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Wallpaper

ca. 1843 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey, Allen & Co. (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

Portion of wallpaper with beggar boys, after a painting by Murillo in Dulwich Art Gallery.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Chiaroscuro prints from wood blocks
Paper
Woodblock Print
Chiaroscuro
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with beggar boys, after Murillo's painting 'Invitation to a Game of Argolla', 1665-70, in Dulwich Art Gallery; ca.1843.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with beggar boys, after a painting by Murillo in Dulwich Art Gallery.
Dimensions
  • Height: 81cm
  • Width: 53.4cm
Dimensions 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
Transferred from The Science Museum
Object history
These papers [E.390, 391-1923] are mentioned in the Art Union Monthly Journal (1847), p 110, as being submitted by Robert Home. They were exhibited by Jeffrey, Allen & Co. at the Great Exhibition in 1851.

E.391-1923 is illustrated in SE, pl 107; see also Greysmith, pl 83.
Subjects depicted
Beggars
Boys
Associated object
E.390-1923 (Duplicate)
Bibliographic references
  • 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.
  • P.31 Xavier Bray <u>Murillo :at Dulwich Picture Gallery</u> London: Philip Wilson Publishers: Dulwich Picture Gallery; New York: Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. ISBN: 9781781300084.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.391-1923

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Record createdJanuary 7, 2009
Record URL
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