Accession number
PML 196071.25
Published
[London? : Charles Knight?, 1841?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Printed in green, gray, fawn, and black.
Poster probably advertising the series "London," published and edited by Charles Knight, 1841-1844.
Comparison to similar contemporary printed materials suggests that this is a color relief etching, printed using a patented process developed by C. Knight ca. 1838.
Entire text transcribed.
Poster probably advertising the series "London," published and edited by Charles Knight, 1841-1844.
Comparison to similar contemporary printed materials suggests that this is a color relief etching, printed using a patented process developed by C. Knight ca. 1838.
Entire text transcribed.
Description
1 print (poster) : col. relief etching ; image: approx. 232 x 733 mm; sheet: 305 x 806 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Poster features a view of the city of London with Westminster, printed in fawn and serving as a background to the text, with the individual letters in the word "London" printed in green and illustrated with various historical figures printed in black and gray, including a king, knight in armor, barefoot monk, cavalier, etc.
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