MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Series of Heads by A.D.M.

Unprocessed Material — Folder: ViU2023-0176_001

Identifier: ViU-2023-0176

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Content Description

This collection contains a small quarto (9 1/8 X 7 1/2 inches) of over a hundred caricatures created by Ange Denis Macquin (1756-1823). A pen and ink manuscript title page with a roundel of sixteen heads is dated at the lower right-hand corner, "June 1819." An index follows with four handwritten pages and then a sub-title page, "A congeries of heads, May 1819," with a quote from Macbeth and an illustration of heads. Then, a hundred interleaved drawings follow, showing various facial expressions indicative of character. Each page has an original picture with the word or phrase explaining the illustration depicted, many dated at foot, and a few with additional notes in pencil. The original caricatures depict distorted and twisted facial expressions of feelings and actions, including curiosity, despair, grief, disappointment, laughter, hope, and arrogance, among many others.

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Purchased from David Brass Rare Books, Inc., 7 August 2023.

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

Dates

Creation: 1812 - 1819

Creator

M’Quin , A. D. (Ange Denis), 1756-1823 (Person)

Extent

.03 Cubic Feet (1 folder (letter))

Language of Materials

English

Inventory

1 volume

Related Names

Source

Davis Brass Rare Books, Inc. (Organization)

Subjects

Genre / Form

cartoons (humorous images)

Topical

Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Storage Information

Folder: ViU2023-0176_001 (Mixed Materials)

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