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Victorian house illustration. [D 8915/2/1B-5B(Misc)] • Artwork

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Summary

Detailed cross-section hand-drawn double-sided illustration of Victorian-era terraced houses, drawn in ink with sections coloured with watercolour paint. The illustration is drawn over multiple sheets, but it appears that some pages are missing. One side of the sheets depicts the exterior of the houses, showing paths with front gardens and street lamps, doors, balconies, windows, potplants and vines. On the reverse of the sheets is the interior of the buildings, drawn with great attention to detail, depicting furniture, rugs, paintings, decorations, light fittings and curtains for various rooms, including sitting rooms, bedrooms, conservatories, bathrooms, dining rooms, and a theatre. The illustration covers eight pages in total, and may be part of one large building, or possibly two smaller ones. Five pages have been joined together forming one section of the house, and a futher three pages with matching design style, have been joined to form the other.

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Physical description

Artworks (paintings)
watercolour
mixed media
Artworks (drawings)
pencil
ink
ink wash
mixed media
Artwork (drawing, pen and ink with watercolour wash), 0.5 cm.

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1885

Subject

Drawing.
Children's art.
Architecture -- Sketch-books.
Room layout (Dwellings)
Furniture -- England -- Drawings.
Terrace houses -- England.
Outdoor recreation for children.
Clothing and dress 19th century.
Paper dolls -- Specimens.

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General notes

Note accompanying item 1, sketchbook: "The story we were given when buying it included a Chinese missionary background, but there is not hint of this in the contents."

Digitisation information

Date

16/01/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

18,092 x 10,496 pixels (189.9 MP)

Size

569.71 MB

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