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To a Grinder: P.14345-R-46

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

To a Grinder
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Lloyd, Edward (publisher)

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Description

Comic valentine entitled above the image: TO A GRINDER. A hand-coloured woodcut on thin wove paper, which is folded in half to create an inside page (blank). The hand-colouring is crudely executed. A bearded man sharpens scissors in the street on a portable grinding wheel operated by his right foot. Printed below the image, lower right: "Lloyd, [231, Shoreditch [190". Probably one of a series. Lloyd publishers was registered at 231 Shoreditch in 1840 and until 1843. A printed verse below: "A scissor-grinder! - what a chance: / To think with him through life I'd dance! / Your calling's such, that even a slut, / You, like your knives, would make to cut ; / Then read these lines, and ne'er opine / That you'll win me for a Valentine."

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
1840 - 1843

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14345-R-46
Primary reference Number: 214331

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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