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Creator:
Upper print made by unknown artist
Lower print made by Joseph Austin Benwell, active 1856–1886
Published by Illustrated London News, 1842–2003
Title:

King Leopold's Public Entry into Brussels and Weighing Cotton at Bombay for the English Market; Page from Illustrated London News

Date:
1862
Medium:
Wood-engraving and letterpress with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 inches (40.3 × 27.9 cm), Image: 6 3/8 × 9 3/8 inches (16.2 × 23.8 cm), Image: 6 7/8 × 9 1/2 inches (17.5 × 24.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered center: "KING LEOPOLD'S PUBLIC ENTRY INTO BRUSSELS ON THE 24TH ULT.: ARRIVAL OF HIS MAJESTY AT THE PALACE. FROM A SKETCH BY MR. HENDRIKX. - SEE PAGE 380."; indside lower image, lower left: "BENWELL."; below image, lower center: "WEIGHING COTTON AT BOMBAY FOR THE ENGLISH MARKET, - SEE PAGE 380."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2017.7.72
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | bales | carriage | cityscape | cotton | crowd | genre subject | list | men | procession | scale (weighing device) | scribe | turbans | umbrella | weights
Associated Places:
Bombay | Brussels | India
Associated People:
Leopold I (1790–1865), king of the Belgians
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:75806
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