Spooner's Protean Views, No. 7. The Rival Heroes or a Fight for the Championship.Between the two gamest Birds in Europe. ''When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of War.''
London, William Spooner, No. 337 Strand. June 18 1836.
Coloured lithograph, 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾"), trimmed and laid on card, stamped "Crayon Papers fast colours Creswick", with title label, backed with tissue, as issued.
A transformation print: when held up to a light source the two fighting cocks acquire the heads of Wellington and Napoleon.
[Ref: 55132] £350.00
Coloured lithograph, 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾"), trimmed and laid on card, stamped "Crayon Papers fast colours Creswick", with title label, backed with tissue, as issued.
A transformation print: when held up to a light source the two fighting cocks acquire the heads of Wellington and Napoleon.
[Ref: 55132] £350.00