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PrintCollection 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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