Postcard album
Category
Ephemera
Date
1907 (circa)
Materials
Card and paper
Measurements
280 x 240 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937306.1
Summary
Postcard album, maroon cover with white embossed decoration of four children dancing and gold border and phrase 'Post Cards'. Interior cover with green and gold repeated tulip pattern with red detail, stiff green pages with slots for postcards, two slots per page. The first page is inscribed in pencil 'Jane / from Mother'. Contains (b) postcards addressed to Lady Jane Grey, Roger, Lord Grey of Groby (later 10th Earl of Stamford) and their parents William, 9th Earl of Stamford, and Penelope, Countess of Stamford. From various senders and from around the world.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
Jane / from Mother (inscribed in pencil on first page)