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Sidewall (USA)
This is a sidewall. It was after Walter Crane. It is dated 1875–1900 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is machine-printed, oil colors, textured ground. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.
Like many of the Pre-Raphaelites he admired, Walter Crane favored mythological and fairytale subjects, including nursery rhymes, in his books and designs for children. This paper shows a pattern adapted from six of his narrative nursery rhyme scenes, including those from Jack and Jill and Little Bo-Peep. It is easy to imagine this wallcovering in a children’s room or nursery, where its charming images would have delighted those inside.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- A Floral Fantasy In An Old English Garden: Set Forth In Verses & Coloured...
- lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean, Smithsonian Libraries, NX650 .F57 C89....
- 139.2018.14
Its dimensions are
Overall (a): 40 x 56.5 cm (15 3/4 x 22 1/4 in.) Overall (b): 72.5 x 56.5 cm (28 9/16 x 22 1/4 in.) Overall (c): 56.5 x 56.5 cm (22 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)
Cite this object as
Sidewall (USA); After Walter Crane ((English, 1845–1915)); machine-printed, oil colors, textured ground; Overall (a): 40 x 56.5 cm (15 3/4 x 22 1/4 in.) Overall (b): 72.5 x 56.5 cm (28 9/16 x 22 1/4 in.) Overall (c): 56.5 x 56.5 cm (22 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-45-115-a/d