BLACK BESS: THE HIGHWAYMEN'S ATTACK ON THE PRISONER VAN: Original 1st edition Penny Dreadful poster 1855

BLACK BESS: THE HIGHWAYMEN'S ATTACK ON THE PRISONER VAN 1865-7 1st edition rare original printed poster pullout.

Original iconic First Edition Poster Pullout from 1865 by Robert Prowse (his printed signature lower left), which came free gratis with the Second Issue (or Re-Issue) of the penny dreadful comics BLACK BESS 1865-67 written by Edward Viles and John Frederick Smith. One of the best known Dick Turpin images in the world available exclusively in rare first edition form sold as a separate piece. I have 15 of the 20 original BLACK BESS poster pullouts in the First Edition, 9 are in colour and 6 are black & white, also their conditions vary so they are being sold and listed separately.

Even the British Museum only has a part set of 8 and they are 3rd edition posters, with 20 posters produced in the range. The poster for sale here comes from the only 1st edition set known to exist in the entire world. I am selling 15 of these 1st editions and would be happy for them to stay together, but if they must part ways 150 years into their being then so be it. They are offered here separately because anyone buying all 15 would need to be a very serious collector or a museum. So this is your chance to buy a world famous printed artwork in its originally issued form, being the first edition verifiable by the text on the base of the poster. The first issue of BLACK BESS penny dreadfuls (1863-5) had no poster pullouts, these were introduced for the Second Issue of BLACK BESS (1865-67), a rare copy of which is also for sale here.