Collection Name: Scott Skinner Collection
Collection Number: 1982
Post Type: Kite Object or Accessory
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Artist or Author: Arthur Rackham
Creation Year: 1906
Height: 4 1/2 inches
Width: 6 7/8 inches
Summay:
Book plate print from 1906 edition of J. M. Barrie's, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. This is one of three prints in the book that include kites. Cover sheet for this print in the original book, says, "An elderberry hobbled across the walk, and stood chatting with some young quinces."
Kite is an arch top with keel, shown in earlier prints in the book.
Geographic: United Kingdom
Kite Type: Flat
Significance: Art, Cultural, Historical
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