"Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton vanity fair prints a messenger rushes in through

a messenger rushes in through a door to right

Condition: good - some foxing and discolouration

including a tear to the right margin measuring approx 130mm which extends into the print

Countess of Wilton

This is a large 18th century antique engraving of Samuel Butler's mock-herioic narrative poem "Hudibras" by William Hogarth

"Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton vanity fair prints a messenger rushes in throughAntique Vanity Fair print. Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton (10 May 1848 2 October 1931) was a Scotsman of Irish parentage who was a self made man, merchant, and yachtsman. He engaged in extensive advertising for his chain of grocery stores and his brand of Lipton teas. He boasted that his secret for success was selling the best goods at the cheapest prices, harnessing the power of advertising, and always being optimistic. He was the most persistent