Library — 1872
Barnes common - calling the carriages
An illustration depicting carriages leaving Barnes common on the way home from the Boat Race, from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré, 1872. Jerrold writes: 'It is on the day of the boat-race that the boys of London are seen in all their glory, and in all their astonishing and picturesque varieties... We studied them in all the rich picturesqueness of rags - poor, hungry, idle fellows! - as they worked valiantly, trying to earn a few pence by disentangling the carriages and leading them to their owners after the event of the day was over'.
- Category:
- Library
- Object ID:
- NN23607(54)
- Object name:
- Barnes common - calling the carriages
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- Artist/Maker:
- Doré, Gustave, Prunaire, Alfred
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- Production date:
- 1872
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 70 mm, W 161 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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