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Design

c. 1852 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a decorative frieze for the drawingroom of Mr. T Hellyer, showing panel landscapes alternating with decorative intervals centred by suspending masks. The drawing is to scale, showing the ceiling dimensions, and the use of colour shows the frieze was in reds, browns and blues.


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Materials and techniques
Brief description
Design by Alfred Stevens, design for a decorative frieze for the drawingroom of Mr. T Hellyer, pen and watercolour, c. 1852.
Physical description
Design for a decorative frieze for the drawingroom of Mr. T Hellyer, showing panel landscapes alternating with decorative intervals centred by suspending masks. The drawing is to scale, showing the ceiling dimensions, and the use of colour shows the frieze was in reds, browns and blues.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.4cm
  • Width: 41cm
Dimensions taken from Romney Towndrow, Kenneth, The Works of Alfred Stevens at the Tate Gallery. London: Published by the Tate Gallery Trustees, 1950.
Credit line
Gifted from the Tate Gallery, date of receipt 11th October 1974. Gift refers to objects E.21 to 380-1975.
Bibliographic reference
Romney Towndrow, Kenneth. The Works of Alfred Stevens at the Tate Gallery. London: Published by the Tate Gallery Trustees, 1950.
Other number
N.G. No. 2820 - National Gallery number
Collection
Accession number
E.140-1975

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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