SAMUEL PEPYS portrait, facing right & looking forward, sitting at desk with hand on table

Item
13/14
Set

Greeting, series & groups, Impressed, THE KING AND QUEEN, PRINCE OF WALES, Christmas & New Year, Oversize (IMPRESSED KGV&PW)

Set Comment

Tuck logo, information & Royal attribution impressed, not printed, on back of cards Tuck logo beside RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD -- PUBLISHERS TO THE KING AND QUEEN AND H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES -- PRODUCED IN ENGLAND


Title

SAMUEL PEPYS portrait, facing right & looking forward, sitting at desk with hand on table

In set

IMPRESSED KGV&PW

Item Comment

oblong cover & single sheet secured by ribbon, single folds inside left: TERCENTENARY OF SAMUEL PEPUS, 1633-1933 BORN 23 FEBRUARY 1633; CLERK OF THE ACTS AT THE NAVY OFFICE 1660-73 .... PRESIDENT OF THE ROYALSOCIETY 1684-6. DIED 26 MAY 1703 REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF MRS. HENRY NOEL .... FROM THE ORIGINAL PORTRAIT IN HER POSSESSION. POSSIBLY "THE PICTURE IN LITTLE" PANTED BY SAVILL. .... -see scan for more right top: ADMIRALTY WHITEHALL crest below: REMEMBRANCE AND ALL GOOD WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR FROM date: CHRISTMAS 1933

Type

Greeting Card

Artist

possibly SAVILL

Size

13.4 x 17.2 cm., oversize

Topics

Christmas New Year