Artwork
Print Collection
Print Collection is a poster by the Impressionist artist W. J. Worboyes. It dates from 1864 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
A print from 1864 by W. J. Worboyes served as an advertising card for the pantomime Cinderella, or Harlequin and the Magic Pumpkin and the Great Fairy of the Little Glass Slipper at Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, featuring a central illustration of a jungle scene populated by fairies.
Artist & collection
Artist
W. J. Worboyes treated printing like handwriting, sketching bold lines and playful shapes straight onto the stone. He once rolled out a whole city’s worth of posters for a single parade, ink still wet on the press when…
