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Object name(s):
Wallpaper
Brief description:
Portion of wallpaper or lining paper featuring a pattern of flowers, birds, and groups of figures, including Diana and Actaeon, Venus and a satyr, and a figure possibly emblematic of Charity; Engraving print, on paper.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Wall coverings
Associated concept:
Prints
Content - concept:
satyrs
Content - concept:
flowers (plants)
Content - concept:
birds
Content - concept:
people
Content - person:
Diana
Content - person:
Actaeon
Content - person:
Venus
Content - person:
Charity
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BT8960/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
54.3
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
38.1
Material:
paper
Object name:
Wallpaper
Object number:
E.901-1924
Object production date:
1675-1699
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1675-01-01
Date - latest:
1699-12-31
Object production person:
Unknown
Object production place:
England
Place association:
made
Physical description:
Portion of wallpaper or lining paper featuring a pattern of flowers, birds, and groups of figures, including Diana and Actaeon, Venus and a satyr, and a figure possibly emblematic of Charity; Engraving print, on paper.
Reproduction number:
2008BT8960
Reproduction number:
2006BF7876
Reproduction number:
2017KB8347
Responsible department/section:
PDP
Technique:
engraving (printing process)
Technique:
Engraving print, 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 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c1809f03-d4eb-309d-ad63-23bce8c4f64a

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c1809f03-d4eb-309d-ad63-23bce8c4f64a, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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