From a set of framed original woodblock prints, c1898. With original mounted poem relating to the image on reverse. "When William Nicholson designed his stylish 'London Types' in 1898 - that together with his 'Almanac of Twelve Sports' and 'An Illustrated Alphabet' were to make his reputation as a printmaker - his son Ben, who was to eclipse him entirely in the history of British Art through his Modernist works, was only five years old. While working within the culture of the British popular print, William Nickerson deliberately chose to use the coarse-grained side of the wood block in his wood cuts, in a style that owed more to Toulouse Lautrec and Japanese precedents than to native visual traditions - which give these prints an innovative quality, even as they might seem to be celebrating unchanging roles in British society. Although not strictly 'Cries of London,' some of these characters are familiar from earlier series of prints stretching back over the previous centrury and, recognising this, Nicholson portrays them as quaint curiosities from another age. In each case, the ironic doggerel by W.E. Henley that accompanied them poked fun at the anachronistic nature of these social stereotypes, through outlining the ambivalent existence of the individual subjects - whether the street hawker displaced in Kensington far from his East End home, or the aristocratic lady at Rotten Row challenged by her suburban counterparts, or the drunken Sandwich-man displaying moral texts, or the fifteenth generation Bluecoat boy at Charterhouse School in Smithfield now moved out to Horsham." - The Gentle Author.

the paper on card globe mounted on a chrome plated meridian and a stepped black bakelite base,

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries this type of poster was a ubiquitous feature of every corner shop, café and public house. Printed with wood block type onto poor quality newsprint paper they were a transient form of advertising designed to be used then discarded, so hardly any originals exist. These reproductions are based on some surviving originals printed by London firm of Samuel Reeves Ltd, which have been scanned, restored and reprinted onto fine art paper using archival quality ink. Framed

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries this type of poster was a ubiquitous feature of every corner shop, café and public house. Printed with wood block type onto poor quality newsprint paper they were a transient form of advertising designed to be used then discarded, so hardly any originals exist. These reproductions are based on some surviving originals printed by London firm of Samuel Reeves Ltd, which have been scanned, restored and reprinted onto fine art paper using archival quality ink. Framed

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries this type of poster was a ubiquitous feature of every corner shop, café and public house. Printed with wood block type onto poor quality newsprint paper they were a transient form of advertising designed to be used then discarded, so hardly any originals exist. These reproductions are based on some surviving originals printed by London firm of Samuel Reeves Ltd, which have been scanned, restored and reprinted onto fine art paper using archival quality ink. Framed

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries this type of poster was a ubiquitous feature of every corner shop, café and public house. Printed with wood block type onto poor quality newsprint paper they were a transient form of advertising designed to be used then discarded, so hardly any originals exist. These reproductions are based on some surviving originals printed by London firm of Samuel Reeves Ltd, which have been scanned, restored and reprinted onto fine art paper using archival quality ink. Framed

original copper engraving with hand-colour, published 1753.