Christmas card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Dec 1983
Materials
Card, Printing ink, Pen
Measurements
150 x 151 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 746785.29
Summary
Christmas Greetings Cards - one of a series of Christmas cards received by William Straw Jnr. in 1983 kept in a white envelope. Right opening card with a picture of Westminster Abbey and a procession men in red and white cloaks. Inside left - Plain white card with printed in black ink at the bottom - Westminster Abbey with a procession of Knights of the Bath by Canaletto (1749) Reproduced by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Inside right - printed in the centre; 'WITH BEST WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR'' Underneath is handwritten in blue ink from jean & Dick Hassett Andrew & Kate - underlined Back - plain white card with printed in black at the bottom - 'The proceeds of the sale of this card are being devoted to The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Benevolent fund Limited 2nd Floor, Tavistock house North, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9RJ