Design for a Card

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Artist/Maker	Wilson, Marion (artist)
Place of origin	London (made)

Drawing on paper of a baby in a crib with its mother. Mounted on a second sheet of decorated paper and stapled to paper folder

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Categories	Designs Greeting Cards
Object type	Design
Title	Design for a Card
Materials and techniques	Pencil, paint and ball point pen on paper Paint Ball Point Pen Pencil Drawing
Brief description	Design for a greeting card by Marion Wilson for the Gordon Fraser Gallery, 1960s-1970s
Physical description	Drawing on paper of a baby in a crib with its mother. Mounted on a second sheet of decorated paper and stapled to paper folder
Dimensions	Height: 44.7cm Width: 32cm Mount height: 55.6cm Mount width: 38.6cm Folder height: 56.4cm Folder width: 76cm
Marks and inscriptions	MARiON (Signature, in pen, bottom right, decorated with flowers) HANDLE/ WITH CARE/ PLEASE (Handwritten in pencil on folder) 300 M.P.C./ Birth of a baby-/ MARiON- 66-/ Open uP/ It would be sweet-/ the border - especially the/ right hand side/ on the accompanying/ envelope!/ (You see why my extravagence is a natural!)/ Please handle with care/ as delicate (Handwritten in pen on the front of the folder) Sheet CR 746 (Handwritten in blue pen on the front of the folder) G.F. 5909/ M.P.C./ Marion (Handwritten in blue pen on the reverse of the folder)
Credit line	Given by Marion Wilson
Subjects depicted	Motherhood Kitsch Birth Babies Cribs Designs Greeting Cards Roses
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.979-2003

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Record created	June 24, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101130/design-for-a-card-design-wilson-marion/

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