Christmas card
Category
Ephemera
Date
1986 - 1990
Materials
Card, Pen, Ink
Measurements
122 x 190 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 749143.18
Summary
Christmas Greetings Card - one of thirty two Christmas cards kept in a white envelope that has been opened via a slit in the right short edge dating between 1986 - 1990. Front - right opening card, a scene of lots of people near a frozen river with a building on the right hand side of the picture. There are 2 small tears on the surface of the card, one on the side bottom left and one in the centre. Inside left - white card printed at the centre bottom in black ink: "A Scene on the Ice near a Town" by Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634) painted in 1615. Reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees, The National gallery London. Inside right - white card printed in the centre in black ink: WITH BEST WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR below this handwritten in blue ink: Jean & Dick Hassett (underlined) In the bottom left hand corner is printed in black ink: Lakeside, Carlton Hall Lane Carlton in Lindrick Worksop, Notts S81 9EE Rear - white card printed in the centre bottom 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 There is a small tear in the surface of the card in the top right hand corner