Original stamp artwork, 1920s, The Last Supper, small, hotsell painted, A.A. Dixon (1872-1959). Plus stamp in album.

Original artwork, paint on card, for a Sunday School attendance stamp most likely created in the 1920s. Also included is a stamp album, produced by 'Home Words' containing that stamp, as well as other stamps mainly by the same artist (with a few by other artists).

Sunday School stamps were given to children each week they attended Sunday School and were placed in an album. The London based company ‘Home Words' were one of the most prolific producers of Sunday School stamps and albums. They appear to have produced stamps from at least as early as 1911 until at least the end of the 1950s. The same designs for stamps were reproduced year upon year, sometimes with small changes.

The artwork is small, measuring approximately 15 x 12.5cm (5.8 x hotsell 4.8 inches). It is in excellent condition. There is some minor glue residue on the back, and the words ‘No. 42, The Communion' in pencil. In the album itself the corresponding stamp has been labelled ‘The Last Supper'. The artwork is not signed but is very likely to be the work of Arthur A. Dixon (1872-1959) who was an illustrator for children's religious books at the time, and whose style is very distinctive.

The stamp album is also in good condition. It is virtually complete, containing all 52 numbered stamps in the correct order, as well as some larger stamps in the centrefold. Only one un-numbered stamp on the inside of the back cover is missing (see last picture).



There is some useful information about Home Words stamps at: http://www.muba.eclipse.co.uk/Sunday%20School%20Stamps/html/home_words.html


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The art will be sent securely packaged and in a protective plastic sleeve.

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