Elliot's Christmas Juvenile Novelties. No. 2. --- Railway Train.

Elliot (M., printer and publisher)

Elliot's Christmas Juvenile Novelties. No. 2. --- Railway Train.

Description: single sheet broadside, approx. 38 x 25 cm, with a large woodcut, piece missing from lower outer corner (no loss to printed surface), and fore-edge slightly frayed,

Publication Details: Printed and published by M. Elliot, c. 1840

Notes: An unrecorded broadside (No. 1 is not recorded either). The text describes it well: 'This little curiosity [i.e. the woodcut], by being cut out and neatly folded, forms a complete Railway Mail carriage. Although this may appear difficult, at first sight, it requires only a little attention to make it a truly Geometric Carriage, as neither Paste, Gum, or any other Cement is required.' The woodcut marks the slits to be made for the tabs to enter. The Carriage has VR on the sides, so it obviously dates from after Victoria's accession, but, what with the fashions worn by the passengers, we would j...moreAn unrecorded broadside (No. 1 is not recorded either). The text describes it well: 'This little curiosity [i.e. the woodcut], by being cut out and neatly folded, forms a complete Railway Mail carriage. Although this may appear difficult, at first sight, it requires only a little attention to make it a truly Geometric Carriage, as neither Paste, Gum, or any other Cement is required.' The woodcut marks the slits to be made for the tabs to enter. The Carriage has VR on the sides, so it obviously dates from after Victoria's accession, but, what with the fashions worn by the passengers, we would judge not long after.Elliot gives his address as 14 Holywell Street: these premises seem to be the only known fact about him. At the same address and around the same time we find another printer, Edward Elliot. HIDE