A merchant walking down a Georgian London street

An obese merchant walking down a Georgian London street oblivious to the flirting couple, buxom maids in front of a restaurant called Oyster Rooms, Lobsters, Pickled Salmon. Gideon Owen, the man of business. Handcoloured wood engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from W. H. Harrison's The Humourist, a Companion for the Christmas Fireside, Rudolph Ackermann, 19 Strand, London, 1831

Anecdote Comical Companion For The Christmas Fireside Lobsters Obese Rudolph Ackermann The Humourist Thomas Rowlandson W. H. Harrison Wood Engraving

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