Aurora Borealis
Wood-Engraving
1846 (published)
1846 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Page depicting a wood-engraving with explanatory letterpress beneath it. The Aurora Borealis above a night scene showing a reindeer drawing a sleigh across a frozen lake.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Aurora Borealis (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wood-engraving with letterpress |
| Brief description | Josiah Wood Whymper. 'Aurora Borealis'. Wood-engraving with hand-colouring and letterpress. London, 1846, published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. |
| Physical description | Page depicting a wood-engraving with explanatory letterpress beneath it. The Aurora Borealis above a night scene showing a reindeer drawing a sleigh across a frozen lake. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss H. B. Brookman |
| Object history | This print was Plate 2 in the series 'Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural Phenomena etc.', London: 1846 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.670-1950 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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