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Artist
Marcus Ward & Co.
1860 - 1899
Date1882
Terms
- Greeting Cards
- Paper
Dimensions8.26 × 12.06 cm (3 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Russell Robb, Sr. (Edith Morse)
Object numberPER1115.0002AM
DescriptionChristmas card consisting of a chromolithograph on cardstock. The card is folded. The exterion features a gilt design with birds and holly against a light blue background. Text on the front reads: "WITH / CHRISTMAS / GREETINGS". The interior features a polychromeolightograph image of children in a churchyard, surrounded by an octagonal frame and floral decoration against a light green backgroun. The image is accompanied by the text:"What, pretending coyness? / Oh, you small coquette! / Yet who could be angrey? / Pretty little pet! / Come, you tiny darling, / Take his arm and go / Where a welcome awaits you / From my friend, I known / COPYRIGHT G.P.MEADE"
