Boy Chimney Sweeper, The Morning Call, c1853 - 1937 Print for Sale

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Boy Chimney Sweeper, The Morning Call, c1853 - 1937 Print For Sale

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Boy Chimney Sweeper, The Morning Call, c1853 - 1937 Print:
$11.29

British Parliament 1925 Vintage Lithograph

Boy Chimney Sweeper, The Morning Call, c1853 - 1937 Print

This is a 1937 print, reproducing a 1853 aquatint by George Baxter (British, Lewes 1804–1867 London).

In the late 1600s in England in response to the Great Fire of London, which gutted the city, building codes changed, requiring chimneys to be much narrower than previously. Due to the new design, keeping the chimneys free of obstruction became more of a challenge and a priority. Shockingly, instead of someone inventing a tool for this purpose, children were employed as human chimney sweeps. For over 200 years, this practice went on, in spite of the deplorable conditions the children lived in, the horrible health effects they suffered, and the many injuries and fatalities resulting from related work hazards.

Nice print on slightly age-toned page (somewhat exaggerated in picture); Slight handling wear with occasional spot or printer\'s ink speck
The source of this print is an early work on the history of English prints by B. Gray, an Assistant Keeper in the British Museum in the late 1930s in the Department of Printed Books at the British Museum; became Keeper of the Department of Oriental Antiquities (1946-1969); and Acting Director and Principal Librarian in 1968.To reiterate, this is a 1937 print reproducing a 1853 aquatint. Blank on Reverse
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Full Page Size: Approximately 8\" X 5\"
Published by Adam & Charles Black, Soho Square, London

Condition:Excellent - VeryGood - Good++ - Fair - Poor (but of historical interest)

Superficial handling, but some age toning (slightly exaggerated in picture)

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History-On-Paper

Item #1220-EP224