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Greetings Card

1998-1999 (made)
Artist/Maker

As a medium of communication, greetings cards carry an array of meanings and messages. This is an example by the photographer Christopher Sedgwick who uses the card as a vehicle for expressing photographic images with distinct character.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured photograph on deckle-edged watercolour paper
Brief description
Birthday card by Christopher Sedgewick, 1998-1999
Physical description
Birthday card with image of a birdseye view of a plate of iced cakes.
Dimensions
  • Maximum height: 15.2cm
  • Maximum, closed width: 10.5cm
  • Maximum, open width: 21cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Much Love to you / on the occasion / of your / Birthday / from / Sedge/xxx' (inside card, hand written in ink)
  • January 1998or9 (back; hand written; pencil)
Credit line
Given by Fiona Leslie
Subjects depicted
Summary
As a medium of communication, greetings cards carry an array of meanings and messages. This is an example by the photographer Christopher Sedgwick who uses the card as a vehicle for expressing photographic images with distinct character.
Collection
Accession number
E.927-2000

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Record createdFebruary 22, 2002
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