The Anglican mysteries of Paris, revealed in the stirring adventures of Captain Mars and his two friends Messieurs Scribbley & Daubiton. Depicted and described by a new firm with an old name, videlicet Smith Payne & Co.

  • Smith, John Moyr, 1839-1912.
Date:
1870
Reference:
579673i
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Description

Illustrated humorous narrative of a journey from London to Paris and back by the authors (Payne under the name Captain Mars, Smith under the name Van Angelo Daubiton) accompanied by one Frank Scribbley (identified by Stapleton with Thomas Hood). Based partly on a visit by Smith and another person to Gustave Doré in Paris in 1869, according to Stapleton

Publication/Creation

London : E. Moxon & Son, 1870.

Physical description

56 prints : tinted line blocks

Creator/production credits

Tinted line blocks after John Moyr Smith and James Bertrand Payne, 1870. Title page bears authors' initials: JMS and JBP. Dedication plate: "To the Prince Imperial of France, a very good little boy, this book, a souvenir of a pleasant visit to Paris, is with his august papa's gracious consent, inscribed as a reward for progress in his English studies by his friends & well-wishers, Smith Payne & Co." The Prince Imperial was living in Chislehurst in 1870

References note

Annamarie Stapleton, John Moyr Smith, 1839-1912: a Victorian designer, Shepton Beauchamp 2002, pp. 19-21

Reference

Wellcome Collection 579673i

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