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Print

ca.1843 - ca.1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Langley Print Works (manufacturers)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (made)

646 designs, mounted on 208 cloth pages and bound, of designs for flags, fichus and kerchiefs, the majority printed with commemorative subjects such as the marriage of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie, and Queen Victoria's assumption of the title of Empress of India.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Designs (646, including several variations of the same designs) for flags, fichus and for kerchiefs, by an unknown maker, most printed with pictorial subjects, some commemorating events such as the marriage of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie in 1853, and Queen Victoria's assumption of the title Empress of India in 1876. Produced by Langley Prints Ltd., ca.1843 to ca.1870.
Physical description
646 designs, mounted on 208 cloth pages and bound, of designs for flags, fichus and kerchiefs, the majority printed with commemorative subjects such as the marriage of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie, and Queen Victoria's assumption of the title of Empress of India.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 91.4cm
  • Size of volume width: 92.7cm
Taken from 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964' published by HMSO 1965
Marks and inscriptions
'3559' to '4797' (Numbered[...](several numbers missing).)
Credit line
Given by Langley Prints Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Commemoration
Souvenirs
Flags
Fichus
Kerchiefs
Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India)
Bonaparte, Napoleon III
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964 published by HMSO 1965
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.380-1964

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O697361/print-langley-print-works/
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