Set of page proofs with autograph manuscript corrections for Breton's poem Fata Morgana, including illustrations by Wifredo Lam (25 pages). Accompanied by page proofs of an English translation of the work by Clark Mills with manuscript corrections in an unidentified hand (20 pages).
Description:
André Breton, French writer and poet, was one of the founders of the Surrealist movement., In French., and Purchased from Pierre Berès, on the Plain Fund, 1942.
Subject (Name):
Breton, André,--1896-1966, Lam, Wifredo, and Mills, Clark,--1913-
Subject (Topic):
Authors, French--20th century and French literature--20th century
"A very fat man draped in a sheet, his vast chin lathered, turns his eyes upwards to a thin barber who stands beside him (left), his bowl in one hand, soap in the other. Behind (left) a bald man bends over a basin, stanching a wound; and (right) the barber's man applies a flat-iron to a wig on a standing wig-block with a carved face. From the raftered ceiling hangs a lamp in a rectangular (?) paper shade inscribed: 'The Oldest Shaving Shop in London Most Mony for second Hand Wigs'. On the wall hang a bird in a cage, a print of two men, a wig. Wig-blocks, a razor, and the customer's wig lie on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered state.
Description:
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 257-8., Companion print to: A sufferer for decency., Date from description of lettered state in British Museum catalogue., Proof before letters; plate later published with the title "A penny barber" and imprint "London, Pubd. by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street." Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7605., and Title and publisher from lettered state.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
"[Left image] One of two designs on the same plate, see BMSat 6864. A cobbler (left) preaches in a bare, raftered room with a casement window. He stands behind a reading-desk on which is a large, open book, leaning forward, pointing, gesticulating, and shouting. The heads of his congregation, old men and women, are below and on the right. The title is from Burke's book, 'A Philosophical Enquiry into the origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful' (1756). [Right image] A companion design to BMSat 6863 on the same plate. A scene in the House of Commons showing the corner of the clerks' table (left), the benches on the right crowded with members, and part of the gallery above, with two persons looking over. The new member stands, knees bent, hat in his left hand, right hand extended; his attitude and expression convey the impression of a halting and embarrassed speech. He is in full dress, with sword and bag-wig. The members listen with expressions of contemptuous amusement or boredom."--British Museum online catalogue, description of later state with similar composition.
Alternative Title:
Essay on the sublime and beautiful and The maiden speech.
Description:
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 165., Proof before letters. For later state with title and publication line, see nos. 6863 and 6864 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Title, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state., and Two images on one plate that are individually titled on lettered state.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797.--Philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful., Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Casement windows., Desks., Public speaking. , and Shoemakers.
Thurlow (left), in wig and gown, leads a horse which draws a two-wheeled cart of peas. In the cart are Hastings (seated) and Burke (standing Both hold up pea-pods. In the background are Westminster Hall and other buildings. Cf. British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Possibily a proof state; no published state with lettering found., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Questionable attribution to Baldrey from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title from British Museum catalogue.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818--Caricatures and cartoons., Rich, E., active 1782-1788, publisher., and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow,--Baron,--1731-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
