Underwood, Thomas (sold)
Thomas Underwood (1810-1882) was an English printer noted primarily for being one of the earliest practitioners of Chromolithography in Birmingham and the British Midlands, overall. He has the distinction of having sketched the remains of the type designer John Baskerville (he of the font of that name.)
The Mortal Dangers of Arboriculture.
The Tree of Misery and Death, With Some of its Roots Laid Bare.
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This is an extremely rare, chromolithograph temperance broadside printed c. 1860. We generally associate the temperance movement and its attendant propaganda with the United States, but it was in fact a global movement. In the United Kingdom, where this broadside was printed, the temperance movement was particularly strong in the industrial midlands. where alcoholism was rife among young workers. (more details)