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A two-bar electric fire with the upper bar crossed out and only the lower bar switched on, to save power. Colour lithograph.

An electric fire protected by a guard, in front of which a little girl reads a picture book and a woman does some knitting. Colour process print after Jake and Joyce Jacobs.

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A two-bar electric fire with the upper bar crossed out and only the lower bar switched on, to save power. Colour lithograph.

An electric fire protected by a guard, in front of which a little girl reads a picture book and a woman does some knitting. Colour process print after Jake and Joyce Jacobs.