Cross Readings No 3.
London. W.H.J. Carter, Printseller, Bookseller, &c. 12 Regent St, Pall Mall. [n.d., c.1864.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 300 x 420mm (11¾ x 16½"). Narrow left margin with chip affecting printed border.
A fence covered with overlapping bills, positioned to be read for humourous effect. An example reads ''Cremorne Godard's Monstre Baloon will ascend carrying / Two Elephants a Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus and Two Giraffes just arrived from Dahomey''. London's first hot-air balloon ascent was by Eugène Godard in 1864, who flew 'L'Aigle' from Cremorne Gardens to Greenwich. He later piloted Jules Verne on the author's only balloon flight.
For similar see Refs: 51582, 53283, 53284, 45764
[Ref: 54548] £280.00
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 300 x 420mm (11¾ x 16½"). Narrow left margin with chip affecting printed border.
A fence covered with overlapping bills, positioned to be read for humourous effect. An example reads ''Cremorne Godard's Monstre Baloon will ascend carrying / Two Elephants a Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus and Two Giraffes just arrived from Dahomey''. London's first hot-air balloon ascent was by Eugène Godard in 1864, who flew 'L'Aigle' from Cremorne Gardens to Greenwich. He later piloted Jules Verne on the author's only balloon flight.
For similar see Refs: 51582, 53283, 53284, 45764
[Ref: 54548] £280.00