Title
The ghost of a guinea or the country's surprise!
Caption
The ghost of a guinea or the country's surprise! Artist, George Moutard Woodward (1760-1809). Print shows a banker astonished to by a guinea coin with King George III on it. The banker says, 'Surely my eyes do not deceive me - it certainly must be a guinea, I declare I have not seen such a thing since I have been in the Banking Line - Mercy on us - it may perhaps be one of the new ghosts that go about - if thou beest a real guinea do drop in my till, and let me hear thee chink., February c.1804.
Date
1804
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP17A01_288
License type
Rights managed
Available size
60,0Mb (4,0Mb) / 13,1in x 17,8in / 3937 x 5327 (300dpi)