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And yet I wasn't happy!

Print
1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rackham, Arthur (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

A print depicting an illustration, entitled 'And yet I wasn't happy!', for the Little Folks annual.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Drawings
Illustration
Children & Childhood
Object type
Print
TitleAnd yet I wasn't happy! (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Line block print
Paper
Printing Ink
Line Block
Brief description
Print by Arthur Rackham, 'And yet I wasn't happy!' [Ben the Castaway], an illustration to Little Folks annual, line block print, Great Britain, 1899
Physical description
A print depicting an illustration, entitled 'And yet I wasn't happy!', for the Little Folks annual.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 14.2cm
  • Size of sheet width: 13.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A Rackham 99' (Signed and dated)
  • (Inscribed in pencil with title)
  • '26/865.a. Board of Education S.K. Exhn of Illustration Proof from "Little Folks" (Cassell & Co) by Arthur Rackham / Please return to A Rackham 6 Wychcombe Studies Haverstock Hill London [deleted] N.W./ 2 Carleton Rd Tufnell Pk. N.[deleted]' (Inscribed on the back in pen and pencil)
Literary referenceLittle Folks Annual
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2983-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O191924/and-yet-i-wasnt-happy-print-rackham-arthur/
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