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Inspired by George Cruickshank
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THE CENTURY OF INVENTION, ANNO DOMINI 2000, OR THE MARCH OF AEROSTATION, STEAM, AND PERPETUAL MOTION
1840s, printed in sepia on cotton with various vignettes, including a sandwich board proclaiming Tomorrow Evening, A Cast Iron Parson will preach by Steam at Fudge Chapel, and a delivery van complaining He is the most unreasonable man I ever met with! To go from St Paul's to Barnet in half an hour! Oh! I can never do it!--16in. x 21in. (40cm. x 54cm.)
1840s, printed in sepia on cotton with various vignettes, including a sandwich board proclaiming Tomorrow Evening, A Cast Iron Parson will preach by Steam at Fudge Chapel, and a delivery van complaining He is the most unreasonable man I ever met with! To go from St Paul's to Barnet in half an hour! Oh! I can never do it!--16in. x 21in. (40cm. x 54cm.)
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