Champion Ratcatcher
Artist: Unknown
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.
Details
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Champion Ratcatcher
- Date
- 1840
- Medium
- Oil on board
- Dimensions
- H: 24 x W: 29 cm
- Reference
- CVCSC:0019.F
- Collection
- Folk Art