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Artist unknown :The illustrated anti-corn-law almanac, for the year 1843, being the third after bissextile, or Leap Year; the seventh of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria; and the twenty-eighth year of the bread tax. Published weekly, The Struggle, price one halfpenny. Printed and published by J Livesey, Preston. [1842?].
- Date
- 1842 - 1843
- By
- Livesey, J, active 1843; Robinson, J S, active 1842
- Reference
- D-013-003
- Description
A central almanac of days, surrounded by engravings showing: The absurdity of forced emigration; landlord and farmer; John Bull's show box [about propaganda to elicit the money the public must pay to win Britains' colonial wars]; Will-o'the-Wisp, alias "Protection"; Janus the god with two faces; The Shaddle [re Sir Robert Peel]; paying the rent; Buckingham Badger the monopolist [and] Cheap John the free trader.
Main artist / engraver is J S Robinson.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving and letterpress on sheet 566 x 454 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Various artists :[Assorted almanacs and newspaper offprints, mainly British. 1790s-1854].
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Letterpress works, Engravings, Broadsides, Protest works, Calendars, Engraving and letterpress on sheet 566 x 454 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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