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Velocipede: P.14345-R-49

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Velocipede
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Comic valentine entitled, VELOCIPEDE. Lampoons the new fashion among young women for riding the velocipede (forerunner of the bicycle). A hand-coloured woodcut on one leaf of thin, wove paper. A young woman sits astride a velocipede. A printed verse below: " The last style for girls, now just see, / Velocipede striding you'll own, ..." Velocipedes with pedals, as seen here, appeared c. 1869.

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
Production date: after AD 1869

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14345-R-49
Primary reference Number: 214334
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Velocipede" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214334 Accessed: 2024-04-25 15:45:09

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