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A collection of two framed items comprising a 1969 Moon Landing newspaper supplement and a needlepoint. The commemorative supplement is an issue of the Evening Gazette, Middlesbrough, published on Monday, July 21, 1969. The front cover displays the iconic photograph of Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface, with Neil Armstrong reflected in his visor. Stylised blue typography reads moon landing beneath a circular masthead stating Evening Gazette 20-PAGE SOUVENIR WITH COLOUR 6d No. 31,461. A caption at the base reads Monday, July 21, 1969. Man stands on the Moon for the first time. Armstrong reflected in the visor of Aldrin’s space helmet. The needlepoint work depicts a panoramic view of the Grand Canal, Venice, featuring the Rialto Bridge and historical waterfront architecture with gondolas. The piece is worked on silk in fine petit point using a muted palette of terracotta, ochre, and blue tones. It is double-matted in olive and tan within a dark-stained wood frame featuring a gilt metal effect inner slip.
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