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Christmas Card

ca.1891 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Christmas card in the form of a ‘hand’ of 13 playing cards. In an envelope postmarked 24 December 1891.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Christmas greetings card in the form of a 'hand' of 13 playing cards. Colour lithograph, ca.1891.
Physical description
Christmas card in the form of a ‘hand’ of 13 playing cards. In an envelope postmarked 24 December 1891.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Width: 6.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Christmas 1891.' (Dated in ink)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Dorothy Hewlett
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.111-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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