Onwhyn, Thomas, 1811?-1886, [J.S. & Co. caricatures of cartes de visite], [1860s?]
- Title:
- [J.S. & Co. caricatures of cartes de visite].
- Published/Created:
- London : J.S. & Co., [1860s?]
- Physical Description:
- 47+ cards : etchings ; each approximately 9 x 6 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsTR680 .C37 1860b FlatYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundAccessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13868603
- Related Content:
- View catalog record Caricatures of cartes de visite issued by an unidentified publisher
View catalog record for Rock & Co. caricatures of cartes de visite - Classification:
- Prints
- Notes:
- A series of etched pictorial cards, published by J.S. & Co., London, parodying the craze for carte de visite photographs, presumably in the 1860s. About half are signed with the monogram T.O., i.e. Thomas Onwhyn; it's unclear if the unsigned may also be by Onwhyn. The measurements echo those of cartes de visite photographs. Captions occupy a horizontal band along the bottom, just above the imprint at lower left, and a sequential number at lower right.
The cards are clearly intended as humorous spoofs, some ridiculing the social mores of the time, the pomposity, stiffness, and poses of cartes de visite. A number relate to Christmas or New Year's celebrations.
Similar cards were published by Rock & Co. (London) and by an unidentified publisher (or publishers). See links herewith.
Description based on an incomplete set of 16 cards at the Yale Center for British Art.
BAC: British Art Center copy incomplete: comprises 16 cards. - Contents:
- No. 23. Saturday night -- No. 26. My old woman's carte de visite / T.O. -- No. 27. My old man's carte de visite / T.O. -- No. 29. Going with the stream -- No. 30. A strong tide against us -- No. 31. Lady Audley's secret -- No. 33. A trio / T.O. -- No. 34. International dog show, beauty and the beast / T.O. -- No. 35. The smallest donations, thankfully received / T.O. -- No. 38. The mistletoe -- No. 39. Christmas -- No. 41. Here's wishing you Merry Christmas -- No. 44. A heavy fall -- No. 45. Grandpa's arrival -- No. 46. A dream of Christmas / T.O. -- No. 47 Leaving the Christmas party / T.O.
- Subject Terms:
- Carte de visite photographs -- Great Britain.Photography -- Great Britain.Portrait photography -- Great Britain.
- Form/Genre:
- Lithographic engravings -- 1860-1870.
Caricatures.
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) - Export:
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