Card
Sir Peter Thomas Blake (b.1932)
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
21 Apr 1967 - 26 May 1967
Materials
Card sheet
Measurements
305 x 305 mm
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672065.5
Summary
A card sheet, one of two designed by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth and included with the vinyl record Sgt, Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles. The sheet has a green background and has coloured shapes that can be cut out including a moustache, an image of Sgt. Pepper, some sergeant’s stripes and an image of The Beatles in their Lonely Hearts Club band uniforms. The card has the printed signatures of Peter Blake and Jann Haworth at the bottom.
Provenance
Card sheet with cut out shapes designed by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth and included with the vinyl record Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band recorded by The Beatles and released by the Parlophone Record Company on 26th May 1967.Purchased by The National Trust Museum Of Childhood from Discogs on 3rd November 2017 as part of the Collecting Cultures 'Exploring Childhoods' project.
Marks and inscriptions
At bottom of card insert: Printed signatures of Peter Blake and Jann Haworth
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Thomas Blake (b.1932), artist Jann Howarth (b.1942), artist Parlophone Records Ltd, record label