Picture card
George Bell & Sons
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card and paper
Measurements
Each piece (min) - 144 mm (width); 92 mm (height), Each piece (max) - 158 mm (width); 107 mm (height)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671053
Summary
Sixteen colour printed pictorial cards forming a set entitled 'Bell's Elementary French Picture Cards'. Each card is numbered and captioned as follows. 'I. La Toilette'; 'II. La Chambre Des Enfants'; 'III. La Cuisine'; 'IV. Le Salon'; 'V. La Cour De La Ferme'; 'VI. Le Verger'; 'VII. L'Eglise Du Village'; 'VIII. La Boutique Du Village'; 'IX. La Chaumiere'; 'X. L'Auberge'; 'XI. Le Moulin'; 'XII. Le Pont'; 'XIII. La Plage'; 'XIV. Le Port'; 'XV. Le Magasin'; XVI. Le Restaurant'. Each caption relates to a corresponding pictorial scene. On the reverse of each card is some French text and a set of corresponding questions. There is also a brown paper envelope on which is printed '3 Real Photo Postcards Of The High School for Girls, Derby. Photographed and Published by- Marshall, Keene And Co. Works-Hove, Sussex'. Total number of items is 17.
Marks and inscriptions
On the reverse of Bell's pictorial cards: 'Joan Pagson (crossed out)/ Eileen Stevens.'
Makers and roles
George Bell & Sons, maker