View of an open dolls' house
- Object:
Illustration
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (made)
- Date:
ca.1880 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Crane, Walter (R.W.S.), born 1845 - died 1915 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pen and ink and pencil on card
- Museum number:
RENIER.413
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Pen and ink and pencil drawing on card of a dolls' house with its door open to reveal a partial view of two rooms inside. In the upstairs room four female dolls have a tea party. The lower room is a kitchen. A scullery maid doll stands outside the dolls' house; a miniature dustpan and brush rests on the edge of the dolls' house floor. The open door to the dolls' house can be seen to the right of the dolls' house beyond which is a room with an armchair and table in a lattice bay window. In the foreground, in front of the open dolls' house is a coal scuttle full of pieces of firewood. The drawing is highlighted in white within a pencil border.
Place of Origin
Great Britain, UK (made)
Date
ca.1880 (made)
Artist/maker
Crane, Walter (R.W.S.), born 1845 - died 1915 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Pen and ink and pencil on card
Marks and inscriptions
'From the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier'
'AR'
'Drawn by my late Father / Walter Crane R.W.S. / signed Lionel F. Crane'
Dimensions
Height: 304 mm Whole, Width: 242 mm Whole
Object history note
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.
Materials
Pencil; Pen and ink; Card
Techniques
Drawing
Subjects depicted
Interior views; Dolls; Toys (recreational artifacts); Tables (support furniture); Armchairs; Kitchens; Parties; Domestic interiors; Tea parties; Bay windows; Dressers (cupboards); Coal skuttle; Lattice windows; Fire-wood; Dollhouses
Categories
Illustration; Drawings
Production Type
Unique
Collection code
NAL
