WAITING ROOM AT THE ADMIRALTY roomfull of people in oldstyle dress

Item
7/7
Set

Greeting, series & groups, Impressed, no Royal attribution, Produced in England, Christmas & New Year, Oversize (IMPRESSED NRA)

Set Comment

Tuck information & Royal attribution impressed, not printed on back of card logo beside PRODUCED IN ENGLAND BY RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD


Title

WAITING ROOM AT THE ADMIRALTY roomfull of people in oldstyle dress

In set

IMPRESSED NRA

Item Comment

oblong cover & single sheet secured by ribbon, single folds inside left: THE WAITING ROOM AT THE ADMIRALTY 1820. DRAWN BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK FROM A SKETCH BY CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT C.B., R.N., THE NOVELIST. THIS DRAWING IS ONE OF A SET, PUBLISHED IN 1820, ENTITLED"THE PROGRESS OF A MIDSHIPMAN, EXEMPLIFIED IN THE CAREER OF MASTER BLOCKHEAD"--see scan for more right top: ADMIRALTY WHITEHALL crest below: REMEMBRANCE AND ALL GOOD WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR FROM date: CHRISTMAS 1936

Type

Greeting Card

Artist

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

Size

18.3 x 15 cm., oversize

Topics

Artist Christmas New Year