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Wallpaper fragment. A copper plate engraving of a sporting scene called "In Full Chase." This scene depicts riders on horseback with dogs on a fox hunt. Around the engraving is Gothic ornament imitates stucco, which has been stenciled and blockprinted. Printed in black, yellow and brown on a white ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
In Full Chase
Moffatt-Ladd House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
739
J. Seymour Pinxt (Manufacturer)
England
12 3/4 x 19 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
1964.9a
Wallpaper in New England, figs. 3.2 and 3-a, pgs. 46-48 Wallpapers in America, fig. 3-14, pg. 80-81
1763-1768 (paper creator: J. Seymour Pinxt (1702-1752) London, England)
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1964.9BC
Block Printed
Stenciled
Wall Fragment
White
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
foxhunt, sporting scene
Laid
Engraved
Paper
hunting dogs
horses
riders
foliage and lunettes
Gothic Revival
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