Library — 1872
Perched in the trees
An illustration of boys perching in trees in order to get a view of the Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge. Taken from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré, 1872. Jerrold describes how Londoners would display the colours of the opposing teams: "The blue, pale or deep, was tied to a stick, crowning ginger-beer barrows, flaunting from broken whips, about the fantail of a dustman, nodding over the noses of costermongers' donkeys, and stuck amid the tatters of "gutter children" perched aloft in the river-side trees.'
- Category:
- Library
- Object ID:
- NN23607(45)
- Object name:
- Perched in the trees
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- Artist/Maker:
- Doré, Gustave
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- Production date:
- 1872
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 89 mm, W 69 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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