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Encaustic tiles

Design
26/04/1851 (Designed)
Artist/Maker
Rogers, William Harry (Designer)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Numerous small designs for tiles with geometric or acanthus patterns or monograms in a variety of colours to indicate the encaustic method of decoration. The designs are on a sheet of cream-coloured paper attached to a thin cream-coloured card support.


Object details

Categories
TILES
Designs
Object type
Design
TitleEncaustic tiles (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink, and bodycolour on wove paper
Pen and Ink
Bodycolour
Wove Paper
Drawing
Painting
Brief description
Designs for encaustic tiles by William Harry Rogers. British. Pen and ink and bodycolour on wove paper. 1851
Physical description
Numerous small designs for tiles with geometric or acanthus patterns or monograms in a variety of colours to indicate the encaustic method of decoration. The designs are on a sheet of cream-coloured paper attached to a thin cream-coloured card support.
Dimensions
  • Without support height: 23.4cm
  • Without support width: 17.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'W.Harry Rogers delt / April 26. 1851' (Signature; date; Latin; In bottom left and top right corners.; Handwriting; Ink)
Translation
delinit = drew
Credit line
Purchased with the Assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries
Production
Attribution note: Encaustic tiles are decorated by inlaying coloured clays into the surface of the tile and then firing it in a kiln.
Subject depicted
Encaustic Tiles
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.667-1998

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Record createdJune 13, 2001
Record URL
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