1592991151000 1487090814000 Standard Record object-214289 1753812196855 1711456545000 1753812119276 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-214289 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214289 86c50f22-a9c7-3452-8750-e1f8848ecdee 5 reference term-98032 adlib-term-98032 82c0807b-e8e4-3d5c-ac68-1a6390880fea print reference term-104347 adlib-term-104347 6f889102-d744-3f3f-9cd4-9df0dbce5586 album Paintings, Drawings and Prints A preparatory drawing in graphite with tonal contrasts in grey wash on cream wove paper for a comic valentine. The male figure depicted appears to be a bookbinder. He stands at a table holding two large books. He wears an apron and a square, box-like hat on his oversized head. A pen and ink inscription at upper left: "Mr Marks Sir / I hope thou will pleas[sic] / have the goodness [...] / the cash. Mr B hard up". A steel nail is pinned through the upper left corner of the paper, which goes through the album leaf behind. One of a group bought at a sale, the catalogue clipping affixed to the same album leaf: "749 - Original wash Valentine Drawings - A collection of 8 executed for Messrs. Marks & Co. by BRITTAIN ...". This group of valentines was bought in 1924 from the bookseller, R.S. Frampton who was based at "Walton House", 37 Fonthill Road, Finsbury Park, London, N4. The bookseller's catalogue (No. 35), with several lot descriptions cut from it, was found in boxes containing Glaisher's valentines. See P.14529-R. See also P.14345-R-3 and P.14345-R-5 - P.14345-R-10, for the other valentines in this group. This drawing is mentioned in a letter from Glaisher to Catherine Parsons: 'Among the Valentines there should be one from Mr Britain, a sketch of a rude one sent to the publisher with a note in Mrs B's ill[.......] handwriting "Mr B hard up". I did not notice it yesterday, but it may be among them.'. Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 890-1985, September 7th, 1924, letter to Miss Catherine Parsons. Glaisher often referred to comic valentines as either 'rude' or 'ugly'. The drawings were probably produced for S. Marks & Sons, who specialised in comic valentines during the 1850s. The artist, 'Brittain' is unknown. P.14345-R-4 1 accession number P.14345-R-4 214289 priref 214289 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214289 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214289 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 reference agent-152564 adlib-agent-152564 c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7 Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr 1928 1928 1928 bequeathed 1850 1850 1850 circa 1850 1860 1 1860 1860 circa 1860 publisher reference agent-194286 adlib-agent-194286 365d4aa2-7d84-3634-85d6-33886ef1636d S. Marks & Sons reference term-106853 adlib-term-106853 25492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f3415 19th Century reference media-203154 adlib-media-203154 cdc215ee-b742-36cd-afd6-4ca2ffba9f05 jpeg pdp/pdp77/P_14345_R_4_1_201701_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 825 1742598580496 1 image jpeg pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14345_R_4_1_201701_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 621 width pixels 500 1742598580496 1 image jpeg pdp/pdp77/P_14345_R_4_1_201701_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 825 1742598580496 1 image jpeg pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14345_R_4_1_201701_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 310 width pixels 250 1742598580496 1 image 0 media image reference term-104408 adlib-term-104408 8f88fdfb-ee46-3100-aefc-6466cf9ce5d9 Valentine card reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-9168 adlib-term-9168 6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f British

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