[Calling card for Colonel Lowther : 31, Bruton Street].
Published / Created:
[England], [publisher not identified], [approximately 1849]
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsBJ2081.A4 L69 1849 BoxYale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Calling card printed on cream card with black border. The black border on a calling card indicated a person who was in mourning because of a death in the family.Colonel Lowther is possibly Henry Cecil Lowther, 1790-1867, who resided on Bruton Street, London, as listed in the London Post Office Directory, 1843.Post Office Directory, London. 1843, page 969
Subject Terms:
Lowther, Henry Cecil, 1790–1867. | Visiting cards -- Specimens. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Social stationery -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Mourning customs -- Great Britain. | Death. | Grief.