Tired Out, from "The Graphic" Christmas number December 7, 1885 After Adrien Emmanuel Marie This gently humorous image offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the aftermath of one of London’s famous Christmas pantomimes, lavish theatrical spectacles that offered audiences fairy tale characters, dancers, child performers, men dressed as women, and sometimes live animals. Here, two dozing children are surrounded by discarded props after a performance. Marie was a French genre painter and illustrator who also worked in London and created this design for the popular weekly periodical "The Graphic."
Tired Out, from "The Graphic" Christmas number December 7, 1885 After Adrien Emmanuel Marie This gently humorous image offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the aftermath of one of London’s famous Christmas pantomimes, lavish theatrical spectacles that offered audiences fairy tale characters, dancers, child performers, men dressed as women, and sometimes live animals. Here, two dozing children are surrounded by discarded props after a performance. Marie was a French genre painter and illustrator who also worked in London and created this design for the popular weekly periodical "The Graphic." The engraver has not been identified, but the journal, founded in 1869 by William Luson Thomas to rival the "Illustrated London News," attracted readers with beautifully produced color images in Christmas issues, the present example published in Tired Out, from "The Graphic" Christmas number. After Adrien Emmanuel Marie (French, Neuilly-sur-Seine 1848–1891 Cádiz). December 7, 1885. Wood engraving, printed in color. Prints
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