Drawing of men and boys standing with colourful advertising boards, 1828, British Museum
Photograph of masquerade peep show depicting people wearing a range of colourful costumes in a decorated, columned assembly space, 1826, from the V&A.
3/ Advertising still circulated on newspapers, but also moved onto colourful posters and signboards. And, like the Georgian era, the masquerade inspired fun ephemera—like paper peep shows.
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