A railway speculator (James Plush, Jeames de la Pluche) sitting at a table handing out railway share certificates to people (?). Wood engraving, 1845.

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[1845?]
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31557i
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James Plush is the central character in The diary of C. Jeames de la Pluche, written by William Makepeace Thackeray and first published in Punch. A manservant to a banker in Berkeley Square, London, he makes money from railway speculation and changes his name to Jeames de la Pluche

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1845?]

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 18 x 24.2 cm

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The railway speculator "at home", or, Mr. Jeames Plush in his celebrated "stagging" characters. Impression catalogued (Wellcome Library) bears further lettering in pen and ink: "(July 1845) (The man wot made £30,000 in railways by speculating from his master's House in "Buckley Square" & answering his own references!)"

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By John Leech?

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Wellcome Collection 31557i

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