On View
Not on viewAlphabet Cards
Artist
Ltd. Raphael Tuck & Sons
Date1800s
Terms
- Printed Ephemera
- Paper
- London
Dimensions10.8 × 7.62 cm (4 1/4 × 3 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Mildred Sawyer
Object numberPER2177.0001S
DescriptionChromolithograph on paper. Embossed and colored alphabet cards, doubled for standing. Each card has a "letter is for ___" phrase on the card that continues onto back. Minimal scenes are depicted behind each letter with full scenes corresponding to the letter's phrase on the back of the card. Letter "A" has the maker's marks. (front) Letter S fades from pink to red with lines of red between the two colors. Tree branches and leaves in the background. "S for the Squirrel,/ so thoughtful is he," (back) a large brown squirrel holding a nut, sitting on a tree branch. "That he stores for winter/ nuts in a tree."
