Deer and Rabbits

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Artist/Maker	Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer) Crane, Walter (designer)
Place of origin	England (made)

'Deer and Rabbits'; Portion of wallpaper frieze featuring deer leaping through over-sized foliage and a pale hare seated on the ‘ground’, on a dark blue ground, with a running floral and foliate border design; Colour print from wood blocks on paper.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints Interiors
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	Deer and Rabbits (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Colour woodblock print, on paper Printing Ink Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description	'Deer and Rabbits'; Portion of wallpaper frieze featuring deer leaping through over-sized foliage and a pale hare seated on the ‘ground’, on a dark blue ground, with a running floral and foliate border design; Designed by Walter Crane; Colour woodblock print on paper; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1887.
Physical description	'Deer and Rabbits'; Portion of wallpaper frieze featuring deer leaping through over-sized foliage and a pale hare seated on the ‘ground’, on a dark blue ground, with a running floral and foliate border design; Colour print from wood blocks on paper.
Dimensions	Height: 50.8cm Width: 70.6cm 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 Emslie John Horniman
Object history	Given by Mr Emslie John Horniman. This frieze was intended for use with the 'Woodnotes' wallpaper (E.1766-1914; E.4022, 4039-1915).
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, Accessions 1915, London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.4040-1915

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Record created	April 14, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224416/deer-and-rabbits-wallpaper-crane-walter/

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