Grant Silk Woven Portrait - go160 - Lord Randolph Churchill

by Geoffrey Godden:
This was one of the earliest portrait silks, first issued woven in black and white late in 1885, then being priced at 6d (but, with similar small-sized portraits, later reduced to 3d). This portrait occurs facing either slightly left {recorded as go148 on this site} or slightly to the right {recorded as go152 on this site}.
An outline of this famous politician's career is given in the Stevens section, so188 and can be seen printed on the back-label.

§983a: The portrait was also issued in a larger size, in coloured silks, priced at 2s in 1885 and 1886 but reduced to 6d each by 1887 {that is, the image above}. The Churchill silk was also included in the 1887 Jubilee Album {recorded as go161 on this site}. But these later versions have flowers woven across the bottom of the portrait - a feature lacking in the first issue of the 1885-6 period.

Other comments:

Reference Number:-	Godden Number:-	Sprake Number:-
go 160	983a	Sprake did not record any Grants

Words:	Woven on Silk:- Printed at top of card:- PERSEVERANCE, PLUCK, PATRIOTISM. Printed at bottom of card:- W.H GRANT, MANUFACTURER, FOLESHILL, COVENTRY WOVEN IN PURE SILK Lord Randolph Churchill, M.P.
Size:	Card-mount: cm deep by cm wide silk: cm high by cm wide
Comments:	by Geoffrey Godden: This was one of the earliest portrait silks, first issued woven in black and white late in 1885, then being priced at 6d (but, with similar small-sized portraits, later reduced to 3d). This portrait occurs facing either slightly left {recorded as go148 on this site} or slightly to the right {recorded as go152 on this site}. An outline of this famous politician's career is given in the Stevens section, so188 and can be seen printed on the back-label. §983a: The portrait was also issued in a larger size, in coloured silks, priced at 2s in 1885 and 1886 but reduced to 6d each by 1887 {that is, the image above}. The Churchill silk was also included in the 1887 Jubilee Album {recorded as go161 on this site}. But these later versions have flowers woven across the bottom of the portrait - a feature lacking in the first issue of the 1885-6 period. Other comments:

Lord Randolph Churchill, M.P.

PERSEVERANCE, PLUCK, PATRIOTISM

(facing slightly right, with flowers)