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Greetings card - Guy Little Theatrical Photographs

Guy Little Theatrical Photographs

  • Object:

    Greetings card

  • Place of origin:

    Germany (made)

  • Date:

    ca. third quarter of 19th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour-printed card with embossed paper lace

  • Credit Line:

    Bequeathed by Guy Little

  • Museum number:

    E.2336-1953

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 2B, shelf GG, box 68G

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This German greetings card from about 1850–75 shows female figures dressed as cornflowers, with a pair of insects serenading them. A complete and now almost forgotten ‘language of flowers’ was created in the nineteenth century. Every plant had a distinct character and sentimental meaning. Some flowers can have a symbolic meaning, like the lily and the rose which are were both associated with the Virgin Mary. Cornflowers represented refinement and delicacy.

Physical description

Colour-printed greetings card, with embossed paper lace edging, with an oval image at the centre showing female figures dressed as flowers, and insects playing the violin.

Place of Origin

Germany (made)

Date

ca. third quarter of 19th century (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Colour-printed card with embossed paper lace

Marks and inscriptions

Kornblumen

Dimensions

Height: 11.5 cm highest point, Width: 7.1 cm widest point

Object history note

Some flowers can have a symbolic meaning, like the lily and the rose which are both associated with the Virgin Mary. The nineteenth century created a complete and now almost forgotten 'language of flowers' in which every plant had a distinct character and sentimental meaning. Here the plants have actually become people.

Descriptive line

Printed greetings card, colour-printed, with embossed paper lace and floral decoration, Germany, ca. 1850-1875. Guy Little Collection.

Materials

Card

Techniques

Printing

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Women; Insects; Lace; Violin; Cornflower

Categories

Prints; Greeting cards

Collection code

PDP

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Qr_O122189
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