Sidewall, "The House that Jack Built", 1886
This object is resting in our storage facility.
We acquired this object in 1938
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- Object ID: 18353709
- Accession Number: 1938-62-57
- Acquired: 1938
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2C4Vg/
- Sidewall, "The House that Jack Built", 1886. Walter Crane .1886. Machine-printed on paper. Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple. 1938-62-57.
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- Designed by Walter Crane
- Manufactured by Jeffrey & Company
Children's paper showing scenes from the nursery rhyme "The House that Jack Built". Vertical rectangle of full width, giving one repeat. In center, seated in high-backed Gothic chair, the Priest all Shaven and Shorn, before whom kneel the Maiden all Forlorn and the Man all Tattered and Torn. Other elements of the rhyme incorporated in the design. Printed in greens and reds on pale yellow ground. Designed in the Aesthetic style: elements all very flat with little sense of depth, and shapes are heavily outlined.
This sidewall is machine-printed on paper. Its dimensions are: H x W x D: 61.8 x 56.4 cm (24 5/16 x 22 3/16 in.).
This sidewall is from United Kingdom and dated 1886
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This object has been included in the following exhibitions:
- Wall Stories: Children's Wallpapers and Books, Friday, October 03, 2008 - Sunday, April 05, 2009
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