Hancock's Aquatic Dress
Hancock's Aquatic Dress - a basin-type device for walking across deep rivers. The rather opn design rathers opens the possibility for flooding, but Mr Hancock's business flourished in the early 1820s and he was a perfectly repectable merchant selling pneumatic beds and waterproof clothes
Picture No
10294021
Media ID
46056946
Size
3700px x 4045px
(2.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed engraving from The Illustrated London News - reprinted in July 11th 1970 issue p18
Date
late 19th century
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