Au pas et à l'heure
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1905
"Au pas et á l'heure" is an illustrated postcard created by the artist G. Gussoni in Milan around 1905. Printed on card as a lithograph, the postcard measures approximately 9 cm in height by 14 cm in width. The item forms part of an album measuring 25.8 cm high, 21 cm wide, and 7 cm deep.
The design depicts a four-wheeled horse carriage moving through a park, with a driver seated up front. Below the illustration is printed the title along with the instructional sentence requesting the viewer to turn over the cushions ("Retournez les coussins S. V. P.").
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The postcard belongs to the Milford Haven Collection, an assemblage of 442 French, Italian, and German postcards from the early twentieth century mounted across three bound albums. Formerly owned by a member of the Milford Haven family, the collection was accompanied by a typed catalogue dating to 1960, when it was acquired by E. J. Dingwell.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- Height (album): 25.8 cm; Width (album): 21 cm; Depth (album): 7 cm; Height (card): 9 cm; Width (card): 14 cm
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Text and label on album cover; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'PostCards / THE MILFORD HAVEN COLLECTION OF POST CARDS / SECTION I - SECTION VI. SECTION IX. / SECTIONS 1 - 6.9 / Numbers 1-35/ " 72 - 120 / " 148 - 153 / " 163 - 184 / " 205 - 227 / " 250 - 313 / " 350 - 412'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required
- Maker recorded
- G. Gussoni
- Place recorded
- Milan
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Au pas et á l'heure
- Museum object number
- E.523:313-2001
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.