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A Design for the Exhibition Building, Manchester

A Design for the Exhibition Building, Manchester

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Owen Jones

Artist
Owen Jones
(English, 1809 - 1874)
Title
A Design for the Exhibition Building, Manchester
Date
1867
Medium
Ink, graphite, watercolor, and gouache
Dimensions
23 3/4 x 47 1/2 in. Image
Credit
Rosalind Tough Fund purchase
Accession No.
1999.69
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
England

Related

  • Flores, Carol A. Hrvol. "A Colorful Context: Owen Jones's Design for the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition Building." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin, 1999-2001. Elvehjem Museum of Art (2002): 17-26. pp. 17-26
  • Flores, Carol A.H. "Owen Jones: Design, Ornament, Architecture and Theory in an Age in Transition." Rizzoli Int'l. Pub.: 2006. pp. 154-155, pl. 3.1
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Biennial Report 1999-2001." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002. p. 19
  • Pergam, Elizabeth A. The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857: Entrepreneurs, Connoisseurs and the Public. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011. pl. 1

  • Drawing with a Brush: British Watercolors: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/10/2007–1/6/2008
  • Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser: Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, 3/5/2004–12/5/2004
  • Acquisitions 1999-2002, A Selection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/6/2002–8/25/2002

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