1880~, Coventry

1880~, Coventry

Identifier
CIRC.347-1976
Carried out by
Stevens, Thomas (http://data.silknow.org/activity/designer)
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
17.9 cm (length)
13.7 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Stevengraph picture woven in silk and mounted on card. Portrait of jockey Tom Cannon wearing Lord Rosebery's racing colours consisting of a jacket branded in rose and primrose hoops and rose coloured cap against a shaded white background. A facsimile of Cannon's signature is below on the right of the picture. On the front of the cream-coloured mount is 'Tom Cannon' and 'Woven in pure silk by T. Stevens, Coventry'. On the reverse of the mount is a trade label with a list of other Stevengraphs printed in 1887. Stevengraph picture 'Tom Cannon' woven in silk and mounted on card, Coventry, ca. 1880