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Christmas Card

1899 (printed)
Artist/Maker
May, Phil (printmaker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (printed)

Christmas card, impression from a half-tone plate.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Greeting Cards
Christmas
Printmaking Techniques
Object type
Christmas card
Materials and techniques
Halftone print
Paper
Printing Ink
Halftone
Brief description
Halftone. Philip William May (1864 - 1903). Christmas card, 1899.
Physical description
Christmas card, impression from a half-tone plate.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.4cm
  • Width: 8.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Mr & Mrs J. Y. W. MacAlister / Wish You / The Complimen / ts / of the Season. / Christmas / 1899'" (Greeting, lower right of image)
  • '20 Hanover Square W" (Address, presumably of those sending the card (Mr and Mrs MacAlister). At bottom left edge of card)
Subjects depicted
Figures
Hoods
Beards
Snow
Father Christmas
Santa Claus
Christmas
Associated object
E.1195-1986 (Original)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1196-1976

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Record createdDecember 9, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119579/christmas-card-may-phil/
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