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wallpaper

Wallpaper
ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of a nursery wallpaper with scenes adapted from Randolph Caldecott's Nursery Books. The design depicts six scenes. The first shows a huntsman blowing his horn. The next shows a milkmaid, sat alone on a stool, looking forlorn as a man approaches her. The next a man riding a horse, pointing his musket. The next scene depicts a boy, sat on a grey horse, with two other horses at either side of him. They are drinking from a pond. The final scene shows a woman walking along as a man rides alongside her, asking where she is going. These larger scenes are interspersed with images of ducks, geese and chickens.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titlewallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, on paper
Brief description
Portion of a nursery wallpaper with a design adapted, by J. C. Cockshut, from Randolph Caldecott's 'Nursery Books'; Produced by Allan, Cockshut & Co.; England; ca.1900.
Physical description
Portion of a nursery wallpaper with scenes adapted from Randolph Caldecott's Nursery Books. The design depicts six scenes. The first shows a huntsman blowing his horn. The next shows a milkmaid, sat alone on a stool, looking forlorn as a man approaches her. The next a man riding a horse, pointing his musket. The next scene depicts a boy, sat on a grey horse, with two other horses at either side of him. They are drinking from a pond. The final scene shows a woman walking along as a man rides alongside her, asking where she is going. These larger scenes are interspersed with images of ducks, geese and chickens.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 73.6cm
  • Portion width: 52.2cm
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.
Marks and inscriptions
The huntsman blows his horn in the morn / The maiden all forlorn / Baby bunting dady's gone a hunting / The three jovial huntsmen / When I was a farmer's boy / Where are you going to my pretty maid?
Credit line
Given by Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Object history
Given by Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Production
J. C. Cockshut adapted the design from Randolph Caldecott's Nursery Books.
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceRandolph Caldecott's 'Nursery Books'.
Associated object
E.715-1952 (Part)
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 & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Accession number
E.1825-1934

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Record createdApril 1, 2009
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