Christmas card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, Pen, Ink
Measurements
140 x 190 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 749075.2
Summary
Christmas Card - one of a collection in a white envelope Front: Right opening card, a winter scene of a frozen river with a large building on the left hand side and people skating on the right. There is a windmill in the background. Inside left - White card printed in black ink in the bottom centre the title of the picture: Reproduced from a painting "Frozen River Landscape" by Willem Roosmalen (1819 - 1885) - In the President's collection. Inside right - White card printed in the centre in black ink: WITH BEST WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR From MARY & JOHN HAWKE Above this handwritten in blue ink: To: William and underneath handwritten in blue ink: With love (underlined) In the bottom left hand corner is printed in black ink: Kent Lodge Carlton Road Worksop. Rear - White card printed on the bottom centre in black ink: 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