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OBJECT TYPE: ILLUSTRATIVE/SAFETY
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1885.001

MANUFACTURER: READ, F.W.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER PRODUCT (FIBRE BOARD)

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 71.0 cm
Width: 55.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Cycles & cycling
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: READ
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION/ AN EXAMPLE OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CYCLING, & ITS PREVALENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE - IN CANADA AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY
Function: DECORATIVE & SATIRICAL - PROBABLY INTENDED TO BE REPRODUCED FOR A BOOK OR MAGAZINE
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ARTIST'S SIGNATURE 'F.W. READ'/ HANDWRITTEN IN MARGINS '730', 'Life', '61/ 6 1/2'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BACK '6436/ Chapter IV/ Not Listed/ The New Liberated Woman/ Confronts St Peter', 'Photo/ [?]/ 145/ 2 [?] 191 [45]', STICKER '3521'
Missing: PIECES TORN OFF OF EDGES
Finish: CREAM COLOUR PAPER, QUITE DIRTY, FOXING; PAINTED IN SHADES OF GREY & WHITE/ BACK IS CREAM & LIGHT BROWN, QUITE DIRTY
Decoration: WOMAN IN PANTS, TOP HAT & 1890'S PUFFED SLEEVES, HOLDING CIGAR & HOLDING ON TO BICYCLE IS LOOKING AT MALE FIGURE WITH HALO & WINGS WHO IS PRESUMABLY STANDING AT THE GATES OF HEAVEN

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READ, F.W., Painting, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.1885, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1885.001/

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