File:"Penny Black" postage stamps MET DP328201.jpg

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Unused block of four Penny Black postage stamps of Queen Victoria, after a design by William Wyon (MET, 2002.236.1)

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William Wyon: "Penny Black" postage stamps   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
William Wyon  (1795–1851)  wikidata:Q4102532
 
William Wyon
Description British sculptor, postage stamp designer, medalist and stampcutter
father of Leonard Charles Wyon (1826–1891)
Date of birth/death 1795 Edit this at Wikidata 29 October 1851 / 1851 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Birmingham London
Work period 1817 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4102532
Title
"Penny Black" postage stamps
Description
British; Postage stamps; Postage Stamps
Date issued May 6, 1840
Medium Engraving printed in black ink on paper
Dimensions 1 7/8 × 1 5/8 in. (4.8 × 4.1 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Accession number
2002.236.1
Credit line Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2002
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/211407

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(Reusing this file)		 Crown copyright expired:

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