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Lithographic caricature of Panizzi by 'Ape' 'Men of the Day. No 77' with letterpress.

réf. 5014 — London: published in 'Vanity Fair' 17 January 1874. Paper dimensions roughly fifteen inches by ten and a half wide; print dimensions twelve inches by seven and a quarter wide. Good clear image with border a little dusty and aged. Full-length image of a dour Panizzi standing at a desk holding a book. Page of letterpress on separate leaf of same dimensions containing spirited account 'he sought refuge in Switzerland but he was expelled discreditably from that country . Keeper of the Printed Books . the man in all Europe most competent to fill it. His extraordinary knowledge of all the literature and most of the languages of the Earth . so amiable a man that he has worked the Library up to its present position without making an enemy ! . known to the officials with whom he has had to do as Pan the deity of the British Museum. .' See Image. [London]: published in 'Vanity Fair', 17 January 1874. unknown