Robin Hood & the Blackbird: a Tale of a Christmas Dinner
Greetings Card
second half 19th century (made)
second half 19th century (made)
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The story 'Robin Hood and the Blackbird: A Tale of a Christmas Dinner' is recounted here in a collection of six horizontal format cards, and combines pictures of happy children with visual references to the popular Robin Hood tales. Published by Marcus Ward & Co, this piece recasts the characters from the original Robin Hood story as children. Robin is easily identified by his characteristic costume of green tights, plumed hat and fold-over boots.
Object details
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| Title | Robin Hood & the Blackbird: a Tale of a Christmas Dinner (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph on paper card |
| Brief description | Christmas card; Robin Hood & the Blackbird: a Tale of a Christmas Dinner, second half of the nineteenth century. |
| Physical description | This greeting, wishing its recipient luck in game hunting, illustrates the climactic moment when Robin Hood aims his cross-bow at an emaciated blackbird. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Fate send you fatter game than this/ A steady aim and ne'er a miss/ A Merry Christmas (Inscription; decoration; Enlgish; along the upper and lower borders of the card's margins) |
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| Summary | The story 'Robin Hood and the Blackbird: A Tale of a Christmas Dinner' is recounted here in a collection of six horizontal format cards, and combines pictures of happy children with visual references to the popular Robin Hood tales. Published by Marcus Ward & Co, this piece recasts the characters from the original Robin Hood story as children. Robin is easily identified by his characteristic costume of green tights, plumed hat and fold-over boots. |
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| Accession number | 29324:2 |
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| Record created | November 21, 2003 |
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