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General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1808. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1808. This shows the scene in a busy letter sorting office. The dozens of sorters, each with his own dedicated position, emphasises how labour-intensive an efficient mail service was. From The Microcosm of London published by Rudolph Ackermann. (London, 1808).
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AR924670
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Image
Purpose
Public
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4763px × 3667px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
Ackermann
AQUATINT
Avenue
Britain
British
busy
City of London
color
COMMUNICATIONS
concept
country
England
English
General Post Office
GPO
JOB
Labor
Laborer
LANE
letter
LOCATION
Lombard Street
MAIL
Male
Man
Men
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OCCUPATION
Oxford Science Archive
People
post
Post Office
POSTAL SERVICE
postal worker
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
Road
Rowlandson
RUDOLPH
Rudolph Ackermann
SORTING
sorting office
TGN
THOMAS
Thomas Rowlandson
work in progress
WORKERS
WORKFORCE
WORKING