The Triumph of Clytemnestra

The Triumph of Clytemnestra

Illustrator: William Makepeace Thackeray

Illustration to Chapter 51, Thackeray's Vanity Fair

The performers were called by the whole house, which sounded with cries of "Manager! Clytemnestra!" AGAMEMNON could not be got to show in his classical tunic, but stood in the background with Ægisthus and others of the performers of the little play.


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