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George Wilson the pedestrian aged 50 : as he appeared on the morning of Septr, 19th. 1815 being the ninth day of performing the arduous task of walking fifty miles per day for twenty successive days / G. Woodward del.

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George Wilson the pedestrian aged 50 : as he appeared on the morning of Septr, 19th. 1815 being the ninth day of performing the arduous task of walking fifty miles per day for twenty successive days / G. Woodward del.

London : Pubd Septr. 21st, 1815 by Thos. Palser Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, [1815]
etching, hand colored
image: 245 x 191 mm; trimmed sheet: 271 x 191 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.715
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows George Wilson walking from right to left on a country road. On the roadside at left is a tent supported by a pole flying the Union Jack, and behind Wilson a small flag with the letters GR flying from a pole at the road's edge.

Associated names
Palser, Thomas, ca. 1797-1843, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints