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Christmas Card

ca.1882 (published)
Artist/Maker
Hildesheimer & Faulkner (publisher)
Linnie Watt (designer)
Place of origin
Manchester (published)

Children (both naughty and nice) were a popular subject for Victorian Christmas cards. This set of four shows neat, well-behaved youngsters in sailor suits and bonnets at the seaside. Children and babies symbolised the beginning of a new year, and summer scenes were a happy reminder that winter would soon be over.

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Object details

Categories
Greeting Cards
Christmas
Ephemera
Object type
Christmas card
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Lithography
Brief description
Linnie Watt. One of four Christmas and New Year cards published by S. Hildesheimer & Co.ca.1882.
Physical description
Greeting card.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.6cm
  • Width: 8.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Marks and inscriptions
'LW' (Signed with monogram)
Credit line
Given by Mr. Raymond E. de la P. Maddison
Summary
Children (both naughty and nice) were a popular subject for Victorian Christmas cards. This set of four shows neat, well-behaved youngsters in sailor suits and bonnets at the seaside. Children and babies symbolised the beginning of a new year, and summer scenes were a happy reminder that winter would soon be over.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2090-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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