January 5, 2012

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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