Prince Giglio

Richard Doyle

1898

Wood-engraving

10.3 cm high x 5.9 cm wide (4 by 2 ⅜ inches), vignetted

Initial illustration for W. M. Thackeray's The Rose and The Ring (first published 1855): Chapter VI, "How Prince Giglio Behaved Himself," p. 242. Descriptive headline: "Shows How Giglio Evinces / Idle Tastes Like Other Princes" (pp. 242-243).

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