A Scene in Hyde Park M.y 13. 1843.
Published by W. Roxbrough 4 Grays Place Brompton & A. Hays 13 G.t Castle Street Regent Street. [n.d., c.1843.]
Lithograph with hand-colouring, scarce; sheet 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½"). Bit messy; creased.
Two scruffy boys pursued up a tree in London's Hyde Park by two policemen, or 'peelers' (named after Sir Robert Peel, whose Metropolitan Police Act led to the formation of London's first police force in 1829). Five more policemen approach on right.
[Ref: 43915] £180.00
Lithograph with hand-colouring, scarce; sheet 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½"). Bit messy; creased.
Two scruffy boys pursued up a tree in London's Hyde Park by two policemen, or 'peelers' (named after Sir Robert Peel, whose Metropolitan Police Act led to the formation of London's first police force in 1829). Five more policemen approach on right.
[Ref: 43915] £180.00