Designs for snuff boxes

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.393-1985

Find out about our images

Request to view at the Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C , Case M, Shelf 128

Artist/Maker	Marshall Craig (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Watercolour design for snuff boxes (14). Signed in brown ink 'W. M. Craig'.

Object details

Categories	Designs Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Designs for snuff boxes (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil and watercolour drawings on wove paper Wove Watercolour Pencil Drawing
Brief description	Watercolour design for snuff boxes (14) by William Marshall Craig depicting three tiers of allegorical figures including the nine muses, Neptune, Britannia, Apollo, the Thames as a River God, and Sabrina, the Goddess of the Severn. Great Britain, ca. 1788-1828.
Physical description	Watercolour design for snuff boxes (14). Signed in brown ink 'W. M. Craig'.
Dimensions	Size of sheet height: 17.9cm Width: 34.8cm Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Subjects depicted	River Gods Goddess Muses Neptune Apollo Britannia Muses
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.393-1985

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 Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis.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	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O540604/designs-for-snuff-boxes-drawing-marshall-craig/

Download as: JSON

License this image

Download image

Object details

About this object record

You may also like