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Artist/Maker	Unknown (artist)
Place of origin	England (made)

Circular dinner-table place card, with a drawing in pen and ink and watercolour of a seascape, depicting a young girl standing and a figure lying down, watching sailing boats. Includes an oblong space cut out for the insertion of the diner's name.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink, water-colour, drawing Pen and Ink Water-Colour Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description	One of a set of 24 circular dinner-table place cards (and one from another set), showing land and seascapes and rural scenes drawn in pen and ink and watercolour. By an unknown artist, ca.1880.
Physical description	Circular dinner-table place card, with a drawing in pen and ink and watercolour of a seascape, depicting a young girl standing and a figure lying down, watching sailing boats. Includes an oblong space cut out for the insertion of the diner's name.
Dimensions	Diameter: 6cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1964. London: HMSO, 1965.
Credit line	Given by Miss Mary Farnworth
Subjects depicted	Place Cards Seascapes Girls Sailing Boats Figures (Representations)
Associated objects	E.3-1964 (Set) E.4-1964 (Set) E.5-1964 (Set) E.7-1964 (Set) E.8-1964 (Set) E.9-1964 (Set) E.10-1964 (Set) E.11-1964 (Set) E.12-1964 (Set) E.13-1964 (Set) E.14-1964 (Set) E.15-1964 (Set) E.16-1964 (Set) E.17-1964 (Set) E.18-1964 (Set) E.20-1964 (Set) E.21-1964 (Set) E.22-1964 (Set) E.23-1964 (Set) E.24-1964 (Set) E.25-1964 (Set) E.26-1964 (Set) E.27-1964 (Set)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1964. London: HMSO, 1965.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.6-1964

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O697720/drawing-unknown/

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