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Print

20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Percy John Delf Smith (artist)

Photo-lithograph lettered 'Ecclesiastical Sculptors'.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Photo-lithograph
Photo-Lithography
Brief description
Trade card designed by Percy John Delf R.D.I. (1882-1948), for Messrs. May (Peckham) Ltd., Masons and Sculptors. With a view of an interior containing items of ecclesiastical sculpture. Above two angels bear a cartouche within laurels lettered 'Ecclesiastical Sculptors'. Photo-lithograph, probably 20th century.
Physical description
Photo-lithograph lettered 'Ecclesiastical Sculptors'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.2cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Content description
Scene of an interior, focusing on a large, arched window, decorated with ornate tracery. To one side there are illustrations of various architectural ornaments and funerary stonework, including a headstone, memorial tablet and a column capital on the ground. Other examples of church sculpture are depicted in the background. The image is crowned by two angels bearing a cartouche within laurels lettered 'Ecclesiastical Sculptors'.
Marks and inscriptions
'Ecclesiastical Sculptors' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. E. Marion Delf Smith, widow of the Artist
Subjects depicted
Cartouches
Laurels
Sculpture
Tracery
Capitals
Headstones
Tablets
Churches
Architecture
Arched Windows
Ecclesiastical Architecture
Stonework
Angels
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.87-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O693242/print-percy-john-delf/
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