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Varty's Series of Domestic & Wild Animals

Print
19th century (published)
Artist/Maker
Day & Haghe (printer)
Thomas Varty (publisher)
Robinson, Frederick (artist)
Robinson, Frederick (lithographer)
Place of origin
London (published)

Small pond with adjacent whitewash buildings and wooden waterwheel. In the foreground, two white geese stand, viewed in profile, behind them are two male mallard ducks.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Illustration
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Varty's Series of Domestic & Wild Animals (series title)
  • The Goose and Ducks (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Coloured lithograph print on paper, backed with woven material.
Paper
Lithography
Colouring
Brief description
'The Goose and Ducks'. Coloured lithograph print on paper. 'Drawn on stone' by Frederick Robinson. Part of 'Varty's Series of Domestic & Wild Animals'. Printed by Day & Haghe. Published by Thomas Varty, London. 19th century.
Physical description
Small pond with adjacent whitewash buildings and wooden waterwheel. In the foreground, two white geese stand, viewed in profile, behind them are two male mallard ducks.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27cm
  • Width: 34cm
Measured by DH 06/08/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • VARTY'S SERIES OF DOMESIC & WILD ANIMALS. (Series title, centre above illustration.)
  • London, Published by THOMAS VARTY, Educational Depository (Centre, below illustration.)
  • Day & Haghe, Lithrs. to the Queen (Below bottom right corner of illustration.)
  • THE GOOSE AND DUCKS. (Title of illustration, centre, below publishing information.)
  • No.22. (Plate number, above top right corner of illustration.)
Object history
See other lithograph illustrations from the series: E.253 to 288-1901.
Subjects depicted
Goose
Ducks
Pond
Waterwheel
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.274-1901

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O886212/vartys-series-of-domestic--print-thomas-varty/
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