album;
envelope;
drawing
- Museum number
- 1960,1014.2.94
- Description
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Postcard, with drawing, addressed to Miss Katie Lewis, Ashley Cottage, Walton on Thames, Surrey, from the album 'Letters to Katie'; stamp to the right postmarked London;
Brown pen and ink
Verso
Drawing of two amorous birds with one to lower left sitting on grass and chirping and facing towards the other perched on twig to upper right; with the words 'Hush! do not tell of them' inscribed below.
Brown pen and ink
- Production date
- 1883-1889
- Dimensions
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Height: 74 millimetres
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Width: 120 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Letter to Katie Lewis from the album 'Letters to Katie'. For information about the album, see curatorial comment for 1960,1014.2(1).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Drawings cannot be removed from the album.
For exhibition history of album, see 1960,1014.2.1
- Acquisition date
- 1960
- Acquisition notes
- The correct register number for this album is 1961,1014.2(1 to 101), but it was misstamped as 1960,1014.2(1-100).
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1960,1014.2.94
