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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Jeux innocens de Zephyr et Flore is a 2 by Theophile Wagstaff, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print pokes fun at a famous ballet. Made in London in 1836, it shows eight comic scenes. The artist used a writer’s pen name to hide his real identity. The prints were hand-colored after engraving. They came out just weeks after the ballet’s run at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see its copy.
A hand-coloured print titled *Jeux innocens de Zephyr et Flore*, engraved by Edward Morton and published in London on 1 March 1836, depicts two dancers in a chase, with the male figure partially hidden behind a tree on the left and the female figure on the right seemingly oblivious to his presence. The work is part of a series of eight caricatures by William Makepeare Thackeray, published under the pseudonym Théophile Wagstaff, satirising the ballet *Flore et Zéphire* by Charles-Louis Didelot. The engraving is signed T.W. (Théophile Wagstaff) and includes a paper label on the reverse…
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William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The…
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