print;
ticket
- Museum number
- 1880,1113.1804.1-2
- Description
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Two tickets printed on the Thames during the Frost Fair of 1739-4, with the same border of angels and cherubs surrounded by patterns, with the portraits of Gutenberg and William Caxton in oval frames held up by the angels; the pages differ only in the name and date printed in the centre, on the first it is "Martha Tappin"on January 26th, on the second "Christopher Anderson" on January 22nd. 1740
Woodcut and letterpress
- Production date
- 1740
- Dimensions
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Height: 155 millimetres
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Height: 156 millimetres
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Width: 212 millimetres (image only)
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Width: 213 millimetres (image only)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For comment on the Frost Fair see 1880,1113.1801
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Frost Fair 1739-1740
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Acquisition notes
- The Crace Catalogue states: "The following interesting Views of Frost Fairs upon the Thames are in a separate volume, and were given to the Editor by his friend, Mrs George"
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1880,1113.1804.1-2
