Object number
7704.6.2
Title
Semper Potatoes et Cabbages
Description
Christmas card depicting imitation crest of food on front and mock motto 'Semper Potatoes et Cabbages'. Inside left says RIP 1917 with a black frame edge like a mourning card, inside right says "PAX per MARE per TERRAM per HAPS" Under an image of a couple relaxing on a boat on a river, then says '1918. Good wishes for the New Year, from Major Teale RE, Dorchester'. The latin translates as peace on the sea, on the land, ending with his joke "perhaps."
Date
1917 - 1918
Production period
First World War
Material
Dimensions
- Width: folded 115
- Height: folded 154