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Regal Set

Print
1849-1893 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two sets of coloured needle-box prints on 1 sheet.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Regal Set (assigned by artist)
  • Fancy Subject Set (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Baxter-process print on paper
Brief description
Print by Le Blond & Co., 'Regal Set' and 'Fancy Subject Set' of needle-box prints, on 1 sheet, Baxter-process print, Great Britain, 1849-1893
Physical description
Two sets of coloured needle-box prints on 1 sheet.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 6.375in
  • Plate width: 9.5in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Credit line
Given by Mr Arthur Myers Smith
Object history
Le Blond & Co., established between 1840 and 1845, became the first Baxter-process print licensees in 1849. In 1868, a year after George Baxter died, Le Blond acquired 66 sets of Baxter’s original plates and blocks and republished these subjects. Information from an article by the New Baxter Society ‘Abraham Le Blond,’ (see references).
Bibliographic references
Collection
Accession number
E.879-1916

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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