Wallpaper
ca.1790-1800 (made)
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Portion of wallpaper with exotic flowers and leaves; Pen, ink and watercolour, on paper; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper L.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen, ink and watercolour, on paper |
| Brief description | Portion of wallpaper with exotic flowers and leaves; Pen, ink and watercolour, on paper; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp; It has been attributed to John Sherringham or the Eckhardt brothers; English; ca. 1790-1800. |
| Physical description | Portion of wallpaper with exotic flowers and leaves; Pen, ink and watercolour, on paper; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper L. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Paper L (Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper L.) |
| Object history | J. G. Crace noted that this paper was not printed, and suggested that an accurate repeat may have been worked out with tracing paper. It has been attributed to John Sherringham or the Eckhardt brothers. A printed paper with the same serial letter L after the duty stamp is E.2141-2145-1929. Another example of the same design is in the Cooper Union Museum, New York. |
| Production | This paper has been attributed to John Sherringham or the Eckhardt brothers. |
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| Bibliographic reference | 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. |
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| Accession number | E.3885-1920 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2009 |
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