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Artist/Maker	Langley Print Works (manufacturers) Unknown (designers)
Place of origin	United Kingdom (made)

36 engravings and colour prints from woodblocks, mounted on paper and stitched, showing designs for flags and kerchiefs etc. printed with pictorial commemorating events such as the opening of the Thames Tunnel in 1843 and the 1862 Exhibition at South Kensington. Some lettered with titles, dated etc. Two numbered '132' and '136', and two stamped with duty stamps.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Design
Materials and techniques	Engraving, colour woodblock printing Engraving (Printing Process) Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description	36 designs for flags and kerchiefs etc, by an unknown maker, printed with pictorial subjects, including some commemorating events such as the opening of the Thames Tunnel in 1843, and the 1862 Exhibition at South Kensington, produced by Langley Prints Ltd. Mounted on paper and stitched.
Physical description	36 engravings and colour prints from woodblocks, mounted on paper and stitched, showing designs for flags and kerchiefs etc. printed with pictorial commemorating events such as the opening of the Thames Tunnel in 1843 and the 1862 Exhibition at South Kensington. Some lettered with titles, dated etc. Two numbered '132' and '136', and two stamped with duty stamps.
Dimensions	Height: 91.4cm Width: 92.7cm Taken from 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964' published by HMSO 1965
Marks and inscriptions	'132' ([One print] numbered) '136' ([One print] numbered Two stamped with duty stamps)
Credit line	Given by Langley Prints Ltd.
Subjects depicted	Commemoratives Flags Kerchiefs
Associated object	E.379A-1964 (Part)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964 published by HMSO 1965.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.379-1964

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1110722/design-unknown/

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