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Human billboards in 19th century London, England.

Date

1828, published in George Scharf's London, Sketches and Watercolours of a Changing City, 1820-1850 by Peter Jackson (ISBN 0719543797)

Source

http://www.urban75.org/london/billboards.html

Author



Alternative names	George Sharf; George, the elder Scharf; George, le vieux Sharf; George Scharf the Elder; George, I Scharf; George Scharf; Georg Scharf
Description	German illustrator, aquarellist, drawer and lithographer
Date of birth/death	1788	1860
Location of birth/death	Mainburg	London
Authority file	: Q5541103 VIAF: 37714856 ISNI: 0000000121285330 ULAN: 500016200 LCCN: n82220754 NLA: 35479126 WorldCat

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