Holy Card

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Artist/Maker	Benziger & Co. (Printed and published)
Place of origin	Einsiedeln (Printed and published)

Rectangular folder card (portrait format). Front: colour printed illustration of Our Lady of Einsiedeln above a view of Einsiedeln Abbey, the abbey square and Lady Fountain, with crowds of pilgrims and a procession, lettered above and below the image in German printed in black, gold border. Inside: text in German printed in black. Back: text in German, imprimatur, name of publisher, and a view of Einsiedeln printed in black, gold border.

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Category	Greeting Cards
Object type	Holy card
Materials and techniques	Lithography
Brief description	Souvenir of Our Lady of Einsiedeln, Switzerland, late 19th century.
Physical description	Rectangular folder card (portrait format). Front: colour printed illustration of Our Lady of Einsiedeln above a view of Einsiedeln Abbey, the abbey square and Lady Fountain, with crowds of pilgrims and a procession, lettered above and below the image in German printed in black, gold border. Inside: text in German printed in black. Back: text in German, imprimatur, name of publisher, and a view of Einsiedeln printed in black, gold border.
Dimensions	Height: 11.5cm Width: 7.5cm (closed)
Content description	Our Lady of Einsiedeln, views of Einsiedeln, pilgrims and a procession
Credit line	Given by Tim Travis in memory of Leslie Travis
Subjects depicted	Pilgrimages Processions Pilgrims The Virgin Mary Jesus Christ
Place depicted	Einsiedeln
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.995-2012

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Record created	September 5, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1272048/holy-card-benziger--co/

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