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'''Isabelle Émilie de Tessier''' ([[Paris]], 1847 – 1890<ref>[[Ellen Creathorne Clayton|Clayton,Ellen]] [[English Female Artists]], Tinsley 1876</ref>) who worked under the [[pseudonym]] '''Marie Duval''', was a [[France|French]] [[cartoonist]], known as co-creator of the seminal cartoon character ''[[Ally Sloper]]''.<ref name="kunzle exerpt">{{cite web | last = Kunzle | first = David | title = Marie Duval: A Caricaturist Rediscovered | work = Woman's Art Journal | publisher = JSTOR | date = Summer 1986 | url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0270-7993%28198621%2F22%297%3A1%3C26%3AMDACR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U&size=LARGE }}</ref><ref>Marysa L. Brake ''Dictionary of nineteenth-century journalism: in Great Britain and ...'' Demoor - 2009 Page 41 "Ross had worked with his wife, the cartoonist*, Isabelle Emily de Tessier* ('Marie Duval'), in taking the Ally Sloper idea from an occasional presence in Judy to establishing both Sloper's complex comic persona and elaborating a variety of ..."</ref><ref>Roger Savin - ''Adult comics: an introduction'' 1993 "For example, the inker for the original 'Ally Sloper' strip in Judy (and possibly occasionally the artist as well) was Emily de Tessier, working under the pseudonym Marie Duvall, the wife of Sloper's creator Charles Ross. Her work was regularly "</ref>
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| birth_place = [[Islington ]], London, England
| death_date = 11 June 1890
| death_place = London, England
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| alias = Princess Hesse Schwartzbourg, Ambrose Clarke, Noir
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[[File:Marie Duval, Ally Sloper, An Artist's Nightmare Upon the Last Sending-in Day (Judy, April 29, 1874).jpg|thumb|Marie Duval, 'An Artist's Nightmare Upon the Last Sending-in Day'. ''Judy'', 29 April 1874 (vol 15, p. 20), Catalogue No. 220074, Guildhall Library.]]


'''Isabelle Émilie de Tessier''' (25 September 1847 – 11 June 1890),<ref name="Caines">{{cite web|last1=Caines|first1=Michael|title=Rediscovering Marie Duval|url=http://timescolumns.typepad.com/stothard/2016/04/rediscovering-marie-duval.html|website=The TLS blog|access-date=16 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816235051/http://timescolumns.typepad.com/stothard/2016/04/rediscovering-marie-duval.html}}</ref> who worked under the [[pseudonym | pseudonyms]] '''Marie Duval''' and '''Ambrose Clarke''', was a British [[cartoonist]], known as co-creator of the seminal cartoon character ''[[Ally Sloper]]'',<ref name="kunzle excerpt">{{cite journal | last = Kunzle | first = David | title = Marie Duval: A Caricaturist Rediscovered | journal = Woman's Art Journal | date = Summer 1986 | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 26–31 | doi = 10.2307/1358233 | jstor = 1358233 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first2=Marysa L.|last2=Demoor|first1=Laurel|last1=Brake|title=Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism: in Great Britain and Ireland|publisher=[[Academia Press]]|date=2009|page=41|quote=Ross had worked with his wife, the cartoonist Isabelle Emily de Tessier ('Marie Duval'), in taking the Ally Sloper idea from an occasional presence in Judy to establishing both Sloper's complex comic persona and elaborating a variety of...}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Roger|last=Sabin|title=Adult comics: an introduction|date=1993|quote=For example, the inker for the original 'Ally Sloper' strip in Judy (and possibly occasionally the artist as well) was Emily de Tessier, working under the pseudonym Marie Duvall, the wife of Sloper's creator Charles Ross.}}</ref><ref name="ODNB">{{cite journal |last1=Grennan |first1=Simon |last2=Sabin |first2=Roger |last3=Waite |first3=Julian |title=Tessier [other name Ross], Isabella Emily Louisa [pseud. Marie Duval, Ambrose Clarke] (1847–1890), cartoonist |journal=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |date=9 November 2023 |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.66300 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.66300 |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> the popular character was spun off into his own comic, ''[[Ally Sloper's Half Holiday]]'', in 1884.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://academic.oup.com/hwj/article-abstract/16/1/4/739545?redirectedFrom=PDF|title=Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday: Comic Art in the 1880s|date=1 October 1983|author=Peter Bailey|work=History Workshop Journal}}</ref>
==Biography==
As co-creator of ''Ally Sloper'' with her husband [[Charles Henry Ross]], Tessier was one of the first female cartoonists in Europe, and one of four female contributors to the British satirical magazine ''Fun'' edited by Ross. In addition to the Ally Sloper comic strips, Duval produced numerous spot illustrations, cartoons and full page comic strips for the magazine during the mid-nineteenth century. When the Ally Sloper character was given his own magazine, Duval's comic strips were reprinted without her signature.<ref>Daniel Fondanèche ''Paralittératures'' 2005 Page 449 "Ce n'est que le 3 mai 1884 qu'Ally Sloper devient un personnage permanent de la revue Judy grâce à la plume de l'ancienne actrice Isabelle Émilie de Tessier, conjointe de l'anglais Charles Ross et qui signe ses œuvres du pseudonyme de .. "</ref>


==Early life and career==
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Duval was also an actress in the English theatre and the author of ''Queens and Kings and Other Things'' (1874), a collection of illustrated nonsense verse published under the pseudonym of Princess Hesse Schwartzbourg.
Isabella Emily Louisa Tessier was born in [[Marylebone]], [[London]] on 25 September 1847 to parents of French descent. She initially became a governess but left to become an actor.<ref name="ODNB" />

Her first known appearance on stage was at the [[St James's Theatre]] in 1868 when she was in a pantomime. She adopted the stage name ''Marie Duval'', and appeared in plays written by [[Charles Henry Ross]].<ref name="ODNB" />

==Career as a cartoonist==
In 1869 joined three other women cartoonists contributing to the British satirical magazine ''[[Judy (satirical magazine)|Judy]]'', edited by Ross, signing her work as Marie Duval. She also provided illustrations to Ross's 1869 novel ''The Story of a Honeymoon'', using the pseudonym Ambrose Clarke.<ref name="ODNB" />

The Ally Sloper character had been created for ''Judy'' by Ross in 1867 but by 1869, the strips were signed by Duval and Ross before Duval became the main artist on the strip.<ref name="ODNB" /> In 1884, when the Ally Sloper character was given [[Ally Sloper's Half Holiday|his own magazine]], Duval's comic strips were reprinted without her signature.<ref>{{cite book|first=Daniel|last=Fondanèche|title=Paralittératures|publisher= Vuibert |date=2005|page=449|quote=Ce n'est que le 3 mai 1884 qu'Ally Sloper devient un personnage permanent de la revue Judy grâce à la plume de l'ancienne actrice Isabelle Émilie de Tessier, conjointe de l'anglais Charles Ross et qui signe ses œuvres du pseudonyme de Marie Devall. <nowiki>[</nowiki>"It was not until May 3, 1884 that Ally Sloper became a permanent character in the magazine Judy thanks to the pen of the former actress Isabelle Émilie de Tessier, spouse of the Englishman Charles Ross and who signed her works with the pseudonym of Marie Duvall."<nowiki>]</nowiki>}}</ref>

She contributed to ''Judy'' until 1885, and was at times generating over 100 contributions to the magazine each year.<ref name="ODNB" /> This included spot illustrations, cartoons and full-page comic strips. Her work also appeared in British [[penny papers]] and comics from the 1860s to the 1880s.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1007312174|title=The inking woman: 250 years of women cartoon and comic artists in Britain|publisher=Myriad Editions|others=Streeten, Nicola., Tate, Cath, (London, England).|year=2018|isbn=978-0-9955900-8-3|location=Oxford|pages=13|oclc=1007312174}}</ref>

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Duval was the author of ''Queens and Kings and Other Things'' (1874), a collection of illustrated nonsense verse published under the pseudonym of "S. A. the Princess Hesse Schwartzbourg".<ref name="ODNB" /> She also co-wrote ''Rattletrap Rhymes and Tootletum Tales: a Big Book for Babies'' (1876) with Ross, using the pseudonym Ambrose Clarke.<ref name="ODNB" />

==Personal life==
In 1871, Duval had an affair with [[Herbert Augustus Such]], and was a correspondent in the high profile divorce case brought by his wife in 1873.<ref name="ODNB" />

In 1874, Duval had a child with [[Charles Henry Ross]], and the family lived in [[Battersea]]. She adopted the name Ross but there are no records of a marriage.<ref name="ODNB" />

Duval died of bronchitis, pneumonia and nephritis on 11 June 1890 in [[Clapham]]. She was buried in Wandsworth cemetery as Isabella E Ross.<ref name="ODNB" />


==References==
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==Sources==
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* [http://www.toonopedia.com/sloper.htm ''Ally Sloper] Don Markstein's Toonopedia
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/sloper.htm ''Ally Sloper''] Don Markstein's Toonopedia
* [http://www.bugpowder.com/andy/e.ally.sloper.01.html ''Ally Sloper] Andy's Early Comics Archive
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070404202637/http://www.bugpowder.com/andy/e.ally.sloper.01.html ''Ally Sloper''] Andy's Early Comics Archive
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/oct/27/marie-duval-victorian-cartoonist-ally-sloper Top hats off to Marie Duval, a lost Victorian cartoonist sensation] The Guardian, 27 Oct 2014

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* [http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/oct/27/marie-duval-victorian-cartoonist-ally-sloper Top hats off to Marie Duval, a lost Victorian cartoonist sensation] The Guardian, 27 Oct 2014
* [http://www.marieduval.org The Marie Duval Archive]
* [http://www.marieduval.org The Marie Duval Archive]

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Latest revision as of 06:39, 21 August 2024

Marie Duval
BornIsabelle Émilie de Tessier
25 September 1847[1]
Islington , London, England
Died11 June 1890
London, England
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Cartoonist
Pseudonym(s)Princess Hesse Schwartzbourg, Ambrose Clarke, Noir
Notable works
Ally Sloper
Spouse(s)Charles Henry Ross
Marie Duval, 'An Artist's Nightmare Upon the Last Sending-in Day'. Judy, 29 April 1874 (vol 15, p. 20), Catalogue No. 220074, Guildhall Library.

Isabelle Émilie de Tessier (25 September 1847 – 11 June 1890),[2] who worked under the pseudonyms Marie Duval and Ambrose Clarke, was a British cartoonist, known as co-creator of the seminal cartoon character Ally Sloper,[3][4][5][1] the popular character was spun off into his own comic, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, in 1884.[6]

Early life and career

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Isabella Emily Louisa Tessier was born in Marylebone, London on 25 September 1847 to parents of French descent. She initially became a governess but left to become an actor.[1]

Her first known appearance on stage was at the St James's Theatre in 1868 when she was in a pantomime. She adopted the stage name Marie Duval, and appeared in plays written by Charles Henry Ross.[1]

Career as a cartoonist

[edit]

In 1869 joined three other women cartoonists contributing to the British satirical magazine Judy, edited by Ross, signing her work as Marie Duval. She also provided illustrations to Ross's 1869 novel The Story of a Honeymoon, using the pseudonym Ambrose Clarke.[1]

The Ally Sloper character had been created for Judy by Ross in 1867 but by 1869, the strips were signed by Duval and Ross before Duval became the main artist on the strip.[1] In 1884, when the Ally Sloper character was given his own magazine, Duval's comic strips were reprinted without her signature.[7]

She contributed to Judy until 1885, and was at times generating over 100 contributions to the magazine each year.[1] This included spot illustrations, cartoons and full-page comic strips. Her work also appeared in British penny papers and comics from the 1860s to the 1880s.[8]

Duval was the author of Queens and Kings and Other Things (1874), a collection of illustrated nonsense verse published under the pseudonym of "S. A. the Princess Hesse Schwartzbourg".[1] She also co-wrote Rattletrap Rhymes and Tootletum Tales: a Big Book for Babies (1876) with Ross, using the pseudonym Ambrose Clarke.[1]

Personal life

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In 1871, Duval had an affair with Herbert Augustus Such, and was a correspondent in the high profile divorce case brought by his wife in 1873.[1]

In 1874, Duval had a child with Charles Henry Ross, and the family lived in Battersea. She adopted the name Ross but there are no records of a marriage.[1]

Duval died of bronchitis, pneumonia and nephritis on 11 June 1890 in Clapham. She was buried in Wandsworth cemetery as Isabella E Ross.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Grennan, Simon; Sabin, Roger; Waite, Julian (9 November 2023). "Tessier [other name Ross], Isabella Emily Louisa [pseud. Marie Duval, Ambrose Clarke] (1847–1890), cartoonist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.66300. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. ^ Caines, Michael. "Rediscovering Marie Duval". The TLS blog. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. ^ Kunzle, David (Summer 1986). "Marie Duval: A Caricaturist Rediscovered". Woman's Art Journal. 7 (1): 26–31. doi:10.2307/1358233. JSTOR 1358233.
  4. ^ Brake, Laurel; Demoor, Marysa L. (2009). Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism: in Great Britain and Ireland. Academia Press. p. 41. Ross had worked with his wife, the cartoonist Isabelle Emily de Tessier ('Marie Duval'), in taking the Ally Sloper idea from an occasional presence in Judy to establishing both Sloper's complex comic persona and elaborating a variety of...
  5. ^ Sabin, Roger (1993). Adult comics: an introduction. For example, the inker for the original 'Ally Sloper' strip in Judy (and possibly occasionally the artist as well) was Emily de Tessier, working under the pseudonym Marie Duvall, the wife of Sloper's creator Charles Ross.
  6. ^ Peter Bailey (1 October 1983). "Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday: Comic Art in the 1880s". History Workshop Journal.
  7. ^ Fondanèche, Daniel (2005). Paralittératures. Vuibert. p. 449. Ce n'est que le 3 mai 1884 qu'Ally Sloper devient un personnage permanent de la revue Judy grâce à la plume de l'ancienne actrice Isabelle Émilie de Tessier, conjointe de l'anglais Charles Ross et qui signe ses œuvres du pseudonyme de Marie Devall. ["It was not until May 3, 1884 that Ally Sloper became a permanent character in the magazine Judy thanks to the pen of the former actress Isabelle Émilie de Tessier, spouse of the Englishman Charles Ross and who signed her works with the pseudonym of Marie Duvall."]
  8. ^ The inking woman: 250 years of women cartoon and comic artists in Britain. Streeten, Nicola., Tate, Cath, (London, England). Oxford: Myriad Editions. 2018. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-9955900-8-3. OCLC 1007312174.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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