Print: Baxter CL 290 - Signed in the bottom centre, "Published July 19th, 1856, by G. Baxter, Proprietor & Patentee, London,"

It shows a Hop Garden or Hop fields – and the harvesting of the hops. Victorian hop fields, particularly in Kent, were important, labour-intensive, often functioning as a 6-week "working holiday" for thousands of poor East Londoners. Families would travel annually, living in rustic huts to hand-pick hops, creating a unique social gathering that bridged urban poverty and rural life. This often continuing until the 1960s.

It was produced from twelve zinc blocks and was originally sold at 1s. 6d.  

Date: 1856

Approx. size (cm ht x w): 25.7 x 18.8 (mount)

State: On stamped mount as issued

Condition: Some light spotting to the mount but the colours of the print are pristine, this copy was in my own collection for many years