Household Maxims: An Illustrated Sheet for Workshops, Cottages, Schools etc.

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Artist/Maker	John F. Shaw & Co. (Publisher) Harrild (Printer) Whimper (letterer)
Place of origin	London (made)

The first series of an illustrated sheet for workshops, cottages and schools, with quotations and vignetted illustrations from Household Proverbs; or Penny Tracts for the People.
Lettered with the title and priced at twopence; on canvas and varnished for 1s; or on a roller for 1s. 6d.

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Categories	Printed Pages & Sheets Illustration Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Household Maxims: An Illustrated Sheet for Workshops, Cottages, Schools etc. (series title)
Materials and techniques	Printed poster using letterpress and wood-engraving Canvas Letterpress Wood-Engraving Illustration
Brief description	Anonymous illustrated sheet 'Household Maxims', including quotations with vignetted illustrations. Letterpress and wood engraving, London, c.1850.
Physical description	The first series of an illustrated sheet for workshops, cottages and schools, with quotations and vignetted illustrations from Household Proverbs; or Penny Tracts for the People. Lettered with the title and priced at twopence; on canvas and varnished for 1s; or on a roller for 1s. 6d.
Dimensions	Size of sheet height: 23.75in Size of sheet width: 30.125in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Credit line	Given by Major John A. Ross
Subjects depicted	Proverbs Education
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.372-1946

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O607673/household-maxims--an-illustrated-poster-whimper/

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