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'''Sockl and Nathan''' was a 19th-century British [[greeting card]] and [[publishing]] company headquartered in London. It was created and managed by Victor Sockl and Saul Nathan. |
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Revision as of 00:07, 4 June 2013
Sockl and Nathan was a 19th-century British greeting card and publishing company headquartered in London. It was created and managed by Victor Sockl and Saul Nathan.
History
The company was as a partnership between Victor Franz Thedor Sockl, a son of the painters Theodor Sockl and Clara Adelheid Sockl, née Soterius von Sachsenheim, and Saul Nathan. Victor Sockl, his brother Carl Sockl, and Carl's family had emigrated from the Austrian Empire to Britain in the second half of the 19th century, most likely seeking to avoid conscription and escape the unrest in Central Europe after the Revolutions of 1848. Carl Sockl was the accountant of the company.[1]
The company specialised in producing reproductions of paintings by artists that they had selected. Their cards were printed by hand in Leipzig, Germany, a production method that preceded mass production of greeting cards. The business, based at 4 Hamsell Street, City of London, was successful for a time and obtained a Royal Warrant. Often its cards did not bear the company name, but were simply marked "copyright" because of fear of persecution due to "Nathan" being a Jewish name.[1] The company functioned also as a publishing house, styled as "Sockl & Nathan".[2][3]
After a fire in an adjacent property caused extensive damage to its stock, the company struggled to survive. Eventually, it fell into decline, due in part to competition from the emerging industry of mass-produced greeting cards.[1] The partners dissolved the company in February 1897.[4]
A collection of about 200 cards remained in the propriety of Sockl's family, about 100 were sold to an art dealer and exhibited in a Wimbledon gallery and another 100 were donated to the Ephemera Society.[1]
Reception
Sockl and Nathan greeting cards were featured in the magazines and journals of those times, especially in the 1880 decade.[5][6][7] Some remarked novel card concepts launched by this company, like the autograph cards.[8]
Gallery
References
- ^ a b c d "Victor Franz Thedor Sockl". SoteriusvonSachsenheim.com. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "British Bookmaker, Volume 3, p. 4". 1889. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ^ "Bookseller". J. Whitaker and Sons, Limited. 1897. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ^ "The London Gazette, February 9, 1987" (PDF). Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "p. 123". Cassell's Family Magazine. 1886. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ^ "p. 12-13". Myra's ThreePenny Journal. 1882. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ^ "Volume 63, p. 891". The Spectator. 1889. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ^ Volume 97, p. 280. Punch (magazine). 1889. Retrieved May 27, 2013.