Postcard, lithograph, France, Germany, 1903
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1903
A postcard depicting Virility represented by the changing seasons in four scenes thus: A butterfly with a thick body hovers over a flowering plant; In Spring the slim bodied butterfly hovers over a bud. In Summer, the thick -bodied butterfly hovers over a flower. In Autumn the slightly bent body of the butterfly hovers over a flower which has lost petals.
In Winter the flower has withered and the butterfly's body is bent It was acquired in 1960 by E.J. Dingwell.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- Height: 7 cm; Width: 11 cm; Depth: 5 cm; Height: 9 cm; Width: 14 cm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- France, Germany
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- 'C' / CARTES POSTALES / The Milford Haven / Collection of Post cards. / Sections 13, 14, 15 / Numbers 524 - 573 / " 582 - 601 / " 620 - 631'; 'CLASSEAUR / ALBUM / CARTES POSTALES / Sections / 13 14 15 / The Milford Haven / Collection of Post cards. / / Numbers 524 - 573 / " 582 - 601 / " 620 - 631'
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O60202
- Museum object name
- Postcard
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- E.525:569-2001
- Museum system number
- O60202
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.