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Wallpaper

ca.1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One portion and two smaller pieces of wallpaper showing repeat sections of the same design: a building on rising ground with a fence before it, a hound killing a hare, a bird, flowers and foliage; Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Wallpaper
  • Wallpaper
  • Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper and two smaller pieces showing repeat sections of the same design: a building on rising ground with a fence before it, a hound killing a hare, a bird, flowers and foliage; Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper; From No 44, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London; English; ca.1760.
Physical description
One portion and two smaller pieces of wallpaper showing repeat sections of the same design: a building on rising ground with a fence before it, a hound killing a hare, a bird, flowers and foliage; Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper.
DimensionsDimensions from: Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Credit line
Given by the President of the Royal College of Surgeons
Object history
Given by the President of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Provenance: No 44, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.
Production
Provenance of wallpaper: No 44, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Collection
Accession number
E.2795-1948

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Record createdDecember 3, 2008
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