Paper scrap
Category
Ephemera
Date
circa 1700 - circa 1830
Materials
Paper
Measurements
Each piece (min) - 22 mm (height), Each piece (max) - 205 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666479
Summary
A varied selection of paper scraps cut from newspapers and books, some of which are hand-coloured. There is also an original watercolour picture and a scrap of paper bearing the handwritten words 'Miss Vernon Temple'. Among the pictures of people, places and cartoons there is an engraving of a woman playing a stringed instrument and sitting with three sleeping (winged) children, while another woman is stealing an arrow from a quiver. On the back is the date '21 Juin 1813'. Total number of items is 73.