Album of greetings cards and cuttings
Print
ca.1880-1890 (made)
ca.1880-1890 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Volume, bound in decorated canvas boards, containing 105 greeting cards and numerous scrap cuttings, lettered on the spine 'Scraps' and on the front cover 'Album'. Inscribed inside the front cover in pencil with the name and address of the donor when a child.
Object details
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| Title | Album of greetings cards and cuttings (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithographs |
| Brief description | An album, bound with decorative boards, and filled with Christmas, New Year, Birthday and other cards (105), with designs by Wilfred Williams Ball, R.E., Albert Bowers, R.F. McIntyre, Helen J.Miles, Edwin A.Penley, Emily Whymper and other artists. With numerous scrap cuttings, some home-made from Carter's Seeds catalogues etc. English, ca.1880-90. |
| Physical description | Volume, bound in decorated canvas boards, containing 105 greeting cards and numerous scrap cuttings, lettered on the spine 'Scraps' and on the front cover 'Album'. Inscribed inside the front cover in pencil with the name and address of the donor when a child. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr. R.R. Godfrey |
| Object history | Inscribed in pencil inside the front cover by the donor when a child with name and address. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.765-1968 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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