Announcement Card
1901 (made)
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Announcement card, there are two circular photographic portraits of a man and a woman, one on each side of the sheet and both bordered by an embossed edge.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Letterpress printing |
| Brief description | Marriage announcement card, 'Edith Ellis', incorporating photographic portraits and letterpress print, English, 1901. |
| Physical description | Announcement card, there are two circular photographic portraits of a man and a woman, one on each side of the sheet and both bordered by an embossed edge. |
| Content description | Two circular photographic portraits on either side, head and shoulders, a man (left) and a woman (right); the man is looking to the right and the woman slightly to the left; both portraits bordered with an embossed, metallic blue edge. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Edith Ellis. / With Mr. & Mrs. Frank Graham Wakefield's kind regards. / 159, Uxbridge Road, West Ealing. Jan. 2nd. 1901.' (Lettered) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr Raymond E. de la P. Maddison |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963. |
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| Accession number | E.2071-1952 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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