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The Baby's Bouquet

Design
1870s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pen and watercolour design for 'The Baby's Bouquet, A Companion to the Baby's Opera. A Fresh Bunch of Old Rhymes & Tunes Dressed & Decorated by Walter Crane', comprised of 56 drawings on 28 sheets.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Baby's Bouquet (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and watercolour
Brief description
Original volume of designs by Walter Crane entitled 'The Baby's Bouquet, A Companion to the Baby's Opera. A Fresh Bunch of Old Rhymes & Tunes Dressed & Decorated by Walter Crane', comprised of 56 drawings on 28 sheets. Great Britain, 1870s.
Physical description
Pen and watercolour design for 'The Baby's Bouquet, A Companion to the Baby's Opera. A Fresh Bunch of Old Rhymes & Tunes Dressed & Decorated by Walter Crane', comprised of 56 drawings on 28 sheets.
Dimensions
  • Closed book height: 185mm
  • Book closed width: 190mm
  • Book closed depth: 13mm
  • Page height: 179mm
  • Page width: 185mm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Object history
E.1406 to 1464-1931. Walter Crane, The Baby's Bouquet, A Companion to the 'Baby's Opera.' A Fresh Bunch of Old Rhymes & Tunes Dressed & Decorated by Walter Crane. Original volume of designs for the engraver, consisting of decorated cover, first sketch for cover, sketch for end paper, and 56 drawings on 28 sheets. Pen and watercolour.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.1413-1931

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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