Cockney sporting caricature, fishing, Robert Seymour, 1835 / 1878.

"Example. See George! this is the way to handle your tackle: drop it gently into the water so; you see I make no splash, and hold your rod steadily in this manner" caricature by Robert Seymour, published in Seymour's Humorous Sketches by Henry Bohn, 1878. First published as a lithograph in about 1836, this is a later steel engraved version. Size about 11.5 x 17 cms, plus margins. Ref F6439