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'Sisters of Mersey', 1886. Artist: Unknown

'Sisters of Mersey', 1886. Artist: Unknown

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'Sisters of Mersey', 1886. Sir E Watkin had proposed a scheme for a Channel Tunnel but this had not been accepted. This cartoon illustrates the newly constructed Mersey Tunnel that connected Liverpool and Birkenhead. It was formally opened by the Prince of Wales on 20th January 1886. It had been started in 1869. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 30, 1886.

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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: : Search Wikipedia for Unknown
After
  1. Edward Linley Sambourne: British: Artist, cartoonist, illustratorSearch Wikipedia for Edward Linley Sambourne
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Satire
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Merseyside Liverpool Liverpool

  1. 53 25 00 N , 003 00 00 W
Category Hierarchy

Artistic Representations Satires

Artistic Representations Caricatures

Locations & Buildings Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3709x5079
File Size : 55,190kb

Aliases

  1. 30/1/1886
  1. 0350000816
  1. 1-150-975
  1. 1150975
  1. 30/1/1886
  1. 816
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