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Christmas Card

ca. 1930-38 (made)
Artist/Maker
Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. (publisher)
Davie, Howard (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

A Christmas and New Year card showing a scene from the girlhoof of Mary Queen of Scots. The card is lettered on the inside 'By Gracious Permission This Picture is Reproduced From The Original Christmas Card in The Possession Of His Majesty The King.' It is also lettered with a quotation from Shakespeare and a biographical note on the characters portrayed on the card.

Object details

Categories
Greeting Cards
Prints
Christmas
Shakespeare
Royalty
Scotland
Object type
Christmas card
Materials and techniques
Colour half-tone, letterpress, cut paper, collage and stencilling, with a satin ribbon on the left margin
Card
Printing Ink
Halftone
Letterpress
Cut Paper
Collage
Stencilling
Brief description
Christmas and New Year card published by Tuck & Sons Ltd. with artwork after Howard Davie, showing the girlhood of Mary Queen of Scots, colour half-tone, letterpress, cut paper, collage and stencilling, Great Britain, ca. 1930-38
Physical description
A Christmas and New Year card showing a scene from the girlhoof of Mary Queen of Scots. The card is lettered on the inside 'By Gracious Permission This Picture is Reproduced From The Original Christmas Card in The Possession Of His Majesty The King.' It is also lettered with a quotation from Shakespeare and a biographical note on the characters portrayed on the card.
Dimensions
  • Folded to height: 20.6cm
  • Folded to width: 16.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'By Gracious Permission This Picture is Reproduced From The Original Christmas Card in The Possession Of His Majesty The King.' (Lettered inside)
  • (Lettered with a quotation from Shakespeare and a biographical note on the characters portrayed on the card. Stamped on the back Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd Art Publishers to the King & Queen etc)
Object history
This card was published by Tuck & Sons to advertise their royal patronage.
Subject depicted
Mary Queen of Scots
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.81-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O188483/christmas-card-davie-howard/
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