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Lapwings

Woodcut
1900-1908 (made)
Artist/Maker
Seaby (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Colour print depicting two lapwings standing in shallow water.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Animals and Wildlife
Woodcuts
Object type
Woodcut
TitleLapwings (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
colour woodcut
Paper (Fiber Product)
Woodcut
Printmaking
Brief description
'Lapwings', colour woodcut, Allen W. Seaby, Great Britain, ca. 1905
Physical description
Colour print depicting two lapwings standing in shallow water.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.625in
  • Width: 8.5
dimensions taken from departmental notes
Marks and inscriptions
A W Seaby (signed in pencil)
Subjects depicted
Lapwing
Wetlands
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions: 1908, London: Printed For His Majesty's Stationery Office, Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd., 1909
  • Andrews, M. and Gillmor, R. Allen W. Seaby: Art and Nature. Reading, 2014 p. 62
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.250-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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