Letter sheet, a parody on new stationary designed for the Post Office by William Mulready; Britannia seated at centre, despatching postmen to different parts of the World; a lion standing at her feet, with letters hanging from his tail, and a monkey seated on his back; in foreground at left and right, postmen on horseback, riding at high speed. One of a series if prints published by Messers. Fores that parodies the infamous Mulready stationary released by the British Post Office in 1840; each of the prints is numbered and centers on a different theme, e.g. Fores's military envelope, Fores's hunting envelope, Fores's comic envelopes, Fores's alderman envelopes, etc
Description:
Title, imprint, printmaker, printer and date from British Museum catalgoue., "No. 1.", and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within design with loss of imprint statement and title.
Publisher:
Published by Messrs Fores, Sporting and Fine Art print Repository & Frame Manufactury 41 Picadilly, corner of Sackville Street and Printed by J.R. Jobbins 3 Warwick Ct.
A well-dressed, fashionable woman in a hat abundantly adorned with feathers sits in an opera box. She smiles as she leans over the rail, holding an eyeglass on a chain. In her other hand, she holds a bouquet of flowers. She wears drop pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, and a pearl brooch pinned at her breast as well as a bracelet on her wrist
Description:
Title etched in open letters below image. and Imprint based on similar print in the British Museum online catalogue. See British Museum number: 2010,7081.7123.
