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Drawing

Drawing

  • Place of origin:

    England (made)

  • Date:

    ca.1880 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (artist)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Pen and ink, water-colour, drawing

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Miss Mary Farnworth

  • Museum number:

    E.20-1964

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case GG, shelf 68, box BI

Physical description

Circular dinner-table place card, with a drawing in pen and ink and water-colour of a seascape, depicting two children and a dog on a beach. Includes an oblong space cut out for the insertion of the diner's name.

Place of Origin

England (made)

Date

ca.1880 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (artist)

Materials and Techniques

Pen and ink, water-colour, drawing

Dimensions

Diameter: 6 cm

Descriptive line

One of a set of 24 circular dinner-table place cards (and one from another set), showing land and seascapes and rural scenes. By an unknown artist, ca.1880.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1964. London: HMSO, 1965.

Materials

Pen and ink; Water-colour

Techniques

Drawing (image-making)

Subjects depicted

Beaches; Seascapes; Dogs; Children (people by age group); Place cards

Categories

Drawings

Collection

Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection

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