Royal Jubilee Exhibition,

Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1887

Reference Number:- Sprake Number:- Godden Number:-
st 520 STG122 57
 
Image of aerial view of Exhibition buildings
the image of this silk picture kindly donated by Allan Swan, Great Britain.
 

Words:
Woven on silk:-
 

Printed at bottom of card-mount:-

 
(REGD.)      WOVEN IN SILK BY THOMAS STEVENS, STEVENGRAPH WORKS, COVENTRY.      (REGD.)
 
 
Royal Jubilee Exhibition,
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, 1887.
 
 
 
   
Size:
Card-mount:
cm deep by cm wide

silk:
cm high by cm wide

Comments:
by Austin Sprake:
 

by Geoffrey Godden:
This silk of rather square proportion shows a half plan, half elevation bird's-eye view of the 1887 Exhibition building. The design was registered on 26 March 1887. The title is not included on standard back-labels and examples were probably sold only at the Exhibition, from 11 May to 29 October 1887, consequently becoming very rare.
The one known mounted example is affixed to a type D card-mount [as above]. An unmounted example is included in the Stevens presentation volume.
The same subject was also made by W. H. Grant.

Other comments:
This design registered 26th March 1887, with number: 70700 

 


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