch or Punch's pocket book.
Affixed to paper backing.
Affixed to paper backing.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration shows an audience at the theater, with rows of ladies and gentlemen training their glasses on a row of turbaned men seated in the balcony; a program in front of one of the men reads "Otello," and the word "Amusements is engraved within the illustration, with the figure of a ballerina at left.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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