Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1824-03-01
The English Spy: The Arrival, or Western Entrance to Cockney Land
This particular print satirises the people and transport entering London through Hyde Park.
An offshoot of 'Life in London' was 'The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous', illustrated with many coloured plates, of which the greater number are by 'Robert Transit' (i.e. Robert Cruikshank) and written by 'Bernard Blackmantle', a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott.
It contains many lively representations of life, high and low, giving much curious information about the customs and manners of the day and about real people still recognisable under their fictitious names, and preserves many tales of a past age. It attempts to do for many places in England what' Life in London' and 'Real Life in London' had done for the metropolis.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- Z1262
- Object name:
- The English Spy: The Arrival, or Western Entrance to Cockney Land
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- Artist/Maker:
- Cruikshank, George, Sherwood, Jones & Co.
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- Production date:
- 1824-03-01
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 130 mm, W 206 mm (paper)
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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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