Wallpaper

License this image

To license this image or for more information please contact our Licensing team.

We can manage your request more quickly if you include the following information:

Image reference number: XXX
Title and author (if applicable)
Publisher/Producer/Broadcaster
Planned release date
Print run or number of units
Image size and position, example 1/4 page, full screen, front cover, inside
Languages/territorial distribution
Digital rights - format details and license period

We don’t have an image of this object online yet. V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: E.60-1947

Find out about our images

Request to view at the Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C , Case MB2B, Shelf DR82, Box DW12

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	France (made) England (made)

Panel of scenic wallpaper from an unidentified set: a turreted castle on a cliff, with a man and woman on a cliff path and sailing vessels in the distance; Gouache and watercolour : This appears to be a hand-painted wallpaper.

Object details

Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Materials and techniques	Gouache and watercolour Paper Gouache Watercolour Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Panel of scenic wallpaper from an unidentified set: a turreted castle on a cliff, with a man and woman on a cliff path and sailing vessels in the distance; Gouache and watercolour; French or English; ca. 1870.
Physical description	Panel of scenic wallpaper from an unidentified set: a turreted castle on a cliff, with a man and woman on a cliff path and sailing vessels in the distance; Gouache and watercolour : This appears to be a hand-painted wallpaper.
Dimensions	Height: 172.8cm Width: 55.9cm 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	Given by Mr Martin Battersby
Object history	Given by Mr Martin Battersby.
Subjects depicted	Scenic Wallpaper Castle Man Woman Cliff Path Sailing-Vessels
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 1947, London: HMSO, 1950.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.60-1947

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record created	March 4, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O198107/wallpaper-unknown/

Download as: JSON

License this image

Download image

Object details

About this object record

You may also like