Meddour, Fabrice - Original plate (p.27) - John Arthur
John Arthur Livingstone is a perfect English gentleman. Handsome strong man, he seems at first glance the embodiment of Manhood and the English class. Yet, it is not like the others. Raised by monkeys on an island with a sparse population, it arrives as he was a teenager on the streets of London. Did he adapt himself to the glorious civilization of the Empire or is it still a wild animal?The Victorian era is nearly finished. The longest reign in the history of the Kingdom remains scarred by a bloody myth of Jack the Ripper. In the dark and muddy streets of Whitechapel young women are murdered with the greatest violence. Who is this bloody and merciless killer that the Yard chases relentlessly without success?This plate depicts a scene of tribunal, where the artist has chained the close-ups and the looks to intensify the dramatic side.Volume 1, Plate 15Wash drawing39.5 x 49.5 cm Read More