Papers relating to the painting 'A Good Joke' by Pietro Torrini
Scope & Content:
The picture depicted four monks reading Punch, an advertisement for Pears soap on the back cover. The painting had nothing to do with Punch, but had been commissioned for a supplement to the Pears Annual in 1891.
'Rambling recollections and modern thoughts by an old engraver', by J. B. Groves
Scope & Content:
Memoir of J. B. Groves. With a covering letter from Miss L. Groves, a printed article by Groves on moving pictures from The Farmer’s Advocate, a photocopy of the memoir, a typewritten précis, and a photograph of Joseph Swain (b 1820, d 1909), Groves’s wood engraving teacher. The photograph is wro...