The Post Office Bristol, arrival of the London mail [graphic] / drawn & engraved by Robt. Cruikshank.

Creator:

Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London] :
Published by Sherwood & Co.,
[1 September 1825]

Physical Description:

1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; sheet 15.1 x 23.6 cm.

Notes:

Title from caption below image.
Date of publication from George.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
CtY-LW

Abstract:

The Bristol London Royal mail wagon arrives outside the Post Office as men, women, and children (and dogs) walk about the street, some reading letters others conversing. Next to the Post Offfice is the Fire Office.

Topics:

City & town life.
Crowds.
Dogs.
Mail wagons.
Post offices.
Postal service.
Postal service--England.

Topics:

Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, artist.
Sherwood, Jones, and Co., publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Aquatints--England--London--1825.
Etchings--England--London--1825.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1825.

Format:

Image

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

825.09.01.01

Orbis Record:

9660490

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr12802

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 10, no. 15226

OID:

10970195

PID:

digcoll:975184