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Wallpaper

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1810-1820

GUSN

GUSN-177708

Description

Fragment. Landscape figures. Pastoral scene of shepherd boy playing a horn in the company of a boy and a girl. Scene alternates vertically with morning glory sprig. Printed in pink, white and varnish green on grey ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Associated Building

Jackson House (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1st Floor Room

Additional Identification Number

540

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

25 7/8 x 15 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1929.788

Places

France

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Wall Fragment

Ground Color

Grey

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Use

Pastoral, leisure

Paper Finish

Laid
Joined sheets

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Shepherd
sheep
dog
horn
basket
morning glory

Period/Style

Landscape figure

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