Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Morpeth, Sarah
Title:
Water like a stone : Xmas 2011.
Published / Created:
Townfoot, Elsdon, Northumberland : Sarah Morpeth, [2011]
Physical Description:
1 cut-paper work ; 19 x 21 cm, folded to 19 x 7 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND497.M83 X53 2011
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
The title may harken to the 19th-century Christmas hymn "In the bleak midwinter," by Christina Rossetti.

In a printed envelope, the front of which bears an illustration of the owl.

BAC: British Art Center copy in printed envelope addressed to Elisabeth [Fairman]. Signed: 'With best wishes Sarah'.

Cut-paper Christmas card, folded to form a triptych of winter scenes, featuring depictions of a nesting hare and an owl taking flight.
Subject Terms:
Morpeth, Sarah. | Christmas cards -- Great Britain. | Winter -- Pictorial works. | Morpeth, Sarah -- Publisher. | Women in natural history.
Form/Genre:
Keepsakes. | Greeting cards. | Cut-paper works.