January 3, 2012

Collection Name: Scott Skinner Collection

Collection Number: 1967

Post Type: Kite Object or Accessory

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Artist or Author: Unknown

Creation Year: 1824

Height: 7 3/8 inches

Width: 5 5/8 inches

Summay:

Book illustration entitled, "The Welcome Visitor", might be from an edition of the book, The Welcome Visitor, or The Good Uncle:,... Published by John Harris, 1824. (Not from the first edition) This illustration would certainly fit, "the good uncle"; a man bearing gifts, including a kite for his nephew. Small toys in his pocket for the infant niece.

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Geographic: United Kingdom

Kite Type: Flat

Significance: Art, Cultural, Historical

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