PUMP, LONDON
An elaborate pump in the yard of the Leathersellers Company, Bishopsgate, London : it could be used to furnish wine from the mermaid's breasts on festive occasions
Picture No
13725989
Media ID
45391355
Size
3847px x 5057px
(4.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
engraving by an unnamed artist in Smith's Antiquities of London, 1791 (about 3/5 through). Image digitally colourised
Date
circa 1600
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