The Pas De Deux!
Wood-Engraving
1878 (made)
1878 (made)
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wood-engraving
Object details
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| Title | The Pas De Deux! (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wood engraving |
| Brief description | Print, 'The "Pas De Deux!". Political cartoon in `Punch', 1878, by Sir John Tenniel |
| Physical description | wood-engraving |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed with the monogram JT. |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Object history | According to Rodney Searight: - `M. H. Spielmann; Bt Christie's, Feb. 1970, £26:5/-[shillings]'. |
| Historical context | Reproduced in `Punch' 3 August 1878, p.43. Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was Prime Minister at the time of this cartoon's publication, and Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, was his Foreign Secretary. Presumably they had just returned from the Congress of Berlin, where they had together represented Britain and had been successful in forcing Russia to accept certain conditions and restrictions and in securing various gains for Britain. For further information on the events satirised by Tenniel, see Searight Archive. |
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| Accession number | SD.1023:1 |
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| Record created | May 24, 2008 |
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