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Henry Cole, British designer, civil servant and writer, 1871.
Henry Cole, British designer, civil servant and writer, 1871. Cole (1808-1882) assisted Rowland Hill in designing the world's first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black, and in 1843 published the first Christmas card. He assisted Prince Albert with the planning of the 1851 Great Exhibition and was the founding Director of the South Kensington Museum, renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1899. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, (London, 19 August 1871).
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AR922302
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Image
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Public
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2600px × 4049px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
author
Britain
British
Caricature
Cartoon
Christianity
Christmas
CHRISTMAS CARD
Civil Servant
COLE
color
concept
country
designer
England
English
event
FIRST
Great Exhibition 1851
HANDS IN POCKETS
HENRY
Henry Cole
Inventor
JOB
Lithograph
LOCATION
Male
Man
Men
MUSEUM
Museum of Ornamental Art
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OCCUPATION
Oxford Science Archive
Penny Black
People
Portrait
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
religion
Religious
Science
Sir Henry Cole
Stamp
V&A
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
Writer