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'Daffa Down Dilly has come up to town'

Illustration
ca.1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Crane, Walter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Pen and ink drawing on card of a lady in a bonnet and cloak walking along a narrow street holding a basket of flowers over her left arm. With steps ascending immediately on her right and houses on either side. In the background is a portcullis in a gate. With inscription and artist's signature below.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Illustration
National Art Library
Object type
Illustration
Title'Daffa Down Dilly has come up to town' (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on card
Card
Pen and Ink
Drawing
Brief description
Pen and ink drawing, 'Daffa Down Dilly has come up to town', by Walter Crane, ca.1880.
Physical description
Pen and ink drawing on card of a lady in a bonnet and cloak walking along a narrow street holding a basket of flowers over her left arm. With steps ascending immediately on her right and houses on either side. In the background is a portcullis in a gate. With inscription and artist's signature below.
Dimensions
  • Whole height: 362mm
  • Whole width: 273mm
Style
19th Century Last Quarter
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'From the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier' (Bookplate on verso)
  • 'AR' (Initialled in pencil by Anne Renier on verso)
  • Artist's monogram in bottom right corner of drawing
  • '23 ¾ x 8 ½' (Ink inscription below drawing)
  • '"DAFFA DOWN DILLY HAS COME UP TO TOWN / IN A YELLOW PETTICOAT & A GREEN GOWN" / Walter Crane R.W.S.' (Ink inscription below drawing)
  • Vertical arrow drawn in pencil on left of image
  • 'Drawn by my late Father / Walter Crane R.W.S. / signed Lionel F. Crane' (Pencil inscription on verso)
Credit line
Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier.
Object history
Drawn by Walter Crane, ca.1880. Bequeathed to the V&A in 1970 by Anne and Fernand G. Renier as part of the Renier Collection.
Subjects depicted
Women
Flower Baskets
Flowers
Streets
Portcullises
City Gates
Houses
Towns
Cities
Bonnets (Hats)
Nursery Rhymes
Other numbers
  • Ren. Planchest A - Previous Renier Collection pressmark
  • Ren.42.U.1 (ii) - Previous Renier Collection pressmark
  • R(Z)124 - Previous National Art Library accession number
  • 865.AA.0002 - Previous National Art Library pressmark
  • 803040039 - Previous National Art Library barcode
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
RENIER.411

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Record createdMarch 20, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O147988/daffa-down-dilly-has-come-illustration-crane-walter/
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