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To a Grinder Valentine card
Publisher: Lloyd, Edward (publisher)
Comic valentine entitled above the image: TO A GRINDER. A hand-coloured woodcut on thin wove paper, which is folded in half to create an inside page (blank). The hand-colouring is crudely executed. A bearded man sharpens scissors in the street on a portable grinding wheel operated by his right foot. Printed below the image, lower right: "Lloyd, [231, Shoreditch [190". Probably one of a series. Lloyd publishers was registered at 231 Shoreditch in 1840 and until 1843. A printed verse below: "A scissor-grinder! - what a chance: / To think with him through life I'd dance! / Your calling's such, that even a slut, / You, like your knives, would make to cut ; / Then read these lines, and ne'er opine / That you'll win me for a Valentine."
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
1840
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1843
Accession number: P.14345-R-46
Primary reference Number: 214331
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "To a Grinder" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/214331 Accessed: 2024-11-23 00:46:00
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