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Object name(s):
Wallpaper
Brief description:
Portion of wallpaper or lining paper with a design featuring a man on a camel talking to a boy with a greyhound on a leash, in the Chinese style; Etchings and hand-colouring, on paper.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Wall coverings
Associated concept:
Prints
Content - concept:
man
Content - concept:
boy
Content - concept:
greyhound
Content - concept:
camel
Credit line:
Given by Messrs Green and Abbott
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2012FR8914/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
panel
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
83.2
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measured part:
panel
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
90.2
Material:
paper
Object history note:
Given by Miss Violet M. Morley.
Object name:
Wallpaper
Object number:
E.1852-1919
Object production date:
1770
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1770-01-01
Date - latest:
1770-12-31
Object production note:
circa
Object production person:
Unknown
Object production place:
England
Place association:
manufactured
Physical description:
Portion of wallpaper or lining paper with a design featuring a man on a camel talking to a boy with a greyhound on a leash, in the Chinese style; Etchings and hand-colouring, on paper.
Reproduction number:
2012FR8914
Reproduction number:
2008BT5271
Reproduction number:
2006BD7058
Reproduction number:
2017KE2180
Responsible department/section:
PDP
Style:
Chinese
Technique:
etching
Technique:
hand-colouring
Technique:
Etchings and hand-colouring, on paper
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
Reference:
Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
User's reference:
Reference:
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/524ad02e-aba6-3684-8f36-74ebda0805a6

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/524ad02e-aba6-3684-8f36-74ebda0805a6, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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