Wiltshire_Moorakers_postcard.jpg: Artist unknown. The painting appeared on a range of media at the time. As well as postcards in different formats from several publishers, such as Tomkins and Barrett of Swindon and R. Wilkinson & Co, Trowbridge, it was a popular decoration on crested ware souvenirs produced by several manufacturers in the The Potteries. Devizes Museum has an example, but the artist isn't identified.[1] Other specimens are readily available at low-value auctions.
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2011-06-14T16:27:00Z Old Moonraker 1709x1069 (698053 Bytes) {{Information |Description ={{en|1=Postcard of 1903 illustrating the [[:en:Moonrakers|Moonrakers]] legend.}} |Source =Scan by Central Library, [[:en:Swindon|Swindon]], of postcard published in 1903. [http://www.fli