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Announcement Card

1894 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Announcement card with a serrated edge all round; lettered with the announcment, printed in black ink; the outline of a heart on the front containing a monogram in purple.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Letterpress print
Brief description
Marriage announcement card, 'Samuel to Clara', letterpress print, English, 1894.
Physical description
Announcement card with a serrated edge all round; lettered with the announcment, printed in black ink; the outline of a heart on the front containing a monogram in purple.
Content description
The shape of a heart, edged in silver and containing a monogram in purple.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Married / On the 16th August, 1894, at St. Stephens, E.C. by the Rev. James Weston Pratt, M.A. / Samuel, Eldest Son of Samuel Dixon, to Clara, Youngest Daughter of the Late William Thomas Wool.' (Lettered )
  • 'S C' (Monogram, interlaced)
Credit line
Given by Mr Raymond E. de la P. Maddison
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Accession number
E.2068-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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