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The Sunday Before Confirmation; Parson: What did your godfathers & godmothers...

1850

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English School, 19th century The Sunday Before Confirmation; Parson: What did your godfathers & godmothers then for you? Boy: Nothing sir, rot'em for I never had none. London: Thomas McLean, c 1850. Lithograph and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on fibrous, cream wove paper, 8 13/16 x 11 1/8 inches (223 x 281 mm) with unevenly trimmed, wide margins. In good condition with minor toning and one vertical tear at the lower-center sheet edge which extends approximately 1/8 inch into the image area. Four circular areas of adhesive on the verso at each of the four corners on the verso from a former mount.

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