"A newly invented French telegraph (semaphore) stands on the coast, with the head of Fox, in back view but looking to the right with a fiercely determined expression. The crossbeam represents his arms and the arms of the semaphore; the raised right ha...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Flags, French, Forts & fortifications, Lanterns, Ships, and Telegraph
"A newly invented French telegraph (semaphore) stands on the coast, with the head of Fox, in back view but looking to the right with a fiercely determined expression. The crossbeam represents his arms and the arms of the semaphore; the raised right ha...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Flags, French, Forts & fortifications, Lanterns, Ships, and Telegraph
An explanatory design of the telegraph, built for the transmission of messages, over the Admiralty, Whitehall; the main image shows the telegraph on top of the Officer's Cabin with all the shutters closed; engraved lettering below, and around the edge...
Description:
Title from text engraved along the top of the image.
Publisher:
Pud. March 26, 1796 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville St.