Cast-Iron Billy

Cast-Iron Billy

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John Thomson

Maker
Scottish, 1837–1921

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Ltd.

English, estab. by 1879

Cast-Iron Billy

'Street Life in London,' John Thomson and Adolphe Smith. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Ltd., 1877-78, plate 22.


1876–1877
Woodburytype
Image: 4 5/8 × 3 9/16 in. (11.8 × 9 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 8 3/16 in. (27.1 × 20.8 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1981.2141.0023
Inscriptions Printed in red on mount on recto, BC: CAST-IRON BILLY.
Inscribed in pencil on recto, BC: 61
Inscribed in pencil on recto, BC: 10
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