Puzzle Block Set
ca.1890 (made)
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Part of a set comprising of twenty chromolithograph picture-making cubes and three key pictures, stored within a wooden box with a hinged lid that also bears one of the pictures. The cubes can be arranged to form six illustrations of children in national costume, feeding animals and playing in the country.
Inscribed in ink on the bottom of the box 'F. Willoughby Hancock From Lady John Taylour Selworthy. July. 1891.'
Inscribed in ink on the bottom of the box 'F. Willoughby Hancock From Lady John Taylour Selworthy. July. 1891.'
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Materials and techniques | wooden box, wooden cubes covered with chromolithographed paper |
Brief description | Part of a set comprising of twenty chromolithograph picture-making cubes and three key pictures, stored within a wooden box with a hinged lid that also bears one of the pictures. German, ca.1890. |
Physical description | Part of a set comprising of twenty chromolithograph picture-making cubes and three key pictures, stored within a wooden box with a hinged lid that also bears one of the pictures. The cubes can be arranged to form six illustrations of children in national costume, feeding animals and playing in the country. Inscribed in ink on the bottom of the box 'F. Willoughby Hancock From Lady John Taylour Selworthy. July. 1891.' |
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Credit line | Given by Miss Rosemary Hancock |
Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum : Department of Prints & Drawings and Department of Paintings : Accessions 1959. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London. 1964. |
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Accession number | E.731A-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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