English School, 18th century

Museum of Mourning Art, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.

Overall in good condition. Some pieces are discomfited and stained. Creased and abrasions commensurate with age. Some appear to have been folded at one point in time consistent with their use.
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Printed funeral invitations were used in the 17th and 18th centuries to notify friends and family when a funeral of a loved one would take place, important socially and often used as admittance to a funeral for well-known figures.  The invitations were engraved, and feature traditional symbols of death and mourning, such as coffins, Father Time, crossbones and skeletons.