The Sleeping Beauty
Wallpaper
1879 (made)
1879 (made)
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Jeffrey & Co. produced this nursery paper in the 1880s. They included it in their range of Patent Hygienic Wallpapers. The range was promoted as being free from arsenic (a poisonous substance) and also washable. In 1880 they re-issued the design, without the figures, as a block print called The Briar Rose. Walter Crane (1845-1915) was also an illustrator of children’s books. Many of his illustrations were adapted for nursery wallpapers.
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Thanks to the separation of workplace and home, British middle-class houses in the early 19th century had, for the first time, sufficient space to dedicate rooms, and even whole floors, to the accommodation of children and their carers – the nursemaid (later nanny) and the governess.
Object details
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| Title | The Sleeping Beauty (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour machine print, on paper |
| Brief description | Portion of 'The Sleeping Beauty' wallpaper, featuring characters from Sleeping Beauty, dogs and peacocks amidst branches of briar rose; Colour machine print, on paper; Designed by Walter Crane; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1879. |
| Physical description | Portion of 'The Sleeping Beauty' wallpaper, featuring characters from Sleeping Beauty, dogs and peacocks amidst branches of briar rose; Colour machine print, on paper. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Elisabet Hidemark |
| Object history | Another portion of this wall-paper is in the Department of Prints and Drawings, E.4036-1915. |
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| Literary reference | The Sleeping Beauty by Jacon and Wilhelm Grimm |
| Summary | Jeffrey & Co. produced this nursery paper in the 1880s. They included it in their range of Patent Hygienic Wallpapers. The range was promoted as being free from arsenic (a poisonous substance) and also washable. In 1880 they re-issued the design, without the figures, as a block print called The Briar Rose. Walter Crane (1845-1915) was also an illustrator of children’s books. Many of his illustrations were adapted for nursery wallpapers. |
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| Accession number | E.60-1968 |
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| Record created | February 7, 2003 |
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