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visiting-card
Object Type
print
visiting-card
Museum number
C,1.3183-3211
Description
Folded sheet of twenty-seven blank visiting cards, dated by Banks between 1764-1799; each a rectangular blank space decorated with borders of floral festoons; some inscribed Etching and engraving, in black, blue and green ink, some hand-coloured
Producer name
Print made by:
Anonymous
School/style
British
Production date
18thC
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
105 millimetres
(largest)
Height:
54 millimetres
(smallest)
Width:
123 millimetres
Width:
73 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The cards still kept and mounted in original folder. C,1.3208 and C,1.3211 missing, possible miscalculation in numbering.
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Associated with:
Dagobert Sigismund von Wurmser, Count Wurmser
(? C,1.3185)
Associated with:
Anna Elisabeth Christina, Countess of Athlone
(C,1.3203)
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,1.3183-3211