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Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican; representing the value to the government of publicans' licenses Wall Art
ART BY: Tom Merry
Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican; representing the value to the government of publicans' licenses Wall Art
ART BY: Tom Merry
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About this artwork
Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican; representing the value to the government of publicans' licenses is a caricatures, chromolithographs by Tom Merry (1853–1902), dated 24 May 1890. The artist is catalogued as American. This reproduction is based on the copy in the Wellcome Collection, and the file offered here measures 6000 × 4391 px (5.7 MB). Catalogued under Illustration, in landscape format. Archive Lane holds 50 works by Tom Merry, a British artist.
William Mecham was a British cartoonist and performer, taking the stage and pen name Tom Merry.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Tom Merry →
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Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican; representing the value to the government of publicans' licenses is free to preview at web resolution. The original high-resolution file is a one-time purchase, or included with an Archive Lane membership (up to 1,000 high-resolution downloads per day) — and the artwork can also be ordered as a made-to-order print.
