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
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Date of publication erased from sheet.
Publisher:
Published by Sherwood & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Crowds, Dogs, Mail wagons, Postal service, and Post offices
"Interior view of the post room, in the post office, London; men in red coats sit at rows of desks sorting post; men in black coats stand around green table in left foreground, also sorting post."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Name of aquatintist is not present on the plate, resulting in a blank space preceding "aquat." in lower right corner., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 63., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 230.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st April 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand