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Fragment of nursery wallpaper with idyllic scenes of babies and young children at outdoor play. Scenes include babies on a seesaw, boys with a wagon and puppies, children picking apples near a fountain, and children with a rabbit. Trailing vines and foliage surround the scenes. Lithograph in blue on ungrounded paper.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
lithographs
Wallpaper
"7 Kirk St. Lowell - Home of Gertrude Whitney Taylor / From Mrs. St. John Bruce / Added circa 1870" (handwritten)
"6" [circled] (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
27 x 19 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.376
1870 (paper was "Added in 1870" presumbably added means applied to a room in the house.)
Possibly England (United Kingdom) [country]
wall fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
babies
children
dog
rabbit
fountain
rabbit
Nursery
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