"Glumboso the Prime Minister," twenty-fourth illustration by W. M. Thackeray for "The Rose and The Ring" (1855)

Glumboso the Prime Minister

W. M. Thackeray

1855

Wood engraving, probably by William Linton

10 cm high by 8.5 cm wide (4 by 3 ⅜ inches), vignetted

Twenty-fourth illustration for Thackeray’s The Rose and The Ring, p. 338.

Descriptive headline: "Here's A Pretty Figure for Laughter" (338).

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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Passage Illustrated

At length the Groom of the Chambers announced His Royal Highness the Prince of Crim Tartary! and the noble company went into the royal dining-room. It was quite a small party; only the King and Queen, the Princess, whom Bulbo took out, the two Princes, Countess Gruffanuff, Glumboso the Prime Minister, and Prince Bulbo’s chamberlain. You may be sure they had a very good dinner — let every boy or girl think of what he or she likes best, and fancy it on the table. [Chapter VIII, "How Gruffanuff Picked the Fairy Ring Up, and Prince Bulbo Came to Court," 338]

Bibliography

Furniss, Harry. The Rose and The Ring; or, The History of Prince Giglio and the Prince Bulbo. William Makepeace Thackeray's Christmas Books. With illustrations by the author and Harry Furniss. The Harry Furniss Centenary Edition. London: Macmillan and Co., 1911. Pp. 287-428.

Titmarsh, M. A. [W. M. Thackeray].The Rose and The Ring. London: Smith, Elder, 1855.

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