Bubbles

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Artist/Maker	Edmund Evans Ltd. (engraver) Kate Greenaway (artist)
Place of origin	London (made)

Woodblock frame used alongside 6 other woodblocks, each for a different colour, for printing the image Bubbles.

Object details

Categories	Printmaking Techniques Prints Tools & Equipment
Object type	Printing registration frame
Materials and techniques	wood-engraved block Wood Metal
Brief description	Printing registration frame for use with 6 engraved blocks for printing colour. Engraved and published by Edmund Evans Ltd. after a drawing by Kate Greenaway. Bubbles, 1887.
Physical description	Woodblock frame used alongside 6 other woodblocks, each for a different colour, for printing the image Bubbles.
Dimensions	Height: 12.5cm Width: 10.2cm Depth: 2.3cm
Credit line	Given by Mr. E. Wilfred Evans
Object history	"Bubbles" was originally drawn as a colour illustration for the 1887 publication "Rhymes for the young folk" written by William Allingham and illustrated by Kate Greenaway, Helen Allingham, Harry Furniss and Caroline Patterson.
Production	Set of blocks and registration frame for printing in colour at E.1373-379-1936, and a set of progress proofs at E.1380-1390-1936.
Associated objects	E.1373-1936 (Ensemble) E.1374-1936 (Ensemble) E.1375-1936 (Ensemble) E.1376-1936 (Ensemble) E.1377-1936 (Ensemble) E.1378-1936 (Ensemble) E.1380-1936 E.1381-1936 E.1382-1936 E.1383-1936 E.1384-1936 E.1385-1936 E.1386-1936 E.1387-1936 E.1388-1936 E.1389-1936 E.1390-1936
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1379-1936

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1023088/bubbles-printing-registration-frame-kate-greenaway/

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