Physical description
Four proofs of labels for Duchess of Devonshire's sauces in a red and black card presentation folder, protected by melinex flap. The labels are; Recurrent jelly with whole fruit, Cumberland sauce with port, Mayonnaise with fine herbs, and Apple mint jelly. Each features a colour illustration relating to the Devonshire estate; the house and a deer, a pig and part of the house, a bridge and man fishing, a horned sheep with the house in the background. Each has a decorative border on either side, featuring a fish, acorn, apple, leaves and berries and a blue shape resembling a river in abstract form. The labels are shaped in the basic form of a rectangle with 'cupola' shape top centre, and with a wing on either side in yellow to hold the text of the ingredients.
Place of Origin
Great Britain, United Kingdom (made)
Date
1986 (made)
Artist/maker
Edwina Nora Ellis, born 1946 (artist)
Ian Logan Design (designer)
Materials and Techniques
Colour offset lithography from wood engraving mounted on black paper
Dimensions
Height: 6.8 cm each, Width: 14.8 cm each, Height: 18.6 cm size of mount, Width: 34.6 cm size of mount
Object history note
Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995.
Descriptive line
Four proofs of labels for Duchess of Devonshire's sauces, colour offset lithographed from wood engravings by Edwina Ellis, designed by Ian Logan Design; British 1986
Labels and date
[Draft?] These labels were designed for products to be sold at the Duchess of Devonshire's country house, Chatsworth in Derbyshire [1994]
Materials
Paper; Ink; Card; Melinex
Techniques
Wood engraving; Offset lithography
Subjects depicted
Deer; Ram; Pig; Chatsworth; Label (product)
Categories
Prints; Illustration; Labels & packaging
Production Type
Proof
Collection code
PDP
