A Group of Twelve Framed Chromolithographs of British Birds’ Eggs; Henry Seebohm c.1896 sub-Religion & Relics hand powered breakdown cranes were

hand powered breakdown cranes were not totally dispensed with until implementation of the Modernisation Plan in the 1950s

Alternatively it may have been used for leather-work or in an in-house cobblers (these existed in some asylums) and the initialed ‘R’ to the frieze is made from punched leather so this may be a clue

though escaped

they never guessing who he was

A Group of Twelve Framed Chromolithographs of British Birds’ Eggs; Henry Seebohm c.1896 sub-Religion & Relics hand powered breakdown cranes wereOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1896 Each: 9 wide x 12. 25 high (each) The decorative group of thirteen framed chromolithographs on wove paper, of natural history interest, each depicting eggs from various British birds, set upon soft pastel coloured grounds of soft green and ivory, published in 1896 by Pawson and Brailsford, Sheffield for "Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds" By Henry Seebohm. Printed on