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MS 18-2003: MS 18-2003

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Various

Categories

Description

Hand-written greetings message to John Dreyfus. Headed "Officina Typographica Stockholm MCMLIX" with the message, "The understanding (below) characters wish to send you some sort of a greeting, because we are together and happy and look foreward to beer and a nice wurst, we miss you here" Signed by 15 including Hermann Zapf. On folded blue watermarked sheet (men and woman holding hands in dance with the words "Skansen 1958"). Found in PB 101-2003.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1959

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Ink

Techniques used in production

Handwriting

Identification numbers

Accession number: MS 18-2003
Primary reference Number: 94739
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 24 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "MS 18-2003" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/94739 Accessed: 2024-11-02 18:19:40

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