Bubbles
Printing Block
1887 (made)
1887 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
One of 5 woodblocks, each for a different colour, used with a sixth key-block for printing the image Bubbles in colour.
Two girls play beside some steps leading up into a garden with grass, border flowers and apple tree. One of the girls sits on a wall holding a bowl while the other holds a device used to blow bubbles. They watch a bubble floating between them. The girls are wearing muslin dresses with sashes and bonnets.
Two girls play beside some steps leading up into a garden with grass, border flowers and apple tree. One of the girls sits on a wall holding a bowl while the other holds a device used to blow bubbles. They watch a bubble floating between them. The girls are wearing muslin dresses with sashes and bonnets.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | wood-engraved block |
| Brief description | Wood-engraved printing block, one of 6 used with a frame for printing colour. Engraved and published by Edmund Evans Ltd. after a drawing by Kate Greenaway. Bubbles, 1887. |
| Physical description | One of 5 woodblocks, each for a different colour, used with a sixth key-block for printing the image Bubbles in colour. Two girls play beside some steps leading up into a garden with grass, border flowers and apple tree. One of the girls sits on a wall holding a bowl while the other holds a device used to blow bubbles. They watch a bubble floating between them. The girls are wearing muslin dresses with sashes and bonnets. |
| Dimensions |
|
| Marks and inscriptions | YELLOW (Hand-written on bottom edge) |
| Gallery label | Evans was the leading colour printer in London from the 1870s. He used a wood engraving method to achieve a wide colour palette by overlaying hatchings, parallel lines and blocks of colour. Evans used photography to transfer the original watercolour drawing to the blocks before engraving them. He worked out the colours and how they combined by eye. The green is a mixture of yellow, blue and grey.(August 2019) |
| 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 |
|
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1377-1936 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest Feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest Feedback
| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest