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Walter Crane's Toy Books

Book
1874 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour wood-engraving with text and illustrations for a volume of toy books.


Object details

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Object type
TitleWalter Crane's Toy Books (published title)
Materials and techniques
Colour wood-engraving and letterpress on paper.
Brief description
Book by Walter Crane from the series entitled 'Walter Crane's Toy Books', published by George Routledge & Sons. London, 1874.
Physical description
Colour wood-engraving with text and illustrations for a volume of toy books.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 270mm (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
  • Size of volume width: 270mm (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
Marks and inscriptions
Each plate signed with the artist's emblem. (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
Credit line
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod.
Object history
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod, 1948
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Collection
Accession number
E.247-1948

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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