(Gustave Doré)
(Illustrated London News, 1852)
(George Cruickshank)
(‘Preparing for an execution at Newgate, 1848’. Mansell Collection.)
(‘A Spree in a Railway Carriage’, about 1850. Mansell Collection.)
(Gustave Doré)
(From ‘The Day’s Doings’, about 1870. Mansell Collection.)
A comprehensive and no doubt endless fascinating & astounding volume, which I am very much looking forward to reading properly when time allows. All illustrations are contemporary to the period, credited as above.
2 comments:
An excellent book. Well worth reading.
Aye, I second that! There's lots of great stuff in there, a lot of it involving excrement.
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