Copper, Your Honour
Print
1853 (published)
1853 (published)
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Colour print depicting a full-length portrait of young boy in ragged clothes with bare feet. He is turned to face the viewer, holding out his hat to ask for a 'copper.' Under his left arm he is holding a broom. On mount with embossed seal.
Object details
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Title | Copper, Your Honour (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Baxter print on paper |
Brief description | Print by George Baxter, 'Copper, Your Honour,' Baxter-process print, England, 1853 |
Physical description | Colour print depicting a full-length portrait of young boy in ragged clothes with bare feet. He is turned to face the viewer, holding out his hat to ask for a 'copper.' Under his left arm he is holding a broom. On mount with embossed seal. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Published Augst 10th 1853 by George Baxter, Proprietor & Patentee London.' (Lettered on print) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr A. T. West |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933 |
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Accession number | E.2663-1930 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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