Letter Rack
1882-1886 (made)
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Letter rack. Softwood painted green with polychrome gesso decoration. The plain base with daises. The top section formed as an elongated box, the top out off at an angle, higher at the back, curved at the front. The front with a figure labelled below propserine, with a monograme, AH, above. On one side a figure labelled above FLORA, on the other a similar labelled POMONA, on the back three figures and a dragon labelled below MESPERIDES, with a monogram AH, above. The inside of the opening with a trail of flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Softwood painted green with polychrome gesso decoration. |
| Brief description | Letter rack, wood with gesso and painted decoration, said to have been painted by Kate Greenaway for Hugh Anderson, English, probably 1882-6 |
| Physical description | Letter rack. Softwood painted green with polychrome gesso decoration. The plain base with daises. The top section formed as an elongated box, the top out off at an angle, higher at the back, curved at the front. The front with a figure labelled below propserine, with a monograme, AH, above. On one side a figure labelled above FLORA, on the other a similar labelled POMONA, on the back three figures and a dragon labelled below MESPERIDES, with a monogram AH, above. The inside of the opening with a trail of flowers. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir Trenchard Cox, C. B. E. |
| Object history | (Given by Sir Trenchard Cox, C. B. E.) (Registered Papers 74/2397) This letter rack is said to have been painted by Kate Greenaway for Sir Hugh Anderson (1865-1928), whose daughter Maisie married Sir Trenchard Cox, the donor. |
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| Accession number | W.35-1974 |
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| Record created | October 30, 2008 |
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