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Champion Ratcatcher
Details
Artist
Unknown
Title
Champion Ratcatcher
Date
1840
Medium
Oil on board
Dimensions
H: 24 x W: 29 cm
Reference
CVCSC:0019.F
Collection
Status
On Display
This painting closely resembles an engraving in Henry Mayhew’s book London Labour and the London Poor, published in 1851, which describes brightly-lit ‘ratting’ pits fitted with high wooden rims.
Champion Ratcatcher 1840 © Compton Verney