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Bag

Bag
(c. 1826)

Medium
silk, cotton (lining), steel

Measurements
36.0 × 22.0 × 1.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2018

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(England)

Accession Number
2018.1604

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
A printed silk purse in ivory silk with steel frame opening and chain handles. The front features an image of an engraving of a female slave and child. The reverse is printed with text. It is lined in glazed cotton.