The First Lesson
Print
1849-1893 (made)
1849-1893 (made)
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Coloured print depicting a woman seated on a chair, beside a table covered in green fabric, with a young girl sat on her knee. The woman and child are reading from an alphabet book.
Object details
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| Title | The First Lesson (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Baxter-process print on paper |
| Brief description | Print by Le Blond & Co. after S. B. Hallé, 'The First Lesson,' Baxter-process print, Great Britain, 1849-1893 |
| Physical description | Coloured print depicting a woman seated on a chair, beside a table covered in green fabric, with a young girl sat on her knee. The woman and child are reading from an alphabet book. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Francis William Baxter |
| 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). |
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| Accession number | E.2947-1932 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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