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Watercolour Drawing

mid 1713 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bodycolour drawing depicting a firework display on the Thames, with a triumphal arch set-piece in the background

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
bodycolour
Brief description
Anonymous bodycolour of a firework display on the Thames, London, celebrating the Peace of Utrecht, 1713.
Physical description
Bodycolour drawing depicting a firework display on the Thames, with a triumphal arch set-piece in the background
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
  • Width: 16.625in
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1941, London: HMSO, 1954.
Collection
Accession number
E.571-1941

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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