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Wallpaper

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
F. Scott & Son (supplier)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

Portion of wallpaper with grotesque and comic scenes of men and animals.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Paper
Lithograph
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with grotesque and comic scenes of men and animals; ca. 1870.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with grotesque and comic scenes of men and animals.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 61cm
  • Portion width: 50.5cm
Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Production
Formerly attributed to Ernest Henry Griset (1844-1907).
Subjects depicted
Men
Animals
Grotesques
Bibliographic references
  • Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1945, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.626-1945

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
Record URL
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