A Canadian winter (BM 1931,1114.349)
Summary
No. 515. A man fallen in water through broken ice in foreground at left (Lord Glenelg), helped by a man standing in water at right, handing him his walking stick to hold onto (Lord Melbourne); a man holding his left hand behind (Lord Russell), supported by a man standing behind at far right (Thomas Spring Rice); they are watched by a group of men (at far left, Lord Brougham, next to him the Duke of Wellington, holding a fishing rod, and John Bull at centre);
a board on a pole in the water is lettered with 'RHS dangerous'. 26 January 1838
Lithograph
Tags
Date
1838
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain