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Telegram

1960-1972 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rectangular folder card (portrait format). Front: colour printed illustration of a birthday cake witha black cat peering out from behind, lettered within the design 21st / Birthday / Telegram reversed-out in white on the side of the cake. Inside: colour printed illustration of a crowd of people raising glasses of champagne in a toast and a motorcycle postman with an armful of telegrams, lettered with verse printed in blue, telegram greeting text printed on 4 strips of paper pasted inside, gold embossed door key lettered GOOD / LUCK. Back: colour printed illustration of a black cat, postmarked WOOD GREEN / 18 MAY.72, 2 strips of telelgram text pasted on back.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Lithography on card, embossed gold foil on die cut card
Brief description
21st birthday telegram, Britain, 20th century.
Physical description
Rectangular folder card (portrait format). Front: colour printed illustration of a birthday cake witha black cat peering out from behind, lettered within the design 21st / Birthday / Telegram reversed-out in white on the side of the cake. Inside: colour printed illustration of a crowd of people raising glasses of champagne in a toast and a motorcycle postman with an armful of telegrams, lettered with verse printed in blue, telegram greeting text printed on 4 strips of paper pasted inside, gold embossed door key lettered GOOD / LUCK. Back: colour printed illustration of a black cat, postmarked WOOD GREEN / 18 MAY.72, 2 strips of telelgram text pasted on back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.1cm
  • Width: 18.7cm
Content description
A bithday cake, a black cat, a crowd drinking a toast, a postman carrying telelgrams, and a gold door key
Credit line
Given by Janet Mayer
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.603:2-2012

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Record createdSeptember 28, 2013
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