John Tenniel
1820-1914
Monsieur Hamlet (Adapted to the French)
1872
Graphite on paper.
image: 6 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (159 x 207 mm); on sheet: 8 1/16 x 10 9/16 inches (206 x 268 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2102
Notes:
Title from published caption.
Cartoon caption continues: "Look here, upon that picture, and on this!"
Drawing by John Tenniel for a cartoon for Punch, 1872, v. 63, p. 237.
Inscription:
Signed with the artist's monogram at lower left.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a paunchy bespectacled man dressed as Hamlet, standing before Queen Gertrude and gesturing towards two full length pictures on the wall before them, one depicting a stately and dignified classical female figure identified as "Republique Conservative", the other a crazed and disheveled woman identified as "Republique Rouge".
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography:
The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 117 (reproduced).
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