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Wallpaper

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
France (made)

Panel of wallpaper showing a man and woman beside a stream, fishing; One of a pair; Etching, coloured by hand, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Etching printed from two plates, coloured by hand, on paper
Paper
Etching (Printing Process)
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Panel of wallpaper showing a man and woman beside a stream, fishing; One of a pair; Etching, coloured by hand, on paper; Anonymous; France; ca. 1770.
Physical description
Panel of wallpaper showing a man and woman beside a stream, fishing; One of a pair; Etching, coloured by hand, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Average size of pair height: 135cm
  • Average size of pair width: 50cm
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.
Subjects depicted
People
Stream
Fishing
Man
Woman
Ducks
Birds
Trees
Basket
Associated object
E.5399-1919 (Set)
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.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5398-1919

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2009
Record URL
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