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Dove Cottage : 2008.107.598
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Print, uncoloured engraving, Punch at Tea with Poet Close, cartoon of John Close, printer and poet, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, 1870s-80s?
On the reverse is part of one of his poems; and an advertisement:-
FOR THE FINEST, BEST, & STRONGEST TEA IN KIRKBY STEPHEN, Try Mrs. Close's, at Poet's Hall, Only 2s. 6d. Per lb.
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Punch at Tea with Poet Close; his Daughter pulls his Nose!
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