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Design

ca.1843 to ca.1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Langley Print Works (manufacturers)
Unknown (designers)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (made)

36 engravings and colour prints from woodblocks, mounted on paper and stitched, showing designs for flags and kerchiefs etc. printed with pictorial commemorating events such as the opening of the Thames Tunnel in 1843 and the 1862 Exhibition at South Kensington. Some lettered with titles, dated etc. Two numbered '132' and '136', and two stamped with duty stamps.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
Engraving, colour woodblock printing
Engraving (Printing Process)
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
36 designs for flags and kerchiefs etc, by an unknown maker, printed with pictorial subjects, including some commemorating events such as the opening of the Thames Tunnel in 1843, and the 1862 Exhibition at South Kensington, produced by Langley Prints Ltd. Mounted on paper and stitched.
Physical description
36 engravings and colour prints from woodblocks, mounted on paper and stitched, showing designs for flags and kerchiefs etc. printed with pictorial commemorating events such as the opening of the Thames Tunnel in 1843 and the 1862 Exhibition at South Kensington. Some lettered with titles, dated etc. Two numbered '132' and '136', and two stamped with duty stamps.
Dimensions
  • Height: 91.4cm
  • Width: 92.7cm
Taken from 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964' published by HMSO 1965
Marks and inscriptions
  • '132' ([One print] numbered)
  • '136' ([One print] numbered Two stamped with duty stamps)
Credit line
Given by Langley Prints Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Commemoratives
Flags
Kerchiefs
Associated object
E.379A-1964 (Part)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964 published by HMSO 1965.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.379-1964

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
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