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VALENTINE & SONS LTD POSTCARDS

Ballater from the Dee by Geo. Melvin Rennie. Mabel Lucie Attwell Loch Callater. by Geo. Melvin Rennie

Valentine & Sons Limited
John Valentine, an engraver, started the company in 1825, with his son James becoming a partner five years later. Valentines became a limited company in 1896, becoming a public company in 1907.
Valentine used a large number of artists including Louis Wain and Mabel Lucie Attwell. Among Valentine's noted series are Disney, Bonzo, Chloë Preston and the Nipper series by Brian White. Barribal, noted glamour artist, was also published by them. Among the landscape artists contributing to the "Art Colour Series" are Brian Gerald, E.W. Haslehurst, Geo. Melvin Rennie, E.H. Thompson and E.W. Trick.

All cards are unused unless otherwise stated.

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