Name/TitlePostcard: Leap Year
About this object"Leap Year" Series No. 950: Captioned "LEAP YEAR ~ THIS IS SO [underlined] SUDDEN !" and depicting a woman in a very elaborate hat down on one knee before her gentleman friend, one hand grasping his hand and the other covering her heart. The gentleman is modestly blushing and wears an expression of coy delight. Signature illegible.
MakerInter-Art Co
Maker RolePublisher
Period1910s
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesInter-Art Co., Southampton House, London, W.C.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, top left, in pencil: "39"
Correspondence: [Upside down, in pen] "Thought you were all coming to see us off. We missed two trains waiting for you. Can't find S anywhere. Must have had a rough passage. B."
Addressee: Miss Brown, R.M.S. "Victorian", Allan Line, Canada Dock, Bootle near Liverpool
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Shepherd's Bush 11:45 AM January 17 1912
MeasurementsH: 139 x W: 88 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsMarriage
Subject and Association KeywordsTravel
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-9
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved