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Elephant and Castle, Newington

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Busy London street corner, seen from opposite the Elephant and Castle Tavern. In the foreground, right, people eating oysters from a wooden tub on the sidewalk. One man holds a sauce bottle. Artists' and publisher's names, title, and date below.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Etcher
Robert William Smart, British, active 19th c.
Engraver
George Hunt, British, active 1824 - 1831
Publisher
George Hunt, British, active 1824 - 1831
After
Samuel John Egbert Jones, British, active 1820 - 1855
Date
1826
Credit Line
Gift of Hamill and Barker
Medium
Etching and engraving, brush and watercolor on stiff paper
Dimensions
51.7 × 71.3 cm (20 3/8 × 28 1/16 in.)
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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