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[Greeting card]

Title
[Greeting card] [graphic] / K.G.
Author
Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901.
Publication
[London] : Marcus Ward & Co., [between 1879 and 1883?]

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Description
4 prints on 1 card (4 p.) : chromolithograph; 15 x 11 cm. (without fringe)
Summary
Page [1]: Oval image of girl in blue dress blowing kiss; scroll caption "Greeting." Page [2]: "With kind regards and best wishes" on beige background with flowers. Page [3]: Oval image of boy in pink coat and tricorner hat; scroll caption "Greeting." Page [4]: Oval image of coachman with crop in hand; scroll caption "Greeting" (this image also used in Greenaway's Calendar of the seasons, 1882; cf. Schuster & Engen).
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Greeting cards – Great Britain – 19th century.
  • Chromolithographs – Great Britain – 19th century.
  • Ephemera – Great Britain – 19th century.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Three prints initialed in medium.
  • Speculative date based on inclusion of initials, indicating post-1878, and imprint without "Ltd" in firm name, added in 1883. Cf. Spielmann & Layard. Kate Greenaway, p. 74-76; Brown, P.A.H. London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 213.
  • Composed of 4 cards from Greenaway's Coachman set, mounted back to back and joined with a paper hinge, so that the 3 figures on rectos and one of the greetings on versos of the cards in the set are visible. Cf. Schuster & Engen. Greenaway, 251.
  • With yellow fringe and tassels.
Call Number
Arents BIP+ (Greenaway, K. Cards 1883) 02-28
OCLC
NYPG02-F25
Author
Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901. Artist
Title
[Greeting card] [graphic] / K.G.
Imprint
[London] : Marcus Ward & Co., [between 1879 and 1883?]
Local Note
Item no. 7 in a collection of twelve items housed together in a box labelled: Cards and pamphlets / Kate Greenaway.
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Added Author
Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901. Coachman set.
Research Call Number
Arents BIP+ (Greenaway, K. Cards 1883) 02-28
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