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Drawing

1911 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A design for a silk hanging depicting green parakeets with flowers and fruits all outlined in white. The design is coloured with shades of green, yellow, blue and brown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, mounted on thick card
Brief description
Design by Kathleen Kersey, for silk hanging, pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, mounted on thick card, Great Britain, 1911
Physical description
A design for a silk hanging depicting green parakeets with flowers and fruits all outlined in white. The design is coloured with shades of green, yellow, blue and brown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 83.7cm
  • Width: 61cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1993
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Lettered in ink with designer's name and age on an examination label pasted on)
  • '1911' (Dated)
  • '887' (Numbered)
  • 'Design for silk hanging' (Inscribed in Indian ink on the back)
Object history
This work was entered by the designer as a student work for the National Art Competition in 1911.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1993
Collection
Accession number
E.691-1993

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Record createdMarch 20, 2009
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