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Huntsmen

Wallpaper Design
1919 (made)
Artist/Maker
C. F. A. Voysey (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Design, on 3 sheets joined, for the 'Huntsmen' wallpaper, a hunting scene design, featuring; huntsmen with bows and arrows, stags, hounds, castles, birds and a variety of trees and flowers; Process engraving, coloured by hand, on paper; Signed and dated on the back C. F. A. Voysey. Architect invt. et delt. 73 St. James's St S.W.1 August 1919.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Hunting
Object type
Wallpaper design
TitleHuntsmen (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Process engraving, coloured by hand, on paper
Paper
Engraving (Printing Process)
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Design, on 3 sheets joined, for the 'Huntsmen' wallpaper, a hunting scene design, featuring; huntsmen with bows and arrows, stags, hounds, castles, birds and a variety of trees and flowers; Process engraving, coloured by hand, on paper; Signed and dated; By C. F. A. Voysey; England; 1919.
Physical description
Design, on 3 sheets joined, for the 'Huntsmen' wallpaper, a hunting scene design, featuring; huntsmen with bows and arrows, stags, hounds, castles, birds and a variety of trees and flowers; Process engraving, coloured by hand, on paper; Signed and dated on the back C. F. A. Voysey. Architect invt. et delt. 73 St. James's St S.W.1 August 1919.
Dimensions
  • Overall size height: 50.5cm
  • Overall size width: 31.5cm
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.
Credit line
Given by Courtaulds Ltd
Object history
Given by Courtaulds Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Hunting
Stag
Hound
Hunters
Castle
Flags
Woods
Trees
Flowers
Birds
River
Fish
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.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.321-1974

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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