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Miscellaneous: Vanity Fair caricatures, Swinburne, 1874

 File — Container: Manuscripts Oversize Box 8, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Vanity Fair magazine, dated 21 November 1874, color caricature of Swinburne, titled “Before sunrise.” Lower left corner shows: “Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith. London. Signed “Ape” (Italian for “bee” the pseudonym for Italian caricaturist Carlo Pellegrini); folder also contains the caricature’s biographical accompaniment (that would have faced the image in publication), a copy of “Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne” entry in Men of the Day No. 91, 1874, pasted to cardboard.

Second copy is without the biography and cardboard. Image is the same.

Dates

  • Creation: 1854-1932

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 2.25 Linear Feet

Language

English