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The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, 1842-1843 (Hardcover)
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The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, 1842-1843 (Hardcover)
Series: Series in Victorian Studies
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"Scott's collection of illustrated letters from the hand of Richard
Doyle, the fascinating but neglected contributor to Punch magazine,
are a goldmine. Accompanied by an excellent editorial apparatus,
the letters provide a revealing glimpse into the lives of a
Victorian family steeped in the arts in the early 1840s." -Bernard
Lightman, York UniversityBefore he joined the staff of Punch and
designed its iconic front cover, illustrator Richard "Dicky" Doyle
was a young man whose father (political caricaturist John Doyle)
charged him with sending a weekly letter, even though they lived
under the same roof. This volume collects the fifty-three
illustrated missives in their entirety for the first time and
provides an uncommon peek into the intimate but expansive
observations of a precocious social commentator and artist. In a
series of vivid manuscript canvases, Doyle observes Victorian
customs and society. He visits operas, plays, and parades. He
watches the queen visiting the House of Commons and witnesses the
state funeral of the Duke of Sussex. He is caught up in the
Chartist riots of August 1842 and is robbed during one of the
melees. And he provides countless illustrations of ordinary people
strolling in the streets and swarming the parks and picture
galleries of the metropolis. The sketches offer a fresh perspective
on major social and cultural events of London during the early
1840s by a keen observer not yet twenty years old. Doyle's epistles
anticipate the modern comic strip and the graphic novel, especially
in their experimentation with sequential narrative and their
ingenious use of space. The letters are accompanied by a full
biographical and critical introduction with new material about
Doyle's life.
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