A young maid holding a steaming pots talks with an older woman sitting in a chair, the latter wrapped in a blanket and toasting bread over an unseen fire; a tea set rests on a table in the background
Description:
Title from dialogue below image.
Publisher:
Published by W. Soffe, 380 Strand and Printed by W. Kohler
Interior view of the ruins of Holyrood Abbey, looking down the nave towards a wall with two arched windows. The building is mostly intact but without a roof; a broken column is seen in the center foreground. Figures with torches stand beneath the wind...
Description:
Title, imprint, and series title printed on label affixed to mount, below image.
Publisher:
Published by Reeves and Sons, Cheapside; W. Morgan, 64, Hatton Garden; T. Fisher, 1, Hanway Street, Oxford Street; J. Reynolds, 174, Strand; and W. Wilson, Jun., 16, King William Street, City
Number five in a series of prints published by Fores that parodies the infamous Mulready stationery released by the British Post Office in 1840. Each of the prints is numbered and centers on a different theme, e.g. Fores's comic envelopes, Fores's mu...
Description:
Other prints in the series attributed to John Leech and dated 1840. See British Museum onlne catalogue.
Publisher:
Published by Messrs. Fores at their sporting & fine print repository & frame manufactury, 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):
Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Horse racing, Postal stationery, Race horses, and Race tracks