Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Design for a Birthday Card

Design
1960s-1970s (made)
Artist/Maker
Wilson, Marion (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

A paper design for a birthday card with a girl wearing a pink dress and a hat of pink flowers, on a grey background. The design pasted into a paper folder.

Object details

Categories
Greeting Cards
Designs
Object type
Design
TitleDesign for a Birthday Card
Materials and techniques
Paint, pen and ink on paper
Paper
Paint
Pen and Ink
Painting
Drawing
Brief description
Design for a birthday card by Marion Wilson for the Gordon Fraser Gallery, 1960s-1970s
Physical description
A paper design for a birthday card with a girl wearing a pink dress and a hat of pink flowers, on a grey background. The design pasted into a paper folder.
Dimensions
  • Torn edges height: 39.2cm
  • Torn edges width: 27.8cm
  • Folder height: 47.3cm
  • Folder width: 70.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • MARiON (Signature, in ink, bottom right)
  • Open up/ Design for 300 Birthday/ Please proof as soon as possible - as paint will CRACK if not put behind glass./ Please treat with great care as design has been torn & it is mended, & it is in extremely delicate condition (Handwritten in ball point pen on front of folder)
  • GF 4068/ MPC/ Marion/ Sheet 203 (Handwritten in pencil on reverse of folder)
Subjects depicted
Kitsch
Girls
Birthdays
Birthday Cards
Flowers
Associated object
E.959-2003 (Reproduction)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.958-2003

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 23, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101059/design-for-a-birthday-card-design-wilson-marion/
Download as: JSON