The progress of steam [graphic].

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Title: The progress of steam [graphic].
Alternative Title: H. Alken's Illustration of modern prophecy, or Novelty for the year 1829
Illustration of modern prophecy, or Novelty for the year 1829
Creator: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, printmaker
Contributor: S. and J. Fuller, publisher.
Published / Created: [January 1828]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub'd Jany. 1828 by S. & J. Fuller, 34 Rathbone Place
Abstract: A caricature of a man astride a steam-generated, three-wheeled vehicle shaped like the body of a horse. Two fashionably dressed ladies in elaborate hats look on with disgust at the exhaust. In the background (left) a man leans on his shovel in front of three bags of coal labelled "Feed". In the background (center) a man feeds coal into the furnace of another vehicle
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Title above image: H. Alken's Illustration of modern prophecy, or Novelty for the year 1829.
Quote above title, below image: Faugh the filthy fellow my Dear, the wretch feeds his horse with common coal.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xix, p. 160.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 227 x 260 mm, on sheet 246 x 322 mm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1828
Etchings England London 1828
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Coal
Clothing & dress
Steam automobiles
Subjects: Coal
Clothing & dress > England > 1820-1830
Steam automobiles
England > 1828
England > London > 1828

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