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| Title | Turkey thank you (upon being given a Norfolk turkey) | |
| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Calligrapher | Irene Wellington | |
| Description | Rough, for a double opening, painted with red, blue, yellow and green paint, and with black ink and pencil on paper. | |
| Decoration | Drawing of a turkey beneath feathers in a helmet, in a heraldic style. Holly leaves. | |
| Id Number Current Accession | IWET Loan 15 | |
| Inscription | ’From Irene’ on part of design inside central scroll | |
| Location Creation Site | Henley-on-Thames, UK | |
| Subject | calligraphy, rough | |
| Measurements | 24.5 x 39 centimetres | |
| Material | ink on paper | |
| Other Materials | pencil, paint | |
| History | Rough for a double opening. The finished piece was written as a gift for Lord and Lady Cholomondeley, to thank them for a turkey they had sent to Irene Wellington. Irene Wellington: "Own text, and background carol of The Holly and the Ivy. Chinese ink, watercolour paper. Red leather spine. S.M. Cockerell 'combed' paper. Purely personal spontaneous gift to the Marquess and Marchioness of Cholmondeley. Exhibited in London (? Date) and Maidstone 1964. Sheer play. Designed and executed within the spare time of three days. Cursive italic free for the background carol. The heavy text ? A compressed easy hand, not Gothic, not italic, not quite a compressed 'foundational', too easy in the arches for that as I remember." |
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| Rights Owner | The Irene Wellington Trust/Crafts Study Centre 2004 | |
| Technique | hand-lettering | |