'A Secret Life' by Hester Shepherd

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Artist/Maker	Hodder & Stoughton (publisher)
Place of origin	Britain (printed)

Book jacket on thick card for 'A Secret Life' by Hester Shepherd. A man is depicted, seated in profile, wearing a dark suit. A shadowy version of the same man is standing behind, holding a smoking gun and wearing a topee (pith helmet).

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Categories	Books Prints
Object type	Print
Title	'A Secret Life' by Hester Shepherd (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Printed book jacket Paper Printing
Brief description	Book jacket for 'A Secret Life', the first novel of Hester Shepherd. Great Britain, 1938.
Physical description	Book jacket on thick card for 'A Secret Life' by Hester Shepherd. A man is depicted, seated in profile, wearing a dark suit. A shadowy version of the same man is standing behind, holding a smoking gun and wearing a topee (pith helmet).
Dimensions	Height: 190mm Width: 290mm Approximate size
Subjects depicted	Covers Books Safari Life Pistols Topee Pith
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2069-1987

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Record created	July 2, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1266158/a-secret-life-by-hester-print-hodder--stoughton/

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