Sir WALTER SCOTT

Woven on Silk:-

 

Printed at top of card:-

WIZARD OF THE NORTH.

Printed at bottom of card:-

W. H. GRANT, MANUFACTURER, FOLSHILL, COVENTRY
WOVEN IN PURE SILK.
Sir Walter Scott.

Card-mount:
15.6cm deep by 10.9cm wide

silk:
8.1cm high by 5.3cm wide

by Geoffrey Godden:
This rare Grant silk portrait was issued in 1886, perhaps especially for the Edinburgh Exhibition of that year, and it is listed on printed back-labels of that period, priced at 6d.

The heading, 'Wizard of the North', is printed on the card-mount.

Other comments:
There is no back label on this particular card.