print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1865,1111.3107
- Description
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A page of 'The British Workman' with five images illustrative of a story; the first, Sam Adam and his son in George Wombwell's menagerie tent, Wombwell requesting Adams to put out his pipe, Adams's son looking at a large caged lion, two cages of monkeys above and two leopards in a cage behind, other visitors to the menagerie looking at the animals; the second, Adams's friend, Alfred Stanley pointing to two urchins in the street smoking their pipes during a rest from sweeping, their brushes in their hands, Adams and his son observing, a statue of Prince Albert beyond; the third, a well dressed gentleman, with his handkerchief over his mouth, looking in distaste at Adams, who gesticulates holding his pipe, his son at his side and a cloud of smoke around him, a smoking boy driving a donkey cart beyond; the fourth, Adams, his arm round his son, gesturing to two sides of smoked bacon, his friend Alfred Stanley looking on with delight, his wife behind with a plate in her hands looking down on her husband and son with affection; the fifth, a ferocious looking pig smoking a clay pipe in the midst of a cloud of smoke; illustrations to Kirton's "Sam Adams's Pipe" included in "The British Workman and Friend of the Sons of Toil" (1864);
Woodcuts
- Production date
- 1864
- Dimensions
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Height: 378 millimetres (printed border)
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Width: 280 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Sam Adams's Pipe
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Associated Title: The British Workman and Friend of the Sons of Toil
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1865,1111.3107
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1865,1111.3108
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Miscellaneous number: 1865,1111.3109
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Miscellaneous number: 1865,1111.3110
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Miscellaneous number: 1865,1111.3111
