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"As Carts de Wisit's is all the go / Here's one to carry off your Dust Oh!"

Satirical Print
1860s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A dustman in his trademark hat, standing before his dustcart with a basket and bell in his hands, smoking a clay pipe.
1 of 30 comic visiting cards, some hand-coloured.


Object details

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Object type
Title"As Carts de Wisit's is all the go / Here's one to carry off your Dust Oh!" (published title)
Materials and techniques
Litho-engraving
Brief description
"As Carts de Wisit's is all the go / Here's one to carry off your Dust Oh!"
One of 30 satirical cards parodying carte-de-visites and calling-cards. Published by Rock & Co, London, 1860s.
Physical description
A dustman in his trademark hat, standing before his dustcart with a basket and bell in his hands, smoking a clay pipe.
1 of 30 comic visiting cards, some hand-coloured.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.53cm
  • Width: 6.35cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Guy Tristram Little
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.2631-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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