The severed heads are the front view of this tableau vivant. The back view is hidden from the audience, and shows the girls in their dresses having a good time during their performance (note for instance that two of them are arm in arm).
Dalziel, illustration for ‘Blue Beard Tableau’, in Laura Valentine (ed.), Warne’s Home Annual (London: Frederick Warne, 1868). Dalziel Archive Vol XXIV (1868), British Museum reg. no. 1913,0415.185, print nos. 714-716.
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