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The Gardener's Shed

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

Coloured print depicting a vase of flowers, a basket of fruit and a bird's nest.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Gardener's Shed (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Baxter-process print on paper
Brief description
Print by Le Blond after Valentine Bartholomew, 'The Gardener's Shed', Baxter-process print, Great Britain, 19th century
Physical description
Coloured print depicting a vase of flowers, a basket of fruit and a bird's nest.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15in
  • Width: 11in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
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):
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
Collection
Accession number
E.1687-1898

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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