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Spoons :

Design
18/09/1848 (Designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two designs for spoons, in a Renaissance revival style, arranged side by side on a greyish sheet of paper attached to a support of thin, cream-coloured card.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSpoons : (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on wove paper
Brief description
Designs for spoons by William Harry Rogers. British. Pen and ink on wove paper. 1848
Physical description
Two designs for spoons, in a Renaissance revival style, arranged side by side on a greyish sheet of paper attached to a support of thin, cream-coloured card.
Dimensions
  • Without support height: 23.4cm
  • Without support width: 17.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'W / HRogers Invt & / del..t / Sept 18 . 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
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
Accession number
E.665-1998

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Record createdJune 5, 2001
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