print;
visiting-card;
invitation
- Museum number
- D,1.87-107
- Description
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Folded sheet of nineteen decorated visiting cards, one letter and one wedding invitation; dated by Banks between 1770-1804; names transcribed as they appear on the card; text within [] indicates handwritten notes:
D,1.87: [Denmark] Baron Diede,/Harley Street,/Cavendish Square; T.Hookham, New Street [1777]
D,1.88: Madame/la Baronne de Diede; Hookham fecit. [1777]
D,1.89: Le Comte Reventlou/Envoye de Dannemark [Mansfield St no.3.] [1786]
D,1.90: Madame/la Comtesse de Reventlou [1786]
D,1.91: Le Comte de Wedel Jarlsberg/Envoye extraordinaire/de S.M. Danoise [1791 (1785) *This Ticket was sent to me in 1785 (Pantheon)]
D,1.92: La Comtesse de Wedel/Jarlsberg [(amphitheatre) 1791. (1785) * This Ticket was sent to me in 1785.]
D,1.93: Madame/la Comtesse de Reventlou
D,1.94: le Mademoiselle/Mademoiselle Sryon/St James's Palace
D,1.95: Le Comte de Wedel Jarlsberg [1804]
D,1.96: Hilaritas; L'Ambasciatore delle loro Maesta Imperiali e Real Apostolica, e stato di Persona a riverirla e pregarla di assistere con li Signori Cavalieri di Casa sua la sera del [11] corrente al Festino in Maschera, che d'ordine delle sud dette Maesta e per solennizzare le fauste Nozze delle LL.MM.SS. dara in Casa del Sig.r Principe di Teora a Chiaia. [1815. Invitation to celebrate the nuptials of the Emperor of Austria by the Emperor Ambassador at an Italian Court.]
D,1.97: [France] M L'Ambassadeur/de France/George Street [1776]
D,1.98: M. L'Ambassadeur/de France/Great George Street. [1779]
D,1.99: Mad.e/L'Ambassadrice/de France/Picadilly [1781. Supper ? old]
D,1.100: Mad.e/L'Ambassadrice/de France/Great George Street. [pour prende Conge] [1779]
D,1.101: M L'Ambassadeur et/Mad.e L'Ambassadrice de France/prient [My Lady Shelburne ?]/de leur faire l'honneur de venir/diner [Mecredi 18 Juin] chez eux./Soho Square[R.BUP] [1770]
D,1.102: Le Comte de Moustier [1783]
D,1.103: [Germany] Mad: l'Ambassadrice/Comtesse de Seilerno. [1770]
D,1.104: Mad.e l'Ambassadrice/Comtesse de Seilern [pour prende Conge] [1770]
D,1.105: Le Comte de Belgioioso/Envoye Extraordaire/De L'Empereur [1779]
D,1.106: Mons. l'Ambassadeur et Mad. l'Ambassadrice de L.L.Majestes/Imp. et Roy les, le Comte et la/Comtesse de Seilern, prient [Madame la Comtesse Douar Shelburn] de leur faire/'honneur de venir [Dimanche le 12 Juin diner] chez eux 2 St James's Square/R.S.V.P. [1770]
D,1.107: le Baron de Raigersfeld [1781]
- Production date
- 1770-1815 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 150 millimetres
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Height: 45 millimetres
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Width: 204 millimetres (largest)
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Width: 63 millimetres (smallest)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The visiting cards still kept in original folder
Visiting cards are assumed to be associated with the people holding the title engraved on the card at time of handwritten date, unless otherwise stated here.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1818
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- D,1.87-107
