Jemmy the Rocket Man & John the Poet by John Dempsey - Place Mat Gustav Doré

Jemmy the Rocket Man & John the Poet by John Dempsey - Place Mat Gustav DoréThis image is from an impressive collection of watercolour images of London street people made by the itinerant English painter John Dempsey throughout the first half of the nineteenth century. The exhibition profiles the stories of town criers, match sellers, chimney sweeps, street food vendors, and numerous other characters populating the urban landscape of Regency era and early Victorian Britain. Remarkable in their incisive realism and providing

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This placemat is the perfect gift for anyone interested in old London history or John Dempsey

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