Christmas card for the National Grid

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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

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Categories	Prints Christmas Greeting Cards Images Online Illustration
Object type	Print
Title	Christmas 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) ... 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 created	December 17, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O180034/christmas-card-for-the-national-print-lawrence-john/

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