A London linen-draper's assistant reveals his true identity: he is not "Horatio Sparkins", an aristocratic man about town, but Mr Smith, an assistant in a down-market shop. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.

    • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
    Date:
    [1839]
    Reference:
    29758i

    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: A London linen-draper's assistant reveals his true identity: he is not "Horatio Sparkins", an aristocratic man about town, but Mr Smith, an assistant in a down-market shop. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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