King Giglio in a Disturbed State of Mind

Richard Doyle

1898

Wood-engraving

9.8 cm high x 7 cm wide (3 by 2 ⅞ inches), vignetted

Seventh illustration for W. M. Thackeray's The Rose and The Ring (first published 1855): Chapter XVI: "How Hedzoff Rode Back Again to King Giglio," p. 316. Descriptive headline: "Of Poor Bulbo, How They Picked Him / Out, as Usual, for a Victim" (pp. 316-317).

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