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A banquet scene

Wood Engraving
1948 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wood-engraving.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA banquet scene (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Wood-engraving
Brief description
A banquet scene by John Archibald Austen (1886-1948). Possibly an impression of an illustration to an unidentified play by Shakespeare, from a set of designs unfinished at the artist's death. Wood engraving, 20th century.
Physical description
Wood-engraving.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.125in
  • Width: 5.125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951. London: HMSO, 1962.
Credit line
Given by Mrs.R.F. Austen, widow of the Artist
Subject depicted
Association
Literary referenceShakespeare
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
Collection
Accession number
E.72-1951

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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