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Drawing

1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One of eleven designs for figures emblematic of the months.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and water-colour
Brief description
Design, one of eleven for figures emblematic of the months (September missing) for 'The British Architect and Northern Engineer' for the year 1881. Pencil, pen and ink and water-colour drawing by Edward William Godwin, 1880.
Physical description
One of eleven designs for figures emblematic of the months.
Dimensions
  • Average size of plates in set height: 22.9cm
  • Average size of plates in set width: 15.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with the name of the month etc.)
Credit line
Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist
Object history
This drawing is a design for The British Architect and Northern Engineer calendar for the year 1881, published as a folding plate between pages 176, 177 of Volume 14, July to December 1880.
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.522-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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