print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1860,0714.675
- Title
- Object: Aston Hall
- Description
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View of a mansion house from a park, with a group of elegantly dressed people and two women on horseback under a tree in foreground at far left, and a couple, two children and a dog standing nearby, the man holding a scythe; trees at right; partly printed over by the upper image of Blue Coat School; proof illustration to 'The Land We Live In' (London: 1847-1851, Vol I p 73); touched proof.
Wood-engraving on thin paper, touched with white body colour
- Production date
- 1847-1851
- Dimensions
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Height: 132 millimetres (image)
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Width: 138 millimetres (image)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1860,0714.674 for the upper image on the same sheet.
Full title: 'The Land We Live In: a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British Empire'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Land We Live In
- Acquisition date
- 1860
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1860,0714.675