Birthday Card

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Artist/Maker	Sharpe's Classic (manufacturer)
Place of origin	England (made)

Portrait-proportioned quatro birthday card, folded to one side and printed in colours on white cartridge paper. The front is printed with the words 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' in embossed gilt, and a shows a photographic image of two girls stroking and brushing a young yellow labrador.

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Category	Children & Childhood
Object type	Birthday card
Materials and techniques	Cartridge Paper Gilt Printing Embossing
Brief description	Printed paper; English, about 1960-65
Physical description	Portrait-proportioned quatro birthday card, folded to one side and printed in colours on white cartridge paper. The front is printed with the words 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' in embossed gilt, and a shows a photographic image of two girls stroking and brushing a young yellow labrador.
Dimensions	Width: 17.8cm Length: 11.6cm
Marks and inscriptions	A jolly birthday greeting, The best of wishes, too, For happiness and lots of luck In everything you do. (Inside the card, printed in black.) With love from Auntie Mary XXX (Signed in ink.)
Credit line	Given by G. D. C. Swain
Object history	Given on the occasion of a birthday of the donor, Georgina Doreen Caroline Swain (b. 29/11/1954)
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	MISC.327-1992

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1125604/birthday-card-sharpes-classic/

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