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

Accession number: 
PML 146731
Author: 
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Published: 
London : Published by the Artist and sold by W. Tweedie 337 Strand, 1867.
Description: 
1 print : etching ; image: approx. 268 x 185 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

"Pudb in March/67."

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.

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