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Drawing

19th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An original illustration to an unidentified publication depicting a horseman, wearing a helmet, embracing a young woman on foot.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and red ink drawing on paper
Brief description
Drawing by Henry Courtney Selous, illustration to an unidentified publication, depicting a horseman embracing a young woman on foot, pen and red ink, Great Britain, 19th century
Physical description
An original illustration to an unidentified publication depicting a horseman, wearing a helmet, embracing a young woman on foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.3125in
  • Width: 4.5in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Credit line
Given by Mrs Warren
Production
Although the publication this illustration was intended for is unidentified, departmental notes suggest that it could have been for the head-piece to Sintram and his Companions by Baron F. H. C. de la Motte Fouqué.
Associated object
E.3400-1928 (Reproduction)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.3399-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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