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Greetings Card

c.1872 (made)
Artist/Maker
Marcus Ward (publisher)
Marks (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

A rectangular folder printed in black and gold on a pale green ground, bearing the words on the front ‘CHRISTMAS IN YE OLDEN TYME. KEEP IT NOW AS THEY KEPT IT THEN HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO’. ‘London, MARCUS WARD & Co.’ The back has a circular motif with a goblet at the centre and the words ‘CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR. WASSAIL. DRINKHAIL.’ Inside are three folding cards, colour lithographs on gilt grounds, depicting scenes of medieval cheer.

Object details

Category
Greeting Cards
Object type
Greetings card
Materials and techniques
paper, printer's ink, colour lithography
Paper
Printer's Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Published by Marcus Ward & Co.: Christmas card, 'CHRISTMAS IN YE OLDEN TYME. KEEP IT NOW AS THEY KEPT IN THEN HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO', probably designed by H. Stacy Marks, c.1872
Physical description
A rectangular folder printed in black and gold on a pale green ground, bearing the words on the front ‘CHRISTMAS IN YE OLDEN TYME. KEEP IT NOW AS THEY KEPT IT THEN HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO’. ‘London, MARCUS WARD & Co.’ The back has a circular motif with a goblet at the centre and the words ‘CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR. WASSAIL. DRINKHAIL.’ Inside are three folding cards, colour lithographs on gilt grounds, depicting scenes of medieval cheer.
Dimensions
  • Unfolded height: 7.4cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971)
  • Unfolded width: 31.2cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971)
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.2:7-1971

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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