print;
satirical print;
book-illustration;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1870,1008.1348.1-2
- Title
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Object: Every man to his post.
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Series: Punch in London
- Description
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Illustration to issue no. 16; a drunk wearing a tall hat with flap to the back staggers, holding onto a post, an upside-down bottle held up in his left hand; his boot splashes in the alcohol that has been lost; the issue is headed with a vignette (BM Satires 16927; second design, for description see 1870,1008.1335), and the letters of the title are formed of tiny figures of Punch, as in 1870,1008.1335. 28 April 1832
Wood-engraved vignette-heading and illustration to a letterpress paper of eight pages
- Production date
- 1832
- Dimensions
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Height: 212 millimetres (approx. page size)
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Height: 94 millimetres (illustration)
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Width: 157 millimetres (approx. page size)
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Width: 71 millimetres (illustration)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The illustrations to issue nos. 16 and 17, unlike issues 1 to 14, have been registered and are catalogued separately; for the other illustrations to issue no. 16, see 1870,1008.1349-1365. Issue 15 is missing from the British Museum's copy of Punch in London.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Punch in London
- Acquisition date
- 1870
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1870,1008.1348.1-2
