MEDIA KIT - Queensland Art Gallery
MEDIA KIT - Queensland Art Gallery
MEDIA KIT - Queensland Art Gallery
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PRIVATE THOUGHTS, POLITICAL DEBATES<br />
At the start of the 19th-century, the British market was flooded with a new range of printed cottons. They<br />
were used for clothing and furnishings, including the creation of light, bright coverings for the bedroom.<br />
Printed textile panels became popular, with many celebrating military victories and royal celebrations. As<br />
the making of patchwork spread among middle and working class homes, women were keen to produce<br />
finely worked items that signalled their aspirations toward gentility.<br />
COVERLET WITH KING GEORGE III REVIEWING THE<br />
TROOPS 1803-05<br />
This patchwork coverlet was worked during a period of<br />
intense naval euphoria. The central scene shows King<br />
George III reviewing the volunteer troops, and is based on a<br />
painting by John Singleton Copley (1738–1815) His Majesty<br />
reviewing the volunteer corps (1799). On 4 June 1799, King<br />
George III carried out a review of 15,000 volunteer troops at<br />
Hyde Park, London.<br />
Maker unknown / Coverlet with King George III<br />
reviewing the troops (detail) 1803–05/ Cotton /<br />
Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London.<br />
Given by Gertrude S Ferraby / © Victoria and<br />
Albert Museum, London<br />
In several scenes, a small, red-haired figure appears<br />
alongside soldiers and sailors. Absent from the original<br />
prints, this may well be a self-portrait of the maker.<br />
COVERLET COMMEMORATING WELLINGTON<br />
1829<br />
Family history associates this coverlet with the<br />
marriage of John and Elisabeth Chapman. The<br />
block printed panel used at the centre of this<br />
patchwork coverlet was printed to commemorate<br />
Wellington's victory at Vittoria, the last battle of the<br />
Peninsula War in 1813. The range of dates in the<br />
coverlet, including papers dating from the 1790s<br />
and the date of the central commemorative panel,<br />
suggests that it was worked on for a number of<br />
years, but never finished as the tacking stitches<br />
have not been removed.<br />
Elisabeth Chapman / Coverlet commemorating the Duke<br />
of Wellington (detail) c.1829 / Cotton / Collection:<br />
Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Given by<br />
Gwendolyn Baker in memory of her husband, Stephen<br />
Baker / © Victoria and Albert Museum, London<br />
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