Quite Too-Too
Christmas Card
1881 (made)
1881 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Satirical card showing an aesthete in artistic dress. A man in a brown velvet coat striking an attitude while admiring a large sunflower. Blue and white china plates mounted on the wall behind him.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Quite Too-Too (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph on card |
| Brief description | Albert Ludovici. An aesthetic man admiring a sunflower. One of four cards from the "Quite too-too!" set, published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner, London, 1881. |
| Physical description | Satirical card showing an aesthete in artistic dress. A man in a brown velvet coat striking an attitude while admiring a large sunflower. Blue and white china plates mounted on the wall behind him. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | With yearnings for your intense joy |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Guy Tristram Little |
| Object history | Designed by Albert Ludovici, II (born in Prague, 1852, died in 1932); printed and published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner, London |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2414-1953 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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