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Three children in Oriental dress flying a kite, in a decorative border: P.13039-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Three children in Oriental dress flying a kite, in a decorative border

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Design by Charles Futvoye (see notes)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1814 CE - Circa 1835 CE

Note

A woodcut design, to be painted over or traced? A fair amount of shading has been added in ink, most noticably in the ground of the central image, but also in areas of the decorative border.

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Sheet Height 111 mm Width 154 mm

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: text in [ ] is written in ink

  • Text: FUTVOYE* / 83 / High Street / Marylebone / [London]
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.13039-R
Primary reference Number: 185939
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Monday 12 December 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Three children in Oriental dress flying a kite, in a decorative border" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185939 Accessed: 2024-11-28 13:36:41

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185939 |title=Three children in Oriental dress flying a kite, in a decorative border |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-28 13:36:41|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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