Artwork
Print Collection
Print Collection is a poster by the Impressionist artist W. J. Worboyes. It dates from 1864 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
A print from 1864 by W. J. Worboyes served as an advertising card for the pantomime *Cinderella, or Harlequin and the Magic Pumpkin and the Great Fairy of the Little Glass Slipper* at Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, featuring a central illustration of a jungle scene populated by fairies.
Artist & collection
Artist
W. J. Worboyes treated printing like handwriting, sketching bold lines and playful shapes straight onto the stone. He once rolled out a whole city’s worth of posters for a single parade, ink still wet on the press when…
