January 3, 2012

Collection Name: Scott Skinner Collection

Collection Number: 1968

Post Type: Kite Object or Accessory

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Artist or Author: T. M. Baynes, H. Ogg

Creation Year: 1831

Height: 5 3/8 inches

Width: 7 1/2 inches

Summay:

Book print entitled, "Sligo Ireland. Taken from the Green Fort, looking towards Lough Gilly, Fisher, Son, and Co, London, 1831". Very similar to period images of Edinburgh, Scotland, showing women drying laundry on the hill and children playing close by. Here, one flies an arch top kite, while another boy prepares a kite for flight.

Geographic: United Kingdom

Kite Type: Flat

Significance: Art, Cultural, Historical

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