London Types: Sandwich Man (1898): Art, History and Details

London Types: Sandwich Man (1898) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is William Nicholson (British, 1872–1949).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

London Types celebrates the affection residents felt for their city at the end of the 19th century. The series includes many depictions of women because the publisher William Heinemann, a strong supporter of the struggle for equality, advised the artist to represent both sexes equally. The scenes document London of the 1890s with contemporary references. For example, the Sandwich Man advertises a vast painting of the Ecce Homo by the Hungarian artist Mihály Munkácsy, which was on view at the Dowdeswell Galleries in New Bond Street at the time.

Object facts

• Title: London Types: Sandwich Man
• Date: 1898
• Creator attribution: William Nicholson (British, 1872–1949)
• Culture: England, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: color lithograph
• Dimensions: Sheet: 32.7 x 27.6 cm (12 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.); Image: 25.5 x 23.1 cm (10 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2010.620

Collection credit

Gift of John Bonebrake

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