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Humorous image of young caddy on a gold course with a golf ball about to hit him. Labeled 'Stop Mon !'
Artist signature J.M. Hamilton
On back:
Printed in England
Raphael Tuck & Sons "Oilette" Postcard 9461 "Our caddy" (series of 6)
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN
French message on back
Corner chip LL. Few spots on back.
Raphael Tuck & Sons was a business started by Raphael Tuck and his wife in Bishopsgate in the City of London in October 1866, selling pictures and greeting cards, and eventually selling postcards, which was their most successful line. Their business was one of the best known in the "postcard boom" of the late 1890s and early 1900s. During the Blitz, the company headquarters, Raphael House, was destroyed, including the originals for most of their series. The company never fully recovered.
Raphael Tuck had received training in graphic arts in his home country; also, although he was not an artist himself, he had a flair for commercial art that prompted his interest in this new field. Upon coming to England, he caught the imagination of the public in such a way that he was able to create a new graphic arts business. He was so successful at it that, according to The Times he "opened up a new field of labour for artists, lithographers, engravers, printers, ink and paste board makers, and several other trade classes".
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