Wedding card

Wedding card
 1889

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching printed in brown ink
Measurements
5.7 × 20.4 cm (image and plate) 8.1 × 22.3 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hardie 236; Strange 99
Inscription
printed in brown ink (in image) u.l.: Esther Rosamund Barker (Barker crossed out)
printed in brown ink (in image) u.c.: FULMER HOUSE / 31 AYNHOE ROAD BROOK GREEN. W.
printed in brown ink (in image) c.: Mr (r underlined) And Mrs (rs underlined) FRANK SHORT.
printed in brown ink (in image) c.r.: FS (in shield)
printed in brown ink (in image) l.c.: APRIL 17th 1889
Accession Number
1383.156-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Brigadier W.E. Clark, 1957
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Advertising, Communication and Graphic Design Ceremonial and Funerary
Subjects (specific)
dates (spans of time) marriage (social construct) names spinning wheels text (layout feature) wedding announcements

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