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"Justice" is our motto

Poster
ca.1845 (first published), 1950-51 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured woodcut poster.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title"Justice" is our motto (published title)
Materials and techniques
Woodcut, hand-colouring
Brief description
"Justice is our motto'. Hand-coloured woodcut poster by an unknown artist, advertising a firm of rag and bone merchants. English, ca.1845. (reprinted from the original woodblock, 1951)
Physical description
Hand-coloured woodcut poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.875in
  • Width: 20in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951. London: HMSO, 1962.
Credit line
Given by Samuel Reeves Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
Collection
Accession number
E.46-1951

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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