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Published / Created:: [1840?]
Call Number:: 840.00.00.64+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A man in ragged clothes walks past a wall covered in advertisements, notices theatrical and musical performances; auctions; animal shows: Devil on two sticks; water closets; Wellington boots; beaver hats; excursions; temperance society meetings; "Jump Jim Crow"; For New York the fast sialing [...]; Madlle Duvernays, Mrs. Wood, etc
Description:: Title from text above image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Text below title: To be read downwards.
Publisher:: Published at Hodgson's Wholesale Print Warehouse, 111 Fleet St.
Subject (Topic):: Billboard posters and Streets
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Odd readings near Pall-Mall [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [7 April 1806]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two prostitutes stand on a street identified as the notorious Gunpowder Alley; the one woman on the right with crossed-arms turns her head to talk to a short man. On the left, a man in a shop with a sign over the door "Booth's Best British Gin" pours a glass for a woman who stands at the counter. On the wall behind the two women are posters: "Leakes slavation exploded one small pill is a dose ..." and "Globe Insuranc. Lives & Property saved from Fire."
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. April 7th, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Subject (Topic):: Billboard posters, Gin, and Prostitutes
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A brace of brimstones [graphic].