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Print, Invitation for Luncheon, Orcades

This is a Print. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and made for (as the client) Orient Line, Anderson, Green & Company Ltd.. It is dated 1937 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

13.1 × 18 cm (5 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in script, in silver ink, center: McK.K.

It is inscribed

Printed in silver ink, lower right: P.T.O

Cite this object as

Print, Invitation for Luncheon, Orcades; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Client: Orient Line, Anderson, Green & Company Ltd.; USA; offset lithograph on paper; 13.1 × 18 cm (5 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-571

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