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Print

1846 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Border decoration.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving print on paper
Brief description
Illustrative border by Samuel Palmer (1805-81), depicting a vineyard, for 'Pictures from Italy' by Charles Dickens, published 1846.
Physical description
Border decoration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
  • Width: 7.6cm
Taken from the dimensions given in the Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of the Prints, Drawings, Paintings & Photographs Collections and converted from inches to centimetres.
Credit line
Given by A. H. Palmer
Production
Border decoration for p.269 of 'Pictures from Italy' by Charles Dickens, 1846.
Association
Bibliographic reference
The full text of the entry is as follows: 'F36 Samuel Palmer (1803-81) Four illustrations to Pictures from Italy, 1846 (a), (b) and (c) lettered with the title of the illustration Wood-engravings. 15/8 x 3; 51/4 x 3; 25/8 x 3; 51/4 x 3. [...] (d) Illustrative border depicting a vineyard E.3897-1920 Samuel Palmer and the novelist were never on terms of intimacy, although the artist's son recalled that he was an insatiable reader of Dickens.'
Collection
Accession number
E.3898-1920

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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