George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection
Greetings Card
1940s (printed)
1940s (printed)
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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
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| Title | George 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Accession number | S.1092-2010 |
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| Record created | June 18, 2010 |
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