Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

Image of Gallery in South Kensington

We don’t have an image of this object online yet.

More about images

V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: E.814-1939

Les Incas

Wallpaper
1826 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Dufour & Cie (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Paris (manufactured)

A length of wallpaper from the series 'Les Incas', illustrating scenes from Les Incas, ou la Destruction de l'Empire de Perou, by Jean Francois Marmontel. This length depicts part of 'Le Cacique accorde la vie à Gonsalve à la prière de Barthelemy de Las Casas'; Colour print from wood blocks.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Interiors
Object type
Wallpaper
Titles
  • Les Incas (series title)
  • Le Cacique accorde la vie à Gonsalve à la prière de Barthelemy de Las Casas (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Length of wallpaper from the series 'Les Incas', illustrating scenes from 'Les Incas, ou la Destruction de l'Empire de Perou', by Jean Francois Marmontel. This length depicts part of 'Le Cacique accorde la vie à Gonsalve à la prière de Barthelemy de Las Casas'; Colour print from wood block; Anonymous; Produced by Dufour et Leroy; France; 1826.
Physical description
A length of wallpaper from the series 'Les Incas', illustrating scenes from Les Incas, ou la Destruction de l'Empire de Perou, by Jean Francois Marmontel. This length depicts part of 'Le Cacique accorde la vie à Gonsalve à la prière de Barthelemy de Las Casas'; Colour print from wood blocks.
Dimensions
  • Average size of objects e.812 814 1939 height: 271.8cm
  • Average size of objects e.812 814 1939 width: 55.9cm
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.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Thomas Robbins
Object history
Given by Mrs Thomas Robbins.

One length of wallpaper from the series of 30 entitled 'Les Incas', illustrating scenes from Les Incas, ou la Destruction de l'Empire de Perou, by Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-99).
Production
From the series of 30 entitled 'Les Incas'. This length of wallpaper is no 17, part of 'Le Cacique accorde la vie à Gonsalve à la prière de Barthelemy de Las Casas' (nos 17, 18).
Subject depicted
Scenic Wallpapers
Literary reference<i>Les Incas, ou la Destruction de l'Empire de Perou</i>, by Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-99)
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.
  • Entwisle, E. A. French Scenic Wallpaper (1800-1860. Leigh-on-Sea, 1972.
  • Clouzot, Henri. Les chefs d'oeuvres du Papiers Peints. Tableaux-tentures de Dufour et Leroy. Paris, 1931.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1939, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950 Given by Mr.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.814-1939

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

Record createdMarch 3, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195699/les-incas-wallpaper-dufour--cie/
Download as: JSON