M de Caxton lecturing
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1872
Materials
Paper
Measurements
70 x 80 mm
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Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 782031.48
Summary
Cartoon, pen and ink drawing. A man standing on a book dated 1473 addressing a meeting. The man has a book entitled 'Ye Caxton' tied to the top of his head with a bubble 'La forgerie'. Inscribed 'M de Caxton lecturing'. Drawn on the back of an invitation to General Annual Meeting of the Wisbech Canal company dated 1st May 1872.