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A toast and sentiment, up standing and uncover’d

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A well dressed man in a uniform, holding a hat in his left hand and raising a jug in his right, stands with a water pump just behind him and a prison wall and door in the background.

  • Title: A toast and sentiment, up standing and uncover’d [graphic] : the lawyers, and may the Devil fetch em.
  • Publication: [London] : Published by G. Tregear, Cheapside, London, [approximately 1833]

Catalog Record

833.00.00.19+

Acquired May 2024

Pure loyalty

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A man stands beside a public water pump holding the ladle that is chained to the pump. Looking straight at the viewer, he toasts the King with water from the ladle. Below the image are the words “Pure loyalty. Here’s a health to the King God bless him.”

  • Title: Pure loyalty [graphic] : here’s a health to the King God bless him / J.W.G.
  • Publication: [London] : Published by G. Tregear, 123 Cheapside, London, 1830.
  • Manufacture: [London] : Dean & Munday’s Lithoy., Threadneedle St.

Catalog Record

830.00.00.168

Acquired August 2023