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Buy a Fork or a Fire Shovel: 3.G.22-19

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Buy a Fork or a Fire Shovel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Savage, John
Publisher: Overton, Henry
Draughtsman: Laroon, Marcellus (After)

Entities

Categories

Dating

18th Century
1711 -

Note

State with the plate number 19

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3.G.22-19
Primary reference Number: 203761
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 3 September 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Buy a Fork or a Fire Shovel" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/203761 Accessed: 2024-05-02 01:02:48

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/203761 |title=Buy a Fork or a Fire Shovel |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-05-02 01:02:48|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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