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George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection

Greetings Card
1940s (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Greeting card with an illustration entitled Fantoccini drawn by George Cruikshank, first published in 1826 in the book Hone's Every Day Book. George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleGeorge Speaight Punch & Judy Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
watercolour and printing ink on paper
Brief description
Greeting card with illustration entitled Fantoccini, drawn by George Cruikshank, first published in 1826. George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.
Physical description
Folded greeting card with a hand-coloured illustration entitled Fantoccini showing a Punch and Judy puppet booth off centre to right. By its side a musician is playing a tambour. On the left are members of the audience. 'Greetings from Waldo & Muriel Lanchester CHRISTMAS 1948' inscribed in the greetings section.
Dimensions
  • Cover height: 16.1cm
  • Cover width: 10.3cm
  • Open card height: 16cm
  • Open card width: 20.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'GREETINGS/ from/ Waldo & Muriel/ Lanchester/ CHRISTMAS/ 1948 (Inscribed in the card)
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the V&A in 2010.
Object history
The illustration by George Cruikshank was originally published in Hone's Every Day Book, in 1826 ( re-issued about 1890).
Summary
Greeting card with an illustration entitled Fantoccini drawn by George Cruikshank, first published in 1826 in the book Hone's Every Day Book. George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.
Other number
19th century marionettes file
Collection
Accession number
S.1092-2010

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Record createdJune 18, 2010
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