Gear, J. W. (John William), 1806-1866, lithographer
Published / Created:
[1833?]
Call Number:
833.00.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
C. H. Simpson Esquire
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Text below title: "Welcome to the Royal property.", Attribution below imprint statement: W. Day lithr. to the King, 17 Gate St. Lin. Inn Fds., In lower right corner: Price 2s., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by J.W. Gear, 166 Strand, near the Strand Theatre & sold at Vauxhall Gardens and W. Day Lithr. to the King, 17 Gate St. Lin. Inn Fds
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England),
At Vauxhall Gardens, the Master of Ceremonies, C.H. Simpson greets a man in uniform as fashionable visitors look on. Projected in the background is a view of his colossal likeness, in variegated lamps, taken in the Gardens on the 19th of August (the night of his benefit).
Description:
Title from caption below image., Three lines of text below title: To. C.H. Simpson, Esqr. M.C. of the Royal Gardens Vauxhall ... on the night of his benefit ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 1s. 6d. Plain. 2s. 6d cold.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Sheet trimmed with loss of plate mark: sheet 25.3 x 18 cm.
Publisher:
Published by W. Kidd, 14 Chandos Stt. West Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Simpson, Christopher Herbert, 1770-1835, and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
