A Christmas Carol
Christmas Card
1921 (made)
1921 (made)
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Design for a christmas card with an engraving on the front and the back. On the front is a depiction of a male figure, wearing a green hat and cloak, reading from a sheet of paper and with one hand raised in the air. On the right is a female figure wearing a red dress and yellow and green hat with a red feather. They are both stood in a field.
On the back of the card is a depiction of an ink pot with a quill resting inside it, and another one next to it, surrounded by sheets of paper.
On the back of the card is a depiction of an ink pot with a quill resting inside it, and another one next to it, surrounded by sheets of paper.
Object details
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Title | A Christmas Carol (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Engraving |
Brief description | Christmas card engraving by Albert Rutherston entitled 'A Christmas Carol', one of a series of five Festival Cards by modern artists, published by Lund Humphries & Co. Ltd. Great Britian, 1921 |
Physical description | Design for a christmas card with an engraving on the front and the back. On the front is a depiction of a male figure, wearing a green hat and cloak, reading from a sheet of paper and with one hand raised in the air. On the right is a female figure wearing a red dress and yellow and green hat with a red feather. They are both stood in a field. On the back of the card is a depiction of an ink pot with a quill resting inside it, and another one next to it, surrounded by sheets of paper. |
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Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1926 |
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Accession number | CIRC.1026-1926 |
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Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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