The First Touch
Stevengraph
c.1880 (made)
c.1880 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Stevengraph picture woven in silk and mounted on card. Showing a scene from a rugby football match with one team about to score. The players are shown in caps and breeches, one team in blue shirts and the other in yellow, on a green-blue pitch. Both teams wear white breeches and black socks. On a beige mount inscribed 'The First Touch'. On the reverse is a trade label listing other Stevengraphs printed in 1881.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The First Touch (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Woven in silk and mounted on card |
| Brief description | Stevengraph picture 'The First Touch' woven in silk and mounted on card, designed and made by Thomas Stevens, Coventry, about 1880 |
| Physical description | Stevengraph picture woven in silk and mounted on card. Showing a scene from a rugby football match with one team about to score. The players are shown in caps and breeches, one team in blue shirts and the other in yellow, on a green-blue pitch. Both teams wear white breeches and black socks. On a beige mount inscribed 'The First Touch'. On the reverse is a trade label listing other Stevengraphs printed in 1881. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'The First Touch' (Inscribed on the mount) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.344-1976 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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