print; visiting-card

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Object Type: print; visiting-card
Museum number: C,1.3127-3145
Description: Folded sheet of nineteen blank visiting cards, dated by Banks between 1781-1792; each a rectangular blank space with thick borders, surmounted with festoon and medallion with vase within. Etching and engraving, in black, red, blue and green ink
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous; Print made by: William Darling (C,1.3128, 29); Print made by: William Hibbart (? C,1.3134); Print made by: Burlon (C,1.3131, sold by); Print made by: Joseph Booker (C,1.3138, 40); Print made by: Prossor (C,1.3141, 42)
School/style: British; Italian
Production date: 18thC
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 65 millimetres (largest); Height: 47 millimetres (smallest); Width: 65 millimetres; Width: 87 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The cards still kept and mounted in original folder. Some dates appear alongside blank spaces, suggesting cards moved or removed.
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Associated with: William James Count Von Redern (C,1.3132); Associated with: Robert Hampden-Trevor, 1st Viscount Hampden (C,1.3138)
Acquisition name: Donated by: Dorothea, Lady Banks
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Sarah Sophia Banks
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: C,1.3127-3145

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