Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Stevens, Thomas, 1828-1888

Title:

The old arm chair.

Published / Created:

Coventry : T. Stevens, [1871]

Physical Description:

1 silk picture : color ; 28 x 6 cm (with tassel)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Textiles 10c
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Visual Materials

Notes:

The diamond logo on the reverse (at the point) indicates registration date of May 4, 1871. See also Godden.

BAC: British Art Center copy is pinned and mounted on original printed label, mount comprised of two sections of card.

Godden, G. Stevengraphs and other Victorian silk pictures, 712

Beneath the title at top is the image of an upright arm chair, in which a Bible rests against the arm. The bottom half bears the words and music of the poem by Eliza Cook, set to music by Henry Russell (not credited).

Subject Terms:

Ballads, English. | Death -- Songs and music. | Silk pictures -- Specimens.

Form/Genre:

Embroidery (visual works) | Stevengraphs. | Textiles.

Contributors:

Cook, Eliza, 1818–1889. | Russell, Henry, 1812–1900.