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Monkey Woman Fairground Show Cloth
Fairground Showfront
ca. 1860 (made)
ca. 1860 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Fairground showfront, advertising a 'Monkey Woman, painted by A.E. Smith and H.V. Smith of Camberwell, London, ca.1860s.
Object details
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| Title | Monkey Woman Fairground Show Cloth (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas, with wooden batons |
| Brief description | Painted fairground show cloth, advertising a 'Monkey Woman', ca.1860 |
| Physical description | Painted fairground showfront, depicting a jungle scene with, centre, a female figure with the face of a monkey and long hair, wearing a grass skirt. She draws back in horror from a snake which has wound itself around a tree, left. At the top of the tree are a parrot and two small monkeys. At upper and lower edges are wide bands of gold scrolls and leaf-shapes. Wooden batons at top and bottom. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'A E. &. H.V. SMITH / 14. COUNTY. GROVE. / CAMBERWELL. LONDON. S.E.' (Painted inscription, lower right hand corner) |
| Summary | Fairground showfront, advertising a 'Monkey Woman, painted by A.E. Smith and H.V. Smith of Camberwell, London, ca.1860s. |
| Associated object | S.225-1987 (Object) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.224-1987 |
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| Record created | March 26, 2012 |
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