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Christmas Card

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

Rectangular folder card (landscape format). Front: colour printed illustration of Father Christmas with children and toys, signed within the image, lettered in red below the image To wish you / A JOLLY CHRISTMAS. Inside: lettered with verse printed in dark blue, inscribed with greeting handwritten in black ink. Back: product information printed in dark blue.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lithography on paper
Brief description
Christmas card illustrated by Sylvia Venus, published by B. P. Ltd., British, 20th century.
Physical description
Rectangular folder card (landscape format). Front: colour printed illustration of Father Christmas with children and toys, signed within the image, lettered in red below the image To wish you / A JOLLY CHRISTMAS. Inside: lettered with verse printed in dark blue, inscribed with greeting handwritten in black ink. Back: product information printed in dark blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.6cm
  • Width: 11.2cm (closed)
Content description
Father Christmas with children and toys
Credit line
Given by West Berkshire Museum
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.763-2012

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Record createdAugust 13, 2012
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