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The Chamber Idyll

Print
1831 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wood-engraving depicting a scene framed by a structure of a cottage. A nude man sits on the edge of a bed next to a standing woman who is removing her garment. There is bowl with fruit on the floor and a shepherd's crook leans at left. One right the cottage opens out to the outside and there is a landscape with a star-filled sky and sheep and an ox standing near.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Chamber Idyll (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Wood-engraving print
Brief description
Wood-engraving by Edward Calvert entitled 'The Chamber Idyll', English, 1831
Physical description
Wood-engraving depicting a scene framed by a structure of a cottage. A nude man sits on the edge of a bed next to a standing woman who is removing her garment. There is bowl with fruit on the floor and a shepherd's crook leans at left. One right the cottage opens out to the outside and there is a landscape with a star-filled sky and sheep and an ox standing near.
Dimensions
  • Width: 76.2mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1926)
  • Length: 44.45mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1926)
Associated object
CIRC.1298-1926 (Duplicate)
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1926
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.1299-1926

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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