Advertisement for the Inventions Exhibition, South Kensington; with groups of elegant men and women in a London street, within a frame decorated with winged boys and flowers. Engraving, 1885, after F. Bartolozzi.

London (50 Leadenhall Street) : Leadenhall Press, 1885.

1 print : engraving ; image 14.5 x 11 cm

Memento inventions exhibition, South Kensington, 1885 "our grandmother's prints" in ye olde London streete ; Bartolozzi prints republished in ye Leadenhall presses. F. Bartolozzi sc. 1763 Letterpress on verso: Inventions exhibition - "our grandmother's prints" in old fashioned frames, prospectus free. Copperplate printing shewn as practised 100 years ago. Choice memento, with charming Bartolozzi Cupid border (1763) surrounding modern design of quaintly costumed figures. Olde Street, no. 3, first floor, and the Leadenhall Press, 50, Leadenhall Street, E.C.

Wellcome Collection 34381i