Amusements / RD [monogram].

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Richard Doyle
1824-1883
Amusements / RD [monogram].
[London : sn, 18--]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1323
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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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.

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.

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