Shadows Of London (Pennyless Edition) - Ultra Low Seal
RM600.00
London 1843. The construction of Big Ben begins, but there are already many bells tolling long echoes through the dark streets of London. These narrow streets are inhabited by suspicious figures that cast long shadows. A thief, a beggar, a prostitute, a corrupt politician and his cunning wife. All sceptical and scheming about the intentions of the shadowy figure right around the corner and at the end of the street.
Pennyless Edition
The Pennyless tuck has a gloomy scenery printed in a matte material with a striking silver foil and an embossed title that brings the poor people of the Victorian streets to foreground. This tuck is designed to set the tone and atmosphere of the theme. It has a fully custom stamp-like, numbered tuck seal.
The Pennyless number and face cards are designed in a one-way format for an art-focused layout on the character illustrations. These characters are drawn by hand in collaboration with professional illustrator Patrick Leis and feature characters inspired by Victorian archetypes, like the brothel owner, the night watchman and the roughneck on the docks.
With these illustrations I am building on the thematic representation of London in the Victorian Era. Victorian society was organized hierarchically. While race, religion, region and occupation were all meaningful aspects of identity and status, the main organizing principles of Victorian society was gender and class.
- 19th century Victorian London theme
- Embossed tuck boxes with silver foil + TUCK INTERIORS!
- Limited edition (print run is 2500 for each edition)
- Custom numbered tuck seals
- 52 poker sized playing cards + 2 unique diptych jokers
- Metallic silver ink on card backs
- Printed by TWPCC
**Super Low Seal Number! (Single Digit)**
