Synopsis
Old Closh: The valet hands the coat to a Jew wearing three hats and dilapidated unmatched boots. Monmouth Street: A shopman adjusts the (renovated) coat on a would-be dandy. Visit to my Aunt's Husband: The purchaser, wearing a long cape, hands the garment to a pawnbroker. Auction Unredeemed Pledges: The auctioneer in his rostrum with raised hammer points down at the coat which his man holds up to a group of bidders. A peg lower: Still fashionable in shape, the coat is worn by one of two porters carrying boxes on a stretcher. Lower Still: Much tattered, it is worn by a street-scavenger.
Notes
Sold by Richard Griffin & Co.; W. R. McPhun; McCallum & Co.; Edward West & Co.; Charles Smith & Co.; Robertson & Ballantyne.
List of illustrations: State of the weather. / Fac simile / History of a coat. Continued from No 4. / Shipping news. | Voyage of a steam boat from Glasgow to Liverpool, continued from No 4 | Scene 5. Passing the clock. pleasant breeze / L'Anatomie vivante, or living skeleton now exhibiting in London. / Chain Pier, Newhaven. / Proclamation. / Fight between the lion & dogs at Warwick. / Burmese war boats. / Antiquities.
Credits
- Script
- William Heath
- Pencils
- William Heath
- Inks
- William Heath
- Letters
- William Heath
- Editor
- John Watson
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