The Flying Steam Company, to China in Twenty-four Hours Certain

Made:: circa 1843 in England

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Commemorative handkerchief, The Flying Steam Company, with satires of Henson's Ariel Steam Carriage, c1843. Cotton, with sepia brown ink, some fading; sewn on linen backing; [sight] 48x61cm in frame, 55.3x68x3cm. Among other references: air mail drops by the Company on Emperor's Palace, Suez, mail to Malta by balloon; stage coach for sale by East India Company; watermen and Thames Tunnel; astrological observations

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Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1987-837

Materials:: cotton

Measurements:: overall: 560 mm x 690 mm x 33 mm,

type:: textile

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The Flying Steam Company, to China in Twenty-four Hours Certain

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