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Christmas card for the National Grid

Print
1991 (made)
Artist/Maker
Pentagram Design Ltd. (designers)
CTD Printers Ltd. (printers)
Zaehnsdorf and Croft (manufacturers)
Lawrence, John (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

John Lawrence, Christmas card for the National Grid, colour offset lithograph after a wood engraving, commissioned by Pentagram

Object details

Categories
Prints
Christmas
Greeting Cards
Images Online
Illustration
Object type
Print
TitleChristmas card for the National Grid (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colur offset lithograph
Paper
Colour Offset Lithograph
Brief description
John Lawrence, Christmas card for the National Grid, commissioned by Pentagram, 1991.
Physical description
John Lawrence, Christmas card for the National Grid, colour offset lithograph after a wood engraving, commissioned by Pentagram
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
  • Width: 21cm
Gallery label
John LAWRENCE (born 1933)

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Christmas card for the National Grid. 1991
Commissioned by Pentagram
Colour offset lithograph after a wood engraving
E.698-1994
Given by John Lawrence

Photomechanical reproduction does not always do justice to wood
engraving: for example blacks are not consistently dark enough and
details are lost. John Lawrence has therefore devised a technique for
preparing for colour reproduciton by printing the outline image in
pale blue and then hand colouring the image.
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995. R.P. No. 94/1444
Bibliographic reference
A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum, 10 Oct 1994 - 26 Mar 1995
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.698-1994

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Record createdDecember 17, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O180034/christmas-card-for-the-national-print-lawrence-john/
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