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Title	Christmas card in Greek majuscules
Collection	Crafts Study Centre
Calligrapher	Graill Hewitt
Description	Broadside, raised and burnished gold on vellum.
Id Number Current Accession	C.77.10
Subject	calligraphy, greetings card, broadside greetings card
Measurements	10.3 x 10 centimetres
Material	raised and burnished gold on vellum
History	In his obituary in The Times, 27 December 1952, special mention was made of Hewitt's Greek: 'Since few calligraphers in our time have been also classical scholars, it should be mentioned that his Greek miniscules can bear comparison with those of Porson'.
Rights Owner	Managed by the Crafts Study Centre.
Technique	hand-lettering