Preview
Creation Date
1940s
Geography
London, England
Culture
English
Medium
Photographic postcard
Dimensions
3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (8.9 × 14 cm)
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.480
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Beneath image, lower center: "WESTMINSTER ABBEY"
Reverse of postcard:
Upper center: "TUCK'S POST CARD / CARTE | POSTALE" [ "|" indicates where the words are split by one logo of Raphael Tuck & Sons featuring an image of a reclining, toga-wearing woman pointing at a globe in the center, surrounded by the words "THE WORLD'S ART SERVICE / RAPHEL TUCK & SONS LP"]
Written in the margin perpendicular to "TUCK'S POSTCARD", left of postcard: "Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd GRAVURE POSTCARD LONDON / FINE ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN AND TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY / Printed in England"
Left of dividing line down the middle: [Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom] / ""YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOUR L.S.D. TO HELP IT WIN THE VICTORY."", right of line: "(FOR ADDRESS ONLY)"
The upper right corner contains a box for a postage stamp, at the center of which is Raphael Tuck & Sons' main logo featuring an easel and paint pallet.
Creator Biography
Raphael Tuck & Sons, English, 1866–ca.1960 (publisher).
Description
Sepia photograph looking over a road with people and cars to the two-towered gothic facade of Westminster Abbey. To the center left side of the photograph, Big Ben's clock tower can be seen at a distance.