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List of Illustrations
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Illustrations 1. “Great Weight and No Price! Little Weight and All Price!!” The Post Circular, 1839 33 2. John Tenniel, “Sir Rowland Le Grand,” 1864 53 3. Mulready envelope, 1840 91 4. John Leech, Mulready caricature, 1840 100 5. Penny Black, 1840 103 6. George Elgar Hicks, The General Post Office, One Minute to Six, 1860 108 7. Frontispiece, The Universal Letter Writer, c. 1850 125 8. Scottish schoolboy’s handwriting, 1842 126 9. “Edwin Hill and Warren De La Rue’s Envelope-Folding Machine,” 1851 134 10. “Waller’s Commercial Writing Desk,” 1851 141 11. Hablot Knight Browne, “In Re Guppy. Extraordinary Proceedings,” 1853 143 12. William Makepeace Thackeray, “Miss Sharp in Her Schoolroom,” 1848 147 13. Advertising Mulready, 1841 166 14. “À Monsieur Chandelle,” c. 1860 167 15. John Leech, “One Penny Trip,” c. 1840 171 16. “Wild fire” letter, March 8, 1862 175 17. Sir John Everett Millais, “When the Letter Was Completed,” 1882 187 18. Augustus Egg, Past and Present, No. 1, 1858 189 x · Illustrations 19. Hand-drawn “weekly sheet” from George Howell to his brother Josiah, 1842 200 20. Picture letter to Mr. William Lyon from Edwin Landseer, 1864 202 21. Richard Redgrave, The Poor Teacher, 1844 209 22. George Elgar Hicks, Woman’s Mission: Companion of Manhood, 1863 213 23. “Valentine,” c. 1860 227 24. “Love & Duty,” undated Victorian valentine 230 25. “A Map of Matrimony,” c. 1860 232 26. George Elgar Hicks, The General Post Office, One Minute to Six (detail), 1860 236 ...