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Greetings Card

2007 (designed), 2007 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dempsey, Mike (designer)
Ritblat, Jill (photographer)
Ritblat, Jill (commissioner)
Place of origin
Britain (designed)
Britain (made)

Jill Ritblat collaborates with graphic designer Mike Dempsey each year to devise her seasonal card to friends and contacts. Their 2007 creation featuring a photograph by Jill Ritblat - apparently shot from the air - records the effect of climate change on the alpine scenery enjoyed by the card's jet-setting recipients. The caption 'Keep it deep and crisp and even.' plays on a line from the traditional Christmas carol Good King Wenceslaus, 'When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even.'


Object details

Categories
Christmas
Greeting Cards
Propaganda
Climate Change
Object type
Greetings card
Materials and techniques
Lithography on card
Card
Lithography
Brief description
Greetings card, Christmas card from John and Jill Ritblat designed by Mike Dempsey and Jill Ritblat, Britain, 2007.
Physical description
Rectangular white card single-folded along short edge to A6 size (landscape format). Text printed in blue on front, inside and on back. Photographic image of alpine view and greeting printed in black 'handwriting' inside.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
  • Folded width: 14.8cm
  • Open width: 29.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Keep it deep and crisp and even.' (Printed in blue on the front)
  • 'Take care.' (Printed in blue inside)
  • 'Inside image: Glacier D'Argentiére in Chamonix, / latitude: 45.946281 N longitude: 7.00456 E / photographed by Jill Ritblat August 2007. / Just one of the many glaciers in the Alps which / have receded visibly over the last 20 years.' (Printed in blue on the back)
  • 'Season's Greetings from John and Jill Ritblat' (Printed in black inside)
Credit line
Given by Lady Ritblat
Subjects depicted
Climate Change
Mountains
Glaciers
Place depicted
Chamonix
Summary
Jill Ritblat collaborates with graphic designer Mike Dempsey each year to devise her seasonal card to friends and contacts. Their 2007 creation featuring a photograph by Jill Ritblat - apparently shot from the air - records the effect of climate change on the alpine scenery enjoyed by the card's jet-setting recipients. The caption 'Keep it deep and crisp and even.' plays on a line from the traditional Christmas carol Good King Wenceslaus, 'When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even.'
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.845-2008

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Record createdJuly 7, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1160746/greetings-card-dempsey-mike/
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