Fragment of Scenery figure wallpaper representing the Crimean War, specifically the Siege of Sebastopol (1854-1855), alternating with portrait medallions of Lord Raglan and Lord Palmerston. Printed in brown, grey, red-orange, blue, white and black on ungrounded paper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
Raglan, FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, Baron, 1788-1855
Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865
Original To Fowler House Main House,
206
Unknown
England
12 1/2 x 12 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Sarah Putnam Fowler
1911.103
"Wallpaper in New England," pg. 187, fig. 46-B #3; pg. 190
1855-1860 (Depicts scene from 1854-55.)
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1978.136
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1911.104
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1911.105
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.369A-I
Machine Printed
Wall Fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Crimean War
Paper
Siege of Sebastopol
Lord Raglan
Lord Palmerston
Scenery figure
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