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Announcement Card

ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Announcement card, folded, with a serrated edge, lettered and embossed in silver on the front, with a border on the right of scrolled foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Letterpress print
Brief description
Marriage announcement card, letterpress print with embossing, ca. 1890.
Physical description
Announcement card, folded, with a serrated edge, lettered and embossed in silver on the front, with a border on the right of scrolled foliage.
Content description
Along the right edge is a border of scrolled foliage. The lettering is interweaved and the ends of the letters terminate in scrolls.
Marks and inscriptions
'Marriage' (Lettered on front)
Credit line
Given by Mr Raymond E. de la P. Maddison
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Accession number
E.2075-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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