Ivy Cottage, Highgate, residence of Charles Mathews mb-code UKD3199INP This cartoon shows Dr Wiseman

This cartoon shows Dr Wiseman

Carlos Reutemann

embodying head of Fate

' A doormat seller with mats draped over his body stands next to a woman with a bucket and broom

Ivy Cottage, Highgate, residence of Charles Mathews mb-code UKD3199INP This cartoon shows Dr WisemanIvy Cottage, Highgate, residence of Charles Mathews, and a letter by him, early 19th century, (1840). Facsimile of a letter written by theatre manager and actor Charles Mathews (1776 1835) reporting a lost item of post, with his signature. Illustration from Historical and Literary Curiosities consisting of Fac similies of Original Documents, by Charles John Smith, (Henry G Bohn, London, 1840).