Author: Jacques Joseph Tissot (Coïdé)
Title: The Novelist of Society (Portrait of George John Whyte-Melville) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1871. Original color lithograph, 14 x 9 inches. Very Good. Light toning in bottom margin. One page biography of subject laid in. Scarce. Published on September 23, 1871, depicting George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878), a Scottish novelist much concerned with field sports, and also a poet. He took a break in the mid-1850s to serve as an officer of Turkish irregular cavalry in the Crimean War. Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social, political, and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures, drawn by renowned artists, captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor, satire, and artistry. .
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Title: The Novelist of Society (Portrait of George John Whyte-Melville) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1871. Original color lithograph, 14 x 9 inches. Very Good. Light toning in bottom margin. One page biography of subject laid in. Scarce. Published on September 23, 1871, depicting George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878), a Scottish novelist much concerned with field sports, and also a poet. He took a break in the mid-1850s to serve as an officer of Turkish irregular cavalry in the Crimean War. Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social, political, and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures, drawn by renowned artists, captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor, satire, and artistry. .
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Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 70-4323
- Book number: 70-4323
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