Accession No

5337

Brief Description

cartoon of Henry Brougham, by Thompson, 19th C entitled ‘A Box of Useful Knowledge'

Origin

6 Gloucester Place; Lambeth; London; England

Maker

Thompson (publisher)

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 212mm; breadth 170mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Grosvenor Prints, 28-32 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9HP, England on 04/08/1998.

Inscription

‘A BOX
of Useful Knowledge.’ (top)
‘PUBLISHED by Thompson, 6, Gloucester Place, Lambeth.’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Hand-coloured print showing profile head of Henry Brougham with top of his head hinged upwards to reveal a pile of books entitled ‘A Box of Useful Knowledge'.

Condition good (some foxing); complete.

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