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Waiting for a Buss: P.14412-R-63

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Waiting for a Buss
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Postcard-style comic valentine. A chromolithograph of a figure against a black ground with additional lithographed details in grey ink. A chromolithograph of a man wearing checked trousers, which are being pulled at by a dog on a chain beside a fence with a TRESPASSERS notice. From the same series as another card mounted on the same album leaf, P.14412-R-63.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1870 - Circa 1880

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography
Chromolithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14412-R-63
Primary reference Number: 214787
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Waiting for a Buss" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/214787 Accessed: 2024-11-12 23:54:26

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