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Holy Card

1920-1940 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rectangular holy card (portrait format), colour printed illustration: a white child averting his gaze from confectionery proffered by a black child dressed as a devil at a confectionery stall, artist's signature within the image, gold border, gold cross below the image, lettered with publisher's details below the image.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour letterpress on paper
Brief description
Holy card, Belgium, mid-20th century.
Physical description
Rectangular holy card (portrait format), colour printed illustration: a white child averting his gaze from confectionery proffered by a black child dressed as a devil at a confectionery stall, artist's signature within the image, gold border, gold cross below the image, lettered with publisher's details below the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.6cm
  • Width: 8.3cm
Credit line
A white child averting his gaze from confectionery proffered by a black child dressed as a devil at a confectionery stall.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.981-2012

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Record createdSeptember 4, 2013
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