Punch and Judy · At the 1884 Whitechapel Exhibition

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Title: Punch and Judy
Actual Title: Watching a Punch and Judy Show
Artist: Bellei
Artist Full Name: Gaetano Bellei (1857-1922)
Type: engraving
Current Location: Private Collection / Look and Learn / Illustrated Papers Collection / Bridgeman Images: LIP1042723
Lent By: R. Loder, Esq., M.P.
Catalog Number: 139
Catalog Page: 19
Catalog Description: Which is the best sight, their faces or the show outside the window?
Curators Notes: The engraving from The Graphic (18 December 1897) is, in all likelihood, a later copy of the painting listed in the catalog.
Alt-Text: Three people—a young girl, a woman, and an elderly woman—sit closely together, smiling with delight as they watch something off-frame. The scene is rendered in detailed, black-and-white illustration style.
Image Credit: Illustrated Papers Collection / Bridgeman Images. Shared with permission from Bridgeman Education under fair use.