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Thumbnail-size images of copyrighted artworks are displayed under fair use, in accordance with guidelines recommended by the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts, published by the College Art Association in February 2015.
A BROADSIDE FOR THE TURKS A British cruiser firing a broadside in the Suez Canal.
British
Medium/Technique
Photo chromolithograph on cardstock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.3518
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: Exclusive Post Card Edition Active Service, No. 32
Back: divided. Mint.
Photochrom Co., Ltd., London and Tunbridge Wells.
"ON ACTIVE SERVICE" BY AIR LAND AND SEA.
From Copyright Photo taken at the front..
ALL BRITISH PRODUCTION
Back: divided. Mint.
Photochrom Co., Ltd., London and Tunbridge Wells.
"ON ACTIVE SERVICE" BY AIR LAND AND SEA.
From Copyright Photo taken at the front..
ALL BRITISH PRODUCTION
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)