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Design for mural decoration

Drawing
1887 (made)
Artist/Maker
Crace, John Dibblee (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

The Crace family were the most important firm of interior decorators working in Britain in the 19th century. They worked for every British monarch from George III to Queen Victoria and on a range of buildings that includes royal palaces, Leeds Town Hall and the Great Exhibition building of 1862.


Object details

Categories
Designs
Architecture
Murals
Object type
Drawing
TitleDesign for mural decoration (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour
Drawing
Brief description
Design for mural decoration by J. D. Crace at the National Gallery, London. Great Britain, 1887.
Physical description
Design for mural decoration at the National Gallery, London. Signed and dated. There is a set of double doors in the centre with red pillars either side of it. Above, there is scrollwork with flowers and a shell in the middle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.25in
  • Width: 10.25in
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Object history
Presented by J.D. Crace
Subjects depicted
Murals
Galleries
Place depicted
National Gallery
Summary
The Crace family were the most important firm of interior decorators working in Britain in the 19th century. They worked for every British monarch from George III to Queen Victoria and on a range of buildings that includes royal palaces, Leeds Town Hall and the Great Exhibition building of 1862.
Bibliographic references
  • Megan Aldrich, The Craces: royal decorators 1768-1899, London, Murray, 1990.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1912, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1913
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1837-1912

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O719538/design-for-mural-decoration-drawing-crace-john-dibblee/
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