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Quedlinburg Schloss

Print
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour woodblock print of a castle in a German town.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleQuedlinburg Schloss (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print on paper.
Brief description
Print by William Giles: Quedlinburg Schloss
Physical description
Colour woodblock print of a castle in a German town.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15 3/4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1909, London: Printed For His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910)
  • Width: 10 1/4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1909, London: Printed For His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed W. Giles ; also W. G. (monogr.). In pencil No 75. W. Giles. (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1909, London: Printed For His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910)
Credit line
Presented by the Artist.
Object history
Quedlinburg Schloss is now a UNESCO world heritage site alongside the town of Quedlinburg, Germany. It escaped bombing during the First and Second World Wars, and is noted as being one of the finest examples of a medieval/renaissance town in Europe.
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1909, London: Printed For His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910
Collection
Accession number
E.2286-1909

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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