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Greetings Card

ca. 1954 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Austria (printed and published)

Postcard depicting a young girl with a yellow headscarf holding flowers (portrait format). Caption printed in gold below the image. Hand written message on the back of the card.


Object details

Category
Greeting Cards
Object type
Greetings card
Materials and techniques
Lithography on card
Brief description
1950s Austrian birthday postcard
Physical description
Postcard depicting a young girl with a yellow headscarf holding flowers (portrait format). Caption printed in gold below the image. Hand written message on the back of the card.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14cm
  • Width: 9cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • Herzlichen Glückwünsch zum Geburtstag (printed in gold below the image)
    Translation
    Happy birthday
  • (lettered and signed in black within the image)
  • 0019 / H. B. WEIN / PHOTOKOLOREX/PHOTOKOLOREX/PHOTOKOLOREX/PHOTOKOLOREX (Printed in black on the back)
  • (Dated 11.12.1954 and inscribed with greeting, hand written in blue ink on the back)
Subjects depicted
Flowers (Bouquets)
Girl
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.563-2008

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Record createdOctober 23, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O170354/greetings-card-unknown/
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