Frontispiece to the "Toast-master [graphic].

Description

Title: Frontispiece to the "Toast-master [graphic].
Contributor: Newman, W., active approximately 1834-1835, attributed name.
Hodgson, Orlando, publisher.
Straker's Lithographic Press, active 1837-.
Published / Created: [approximately 1837]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by O. Hodgson, Cloth Fair, London and Straker's litho., George Yd., Lombard St.
Abstract: Design consisting of twenty-six small images, each with a caption below. Several images depict people toasting or consuming alcoholic beverages; many of the captions are the sentiments of toasts
Description: Title from text at top of design.
Questionable attribution to W. Newman on stylistic grounds; see: Maidment, B.E. "Subversive Supplements: Satirical Title Pages of the Periodical Press in the 1830s." In: Victorian Periodicals Review, v. 43, no. 2 (Summer 2010), page 148.
Approximate date of publication supplied by cataloger, based on lithographic printer's activity dates and publisher's street address. Straker's Lithographic Press was first active in 1837, and publisher Orlando Hodgson moved from Cloth Fair to Fleet Street in 1838; see British Museum online catalogue.
Mounted on wove paper to 33 x 24 cm.
Provenance: Brian Maidment; July 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28.6 x 20.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English