On View
Not on viewHoliday Card
Artist
Ltd. Raphael Tuck & Sons
Date1881
Terms
- Greeting Cards
- Ink
- Paper
- London
Dimensions13.97 × 8.89 cm (5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Russell Robb, Sr.
Object numberPER1114.0002AAC
DescriptionChristmas card consisting of a colored lithograph on cardstock. On one side, the card is printed with an image of cherry blossom branches, butterflies and a circular inset of a sunset sky. Text below the image reads: "Wishing your/ Christmas glad and /happy." On the verso is the printed text: "OH SUMMER MORN / Whose breath is flung / Like incense, born / Of blossoms young / This truth I take / From thee away / 'Tis smiles that make / A Summer's Day / Eden Hopper". An inscription accompanying the printed text reads: "Edith from / M.W.B / 1881"