Reverse painting on glass. [Balloon Ascent at Cremorne Gardens]

Made:: 1856 in London

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Reverse painting on glass. [Balloon Ascent at Cremorne Gardens]
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Reverse painting on glass. [Balloon Ascent at Cremorne Gardens], nd. [1856]. 28.2x34.3cm. Souvenir picture engraved and painted, the front giving the effect of a silhouette, possibly worked and sold on site; untitled, title supplied from comparison with others similar; balloon highlighted in wash; doiley grid pattern as background to oval scene, crowd between trees

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Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1950-308

Materials:: glass

Measurements:: overall: 282 x 343 mm

type:: painting

credit:: Penn-Gaskell, Miss Winifred

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Reverse painting on glass. [Balloon Ascent at Cremorne Gardens]

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