In the bottom right hand corner is an embroidery of a circle with the names of Walter Crane and G. Parkyns.
V&A online catalogue (retrieved 20 December 2016).
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Illustration by Walter Crane in Aladdin, or, The Story of the Lamp (London, 1874).
Walter Crane Design
Embroidered picture, with a design taken from Walter Crane's 'Aladdin'. England, made between 1870-1899.
Courtesy Victoria and Albert Museum, acc. no. CIRC.562-1969.
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses an embroidered picture, the design of which was taken from an illustration in Aladdin, by Walter Crane (1845-1915). It is worked on linen with silk threads. It measures 79 x 65 cm. Aladdin, or, The Wonderful Lamp, was published in 1874 (Routledge, London). It is a children's story taken from Thousand and One Nights, with illustrations made by Walter Crane.
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