Calling card showing the Great Britain
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Object number2015.03012
TitleCalling card showing the Great Britain
DescriptionSmall calling card with a black and white print copy of a painting of the SS Great Britain (by Joseph Walters, showing the ship off the Skerries), showing her with three masts and one funnel as she was on the Australia run. On the bottom is a description of the ship.
On the reverse the card has been signed 'With Mrs Sprott's love. 7th Nov 1871'.
A Mrs Sprott was a passenger on the Great Britain in 1871 return along with 2 young children
Production date 1852 - approx 1876
Object namecarte de visite
Object categoryphotography
Materialpaper
Techniqueprinted, hand-written
Dimensions
- height: 65 mm
width: 108 mm
Credit lineCourtesy of the SS Great Britain Trust.