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Sweet Little Jesu

Christmas Card
1930-1970 (Printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rectangular folder card (landscape format). Front: colour printed illustration of the Infant Jesus in a cradle in a cottage interior with a stylised rural lanscape visible through an open door, signed within the image, lettered below the image with title and artist's name in pale blue, pale blue border. Inside: lettered with verse and greeting printed in pale blue, inscribed with greeting handwritten in blue ink. Back: royal warrant, publisher's logo and product information printed in pale blue.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSweet Little Jesu (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithography on card
Brief description
Sweet Little Jesu, Christmas card illustrated by Nora Hodgson, published by The Medici Society, British, 20th century.
Physical description
Rectangular folder card (landscape format). Front: colour printed illustration of the Infant Jesus in a cradle in a cottage interior with a stylised rural lanscape visible through an open door, signed within the image, lettered below the image with title and artist's name in pale blue, pale blue border. Inside: lettered with verse and greeting printed in pale blue, inscribed with greeting handwritten in blue ink. Back: royal warrant, publisher's logo and product information printed in pale blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
  • Width: 13.5cm (closed)
Content description
The Infant Jesus lying in a cradle in a cottage interior with a stylised rural lanscape visible through an open door
Credit line
Given by West Berkshire Museum
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.762-2012

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Record createdAugust 13, 2012
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