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Greetings Card

c.1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Canton (publisher)
Place of origin
England (made)

Colour lithograph with hand painted addition

Object details

Category
Greeting Cards
Object type
Greetings card
Materials and techniques
paint, printer's ink, paper, colour lithography, hand-painted
Paper
Printer's Ink
Paint
Hand Painted
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Published by Robert Canton: New Year card, 'MAY YOU BE AS HAPPY AS WE ARE A BRIGHT NEW YEAR TO YOU'colour lithograph with hand-painted addition, c.1870
Physical description
Colour lithograph with hand painted addition
Dimensions
  • When folded height: 11.6cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971)
  • When folded width: 8cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971)
Marks and inscriptions
  • MAY YOU BE AS HAPPY AS WE ARE A BRIGHT NEW YEAR TO YOU (Inscribed on a scroll)
  • 10A Cunningham Place (Inscribed)
Credit line
Acquired from the collection of the late Estella Canziani in 1970.
Association
Canziani
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1970
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.1:19-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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