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B/W print; Illustration of Shillibeer Horse bus and passengers, 1831, copied in 1950s

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Reference number
1998/86158
Description
Illustration of Shillibeer Horse bus and passengers. Used in a cartoon in a newspaper. Entitled "Modern Improvements, or Omnibus Conveniences, 1831. Accompanied with the text "Now then, Mounseer Shillibeer, I suppose you charges nothing for children - they takes up no room. There's only three on us, barring the little uns. Three tanners to Paddington, or no go!".
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Object type
  • B/w print
Photograph number
1668C
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Completeness
37%