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Kingfisher

Woodcut
1920-1929 (made)
Artist/Maker
Seaby, Allen W. (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Colour print depicting a kingfisher perched on a snow-covered tree branch.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Animals and Wildlife
Woodcuts
Object type
Woodcut
TitleKingfisher (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
colour woodcut print
Paper
Woodcut
Brief description
'Kingfisher', colour woodcut, Allen W. Seaby, Great Britain, 1920s
Physical description
Colour print depicting a kingfisher perched on a snow-covered tree branch.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4375in
  • Width: 8.9375in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Credit line
Given by the Artist
Subjects depicted
Kingfisher
Snow
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
  • Andrews, M. and Gillmor, R. Allen W. Seaby: Art and Nature. Reading, 2014 p. 63
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1647-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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