Yale Center for British Art

Title:
In loving memory of [Leonard William Martin] who died [2nd January] 19[12] : aged [11 months] : interred [Chingford] Cemetery.
Published / Created:
England 1912
Physical Description:
1 folded card : letterpress ; 80 x 120 mm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GT3390 .M37 1912 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Memorial card in remembrance of Leonard William Martin. Folded cream card edged in silver and black. Text is printed letterpress completed in pen and ink. "Jesus called a little child" on front cover with botanical illustration.

"Too fair a flower to stay with us, God took thee to His rest, And folded in the Saviour's arms, Sweet darling thou art blest."

"A. Bennett & Son, Undertakers, 849 & 349 High Road Leyton; 118 Grove Green Road, Leytonstone; & 285 Forest Road, Walthamstow."
Subject Terms:
Martin, Leonard William, -1912. | Children -- Death. | Mourning customs -- Great Britain. | Grief. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs. | Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Memorials (Commemorative) | Memorial cards. | Ephemera. | Chromolithographs -- 1912.
Contributors:
A. Bennett & Son (Undertaker)