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Flying by steam power
hand colored aquatint
195 x 157 mm
Peel 2095
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Does not appear in George, M.D. Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Title devised by cataloger.
Summary:
A smiling young man in a blue coat and a brown cap flies over the ocean by means of a large kettle labeled "PATENT" strapped to his back; dark steam issues from the kettle's spout, which is shaped like a snake or bird's head. In one hand he carries a plaid bag initialed "G"; in the other, a contraption for picking up objects at a distance. Below him in the ocean a sailing ship and a steam ship cruise by, and a few distant gulls fly.
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