Number three 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 military envelope, Fores's...
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Fores
Subject (Name):
Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
Subject (Topic):
Ballet dancers, Dancers, Dance, Postal stationery, and Teachers
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1832]
Call Number:
832.00.00.56
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two separately titled images side-by-side. On the left, a politician stands with a bloody sword behind his back, a gravestone and skeletons in the background. On the right, two politicians are dressed as ballet dancers
Description:
Title from letterpress text below images.
Publisher:
Sold by Strange, and Steill, Paternoster Row; Berger, Holywell-Street; Purkis, Compton-Street; and Clemens, Pulteney-street, London and Printed by J. Pickburn, 14, Henrietta-Street, Covent Garden, London
"Three ballerinas, all wearing wreaths of roses and flower-trimmed dresses below the knee over long semi-transparent drawers. One (left) stands holding a garland of roses, looking over her shoulder to the right; one leaps high in the air, with arms an...
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, 312 Oxford Street
