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. Roller-printed in brown, grey, red-orange, blue, white and black on ungrounded paper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"Return to G.P. Sanborn / Lawrence" (handwritten)
"Fowler / [illegible]" (handwritten)
"A967PPW" (stamped)
"3rd dining room paper" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To Samuel Fowler House (Danversport, Mass.),
Unknown
England
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.369A-I
England (United Kingdom) [country]
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1911.103
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1911.104
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1911.105
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1978.136
Machine Printed
unused
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Crimean War
Paper
Seige of Sebastopol
Lord Raglan
Lord Palmerston
Scenery Figure
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