{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O873154"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O873154/"}},"images":null,"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O873154","accessionNumber":"E.3381-1903","objectType":"Design","titles":[{"title":"Allegorical Devices","type":"popular title"},{"title":"A book of new & allegorical devices, for artists in general, & particularly for jewellers, enamel painters, pattern drawers &c. containing two hundred elegant historical ornamental and fancied subjects","type":"published title"}],"summaryDescription":"","physicalDescription":"Designs for memorials and lockets using human hair. One of eight plates in the 'Allegorical Devices' pattern book. This plate contains twenty-five oval-shaped designs, each numbered 1-25.\n\n1. A funerary monument, shaped like an obelisk, beneath a weeping willow tree. \n2. A funerary monument, with an urn, beneath a weeping willow tree. \n3. A funerary monument, with an urn, beneath a weeping willow tree. A woman sits next to the monument, resting her head on her hand. \n4. A monogram on a shield, with a decorative background. \n5. An urn on top of a chequered background. \n6. A winged figure leans on top of a funerary monument with an urn. \n7. A woman stands weeping next to a funerary monument beneath a willow tree. \n8. A monogram on a shield, with a weeping willow in the background. \n9. A woman stands next to a funerary monument, with an urn, beneath a weeping willow tree. \n10. A woman, in profile, holding an urn. \n11. A woman weeping next to a funerary monument, shaped like an obelisk, beneath a weeping willow tree. \n12. An urn, within a diamond shape with a chequered background. There is a decorative border. \n13. A woman, holding a dagger, looks over her left shoulder. She stands beneath a decorated arch. \n14. An urn, within an oval with a chequered background. There is a delicate decorative border. \n15. A woman with clasped hands stands next to a funerary monument, shaped like an obelisk, beneath a weeping willow tree. \n16. A woman rests a hand on an urn atop a funerary monument. \n17. A woman places a garland around an urn atop a funerary monument, beneath a willow tree. \n18. An urn, with two birds perching, one on each side. \n19. A man places his arm on a funerary monument as he rests his head in his hand. He is beneath a willow tree. \n20. A woman places her arm on a funerary monument as she rests her head in her hand. She is beneath a willow tree. \n21. An urn, within a diamond shape, with a decorative border. \n22. A monogram within a diamond shape, with a willow tree in the background. \n23. A woman places her arm on a funerary monument as she rests her head in her hand. She is beneath a willow tree. \n24. A monogram 'RW' with decorative borders. \n25. A funerary monument with an urn.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Terry, Garnet","id":"AUTH324801"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Bowles and Carver","id":"A28567"},"association":{"text":"publisher","id":"x32600"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"},{"text":"ink","id":"AAT15012"}],"techniques":[{"text":"engraving (printing process)","id":"AAT53225"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Ink on paper","categories":[{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"},{"text":"Death","id":"THES48970"},{"text":"Hair and hairstyles","id":"THES258945"},{"text":"Jewellery","id":"THES48930"},{"text":"Pattern books","id":"THES48915"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLH (VA)","id":"THES49654"},"free":"","case":"93","shelf":"C","box":"88"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"engraving (printing process)","id":"AAT53225"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"engraving (printing process)","id":"AAT53225"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1795","earliest":"1795-01-01","latest":"1795-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"Published the 29th of September 1795."}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"E.3379-1903","id":"O1078134"},"association":"Album"},{"object":{"text":"E.3380-1903","id":"O873155"},"association":"Album"},{"object":{"text":"E.3381-1903","id":"O873154"},"association":"Album"},{"object":{"text":"E.3382-1903","id":"O873153"},"association":"Album"},{"object":{"text":"E.3383-1903","id":"O873152"},"association":"Album"},{"object":{"text":"E.3384-1903","id":"O873151"},"association":"Album"},{"object":{"text":"E.3385-1903","id":"O873150"},"association":"Album"},{"object":{"text":"E.3386-1903","id":"O873149"},"association":"Album"},{"object":{"text":"E.3387-1903","id":"O873148"},"association":"Album"},{"object":{"text":"E.2324-1931","id":"O748018"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"26","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"10/05/2023","earliest":"2023-05-10","latest":"2023-05-10"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"20.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"10/05/2023","earliest":"2023-05-10","latest":"2023-05-10"},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Printed on a curve underneath the designs."},{"content":"HAIR DEVICES.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Printed bottom centre."},{"content":"Published 29 Sept. 1795.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Printed bottom right."}],"objectHistory":"See also E.2324-1931 for an earlier printing of these designs in 'Hair Devices' ca. 1789.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Engraving by Garnet Terry. Plate containing designs from \"Allegorical Devices\" London, 1795.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"Price 7s 6d. London: Printed for the Proprietors, Bowles & Carver No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. Just Published Terry's Complete Round of Cyphers, consisting of 600 examples. Price 6s. ","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Death","id":"x30761"},{"text":"hair","id":"AAT11814"},{"text":"hair ornaments","id":"AAT209287"},{"text":"allegorical figures","id":"x38453"},{"text":"mourning","id":"AAT238450"},{"text":"mourning jewelry","id":"AAT211535"},{"text":"pattern books","id":"AAT26131"},{"text":"tombs","id":"AAT5926"},{"text":"Trees, Willow","id":"x31504"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["E.3381-1903"],"accessionNumberNum":"3381","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1903,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-29","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-30","availableToBook":false}}