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Graphic Illustrations of Animals.

Print
mid 19th century (published)
Artist/Maker
Hawkins, Benjamin Waterhouse (designer)
Thomas Varty (publisher)
Hawkins, W (lithographer)
Place of origin
London (published)

A large central image of cocoons, silk worms and butterflies on a branch with fruit and leaves, surrounded by nine smaller vignettes illustrating different ways that humans have made use of them, e.g. 'Dress Making & Millinery'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Illustration
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Graphic Illustrations of Animals. (series title)
  • The Silk-Worm (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Coloured lithograph print on paper, backed with woven material
Paper
Printing Ink
Lithography
Brief description
'The Silk-Worm'. Coloured lithograph print on paper. Designed and 'drawn on stone' by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins. Part of the series 'Graphic Illustrations of Animals' published by Thomas Varty, London. Mid 19th century.
Physical description
A large central image of cocoons, silk worms and butterflies on a branch with fruit and leaves, surrounded by nine smaller vignettes illustrating different ways that humans have made use of them, e.g. 'Dress Making & Millinery'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30 - 30.3cm
  • Width: 36.5cm
Measured by DH 06/08/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANIMALS. SHEWING THEIR UTILITY TO MAN, IN THEIR SERVICES DURING LIFE AND USES AFTER DEATH / Published by Thomas Varty, Adelaide Street, Strand. / Designed and Drawn on Stone by W. Hawkins
  • GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANIMALS, / SHEWING THEIR UTILITY TO MAN, IN THEIR SERVICES DURING LIFE AND USES AFTER DEATH (Series title, centre above illustration.)
  • Published by VARTY London. (Centre below illustration.)
  • Designed and Drawn on Stone by W. Hawkins. (Below bottom left corner of illustration.)
  • THE SILK-WORM. (Title of illustration, centre, below publishing details.)
  • Published by VARTY London. (Centre below central illustration.)
Subjects depicted
Silk-Worms
Butterflies
Cocoon
Fruit
Men
Industry
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Other number
Pl. 17. - Plate number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.305-1901

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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