. Thackerayana;. ch he had failed to achieve a satisfactory degree ofsuccess. It was, we believe, in 1834, and while residing for a shortperiod in Albion Street, Hyde Park, the residence of his motherand her second husband, Major Carmichael Smyth, that began his literary career as a contributor to FrasersMagazine. The pseudonyms of Michael Angelo Titmarsh,1 Fitz Boodle, 6 Yellowplush, or Lancelot Wagstaff, under whichhe afterwards amused the readers of the periodicals, had not thenbeen thought of. His early papers were chiefly relating to theFine Arts; but most of them had some re
. Thackerayana;. ch he had failed to achieve a satisfactory degree ofsuccess. It was, we believe, in 1834, and while residing for a shortperiod in Albion Street, Hyde Park, the residence of his motherand her second husband, Major Carmichael Smyth, that began his literary career as a contributor to FrasersMagazine. The pseudonyms of Michael Angelo Titmarsh,1 Fitz Boodle, 6 Yellowplush, or Lancelot Wagstaff, under whichhe afterwards amused the readers of the periodicals, had not thenbeen thought of. His early papers were chiefly relating to theFine Arts; but most of them had some reference to his Frenchexperiences. He seems to have had a peculiar fancy for Paris,where he resided, with brief intervals, for some years after comingof age, and where most of his magazine papers were written. The drawing on p. 120 represents the despair (desespoir) ofthe Orleans family at the threatened political decease (deces) ofLouis Philippe, familiar to Parisians as the Pear (Poire), from 120 THACKER A FRENCH CARICATURES. 121 the well-known resemblance established by the caricaturistsbetween the shape and appearance of the kings head and aBurgundy pear. Thackeray resided in Paris during the contestsof the king with the caricaturists (under the banner of Phillipon),and he was much impressed by their wit and artistic power. Ifthe reader will turn to the Paris Sketch Book, he will see own words upon the subject. We may state, for the assistance of the reader unacquaintedwith the French caricatures of that period, that the figure to theright with an elongated nose is M. dArgout; the gentleman at thefoot of the bed, astride a huge squirt (the supposed favourite with every French physician), is Marshal Lobau. QueenMarie Amelie, the Due dOrleans, and other members of theroyal family are in the background. One of Thackerays literary associates has given some amusingparticulars of his Paris life, and his subsequent interest in the city,where he had
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