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To a dirty little baker: P.14412-R-112

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

To a dirty little baker
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Large, 12mo-size tinted lithograph in red ink on a single sheet of white wove paper. Comic valentine featuring a full-length caricature of a baker with an enlarged head, viewed in profile facing left wtih a pipe in his mouth and carrying a basket on his back. The title printed below: 'TO A DIRTY LITTLE BAKER'. One of a series of comic tinted lithographs in red ink. See also P.14412-R-111, which is mounted on the same leaf of the album.

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
Circa 1870 - 1880

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14412-R-112
Primary reference Number: 214836
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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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