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The British bee hive [print] / designed in the year 1840 by George Cruikshank and altered & etched by him in Feby. 1867.

Accession number
PML 144636, fol. 96r
Creator
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Published
London : Published by the Artist and sold by W. Tweedie 337 Strand, 1867.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Library's copy trimmed with loss of plate mark.
"Pudb in March/67."
Description
1 print : etching, hand colored ; image: approx. 268 x 185 mm; sheet: 290 x 209 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a section of the beehive of British society, with fifty-four cells, a base and nine layers representing the classes and trades; the royalty at the top; the bank, armed services and volunteers as the foundation; the crown on top, the royal standard to left, the union jack to right.
Classification
Department