The Old Lawnmower Club
Collection, Preservation and Display of Old Lawn Mowers

London in the 1830s

We shall probably never know whether Edwin Budding took his patent application for the lawnmower to the Home Office in Whitehall near to Parliament at Westminster. There are many cartoon illustrations in books often satirically shown of 19th Century life in London.

  • 1838-04-01 Comic Almanack - London Street Scene

    An engraving entitled "May - All Growing" by George Cruickshank, from The Comic Almanack, 1838.

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    Google Books/The Comic Almanack/1838/P18
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    Read original online

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