An English Waterman
Print
1941 (made)
1941 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Christmas card with wood-engraving design, signed in pencil 'Percy Delf Smith'.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | An English Waterman (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wood-engraving |
| Brief description | An English Waterman. Christmas 1941. One of a set of eight festive cards sent by Percy John Delf Smith, R.D.I. (1882-1948), and his wife, at various dates between 1930 and 1947. Wood-engraving, ca.1941. |
| Physical description | Christmas card with wood-engraving design, signed in pencil 'Percy Delf Smith'. |
| Dimensions |
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| Content description | Wood-engraving of a male head with a thick, curly beard and wrinkled face. He is wearing a hat and smoking a pipe. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Percy Delf Smith' (Signed in pencil) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs. E. Marion Delf Smith, widow of the Artist |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.91-1968 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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