Imperial penny postage to Australia

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Artist/Maker	Walter Crane (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (drawn)

Pen and ink drawing design for a decorative envelope, commemorating the extension of Imperial penny postage to Australia. In the centre of the design is a representation of Sir John Henniker Heaton, Bart. in the guise of Prospero. Signed with artist's emblem. Inscribed in pencil 'The Empire Envelope' and with notes.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Imperial penny postage to Australia (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink drawing Pen and Ink Drawing
Brief description	Pen and ink drawing design by Walter Crane for a decorative envelope, commemorating the extension of Imperial penny postage to Australia. Great Britain, 1905.
Physical description	Pen and ink drawing design for a decorative envelope, commemorating the extension of Imperial penny postage to Australia. In the centre of the design is a representation of Sir John Henniker Heaton, Bart. in the guise of Prospero. Signed with artist's emblem. Inscribed in pencil 'The Empire Envelope' and with notes.
Dimensions	Height: 8.125in Width: 12.125in Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line	Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod
Object history	Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod, 1948
Subjects depicted	Stamps Postage Envelopes Commemorative Prospero
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.239-1948

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O601651/imperial-penny-postage-to-australia-drawing-walter-crane/

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