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Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

The good old days.

[1879]

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The good old days, Coventry ; London : Thomas Stevens, [1879], Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.




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  • Title(s)

    The good old days.

  • Published/Created

    Coventry ; London : Thomas Stevens, [1879]

  • Physical Description

    1 silk picture : color ; 5 x 15 cm, in mount 14 x 21 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    NK9002.S8 G6 Copy 3 Box
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    NK9002.S8 G6 Copy 1 Box
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    NK9002.S8 G6 Copy 2 Box
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Visual Materials

  • Notes

    "Woven in silk by Thomas Stevens, inventor and manufacturer, Coventry and London (registered)."
    Date from Godden.
    A woven picture, machine-embroidered on silk.
    Godden, G. Stevengraphs and other Victorian silk pictures, 30
    Includes printed advertisement, on reverse of the mount, for other subjects in the Stevengraph series.
    "This landscape Stevengraph shows a Royal Mail coach being driven by four horses. The basic picture was first issued under the title The London & York ... coach. ... Within a few months, the picture was retitled The good old days ... A later, post-1889, issue under the same title is the same coach and horses with the addition of a winter landscape woven in the background [Godden 30a]. "--Godden.
  • Subject Terms

    Carriages and carts -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. |
    Great Britain. Royal Mail -- Pictorial works. |
    Postal service -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. |
    Silk pictures -- Specimens.

  • Form/Genre

    Embroidery (visual works) | Stevengraphs. | Textiles.

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