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Tobacco-pipe-bowls

Design
16/09/1848 (Designed)
Artist/Maker
Rogers, William Harry (Designer)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Three designs of tobacco pipe bowls arranged with the largest design, of the profile view of a pipe bowl, at the bottom of the page above which is another profile view with tassels hanging from the pipe-stem, the top design shows a tobacco pipe bowl surmounted by a cherub. The designs are on cream-coloured paper attached to a thin card support.


Object details

Category
Designs
Object type
Design
TitleTobacco-pipe-bowls (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on wove paper
Pen and Ink
Wove Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Designs for tobacco pipe bowls by William Harry Rogers. British. Pen and ink on wove paper. 1848
Physical description
Three designs of tobacco pipe bowls arranged with the largest design, of the profile view of a pipe bowl, at the bottom of the page above which is another profile view with tassels hanging from the pipe-stem, the top design shows a tobacco pipe bowl surmounted by a cherub. The designs are on cream-coloured paper attached to a thin card support.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.4cm
  • Width: 17.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'WHRogers / invt ,, / & / delt ,,} / Sept. 16 . 1848.' (Signature; date; Latin; In bottom left and top right corners.; Handwriting; Ink)
Translation
invenit = designed delinit = drew
Credit line
Purchased with the Assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries
Subject depicted
Tobacco Pipe Bowls
Bibliographic references
  • Houfe, Simon 'The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists'. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Baron Publishing, Antique Collectors' Club, revised 1981 437 p. ISBN 0902028731
  • Engen, Rodney K. 'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers'. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985. 223 p. ISBN 0859641392
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.662-1998

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Record createdJune 4, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O59360/tobacco-pipe-bowls-design-rogers-william-harry/
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