Greetings Card

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Artist/Maker	Marcus Ward (publisher) Unknown (artist)
Place of origin	England (made)

Christmas card with letter, c.1872. Colour lithograph. Illuminated letter ‘C’ with holly and mistletoe border with verse by Francis Davis. Published by Marcus Ward & Co. The letter from H. N. Stevens dated Christmas 1872.’

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Category	Greeting Cards
Object type	Greetings card
Materials and techniques	printer's ink, paper, colour lithography Paper Printer's Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	Published by Marcus Ward & Co.: Christmas card with letter, illuminated letter 'C' with holly and mistletoe border, colour lithograph, c.1872
Physical description	Christmas card with letter, c.1872. Colour lithograph. Illuminated letter ‘C’ with holly and mistletoe border with verse by Francis Davis. Published by Marcus Ward & Co. The letter from H. N. Stevens dated Christmas 1872.’
Dimensions	When folded height: 6.3cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971) When folded width: 9.6cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971)
Marks and inscriptions	Christmas 1872 (Date on letter)
Credit line	Acquired from the collection of the late Estella Canziani in 1970.
Subjects depicted	Christmas Christmas
Association	Canziani
Bibliographic reference	Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1970
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.2:11-1971

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1040381/greetings-card-unknown/

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