Britannia
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1770
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pillar and arch design. The framework is composed of a major arch resting upon Corinthian columns. Looking through the major arch, "Britannia" is seen enthroned atop a curved colonnade of Doric columns. Britannia is shown facing left, holding a spear, resting on her shield. The minor arches contain a large-scale urn sitting on a pedestal. Printed in black and white on a terra cotta ground. A label giving provenance is pasted near the center bottom edge.
place: label: made in
content: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Wallcoverings Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Mary Washington Colonial Chapter, NSDAR
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2004-22-1
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Object Name
content: Sidewall
label: Type
content: Sidewall
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Block printed on handmade paper
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 66 x 50.8 cm (26 x 20 in.)