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Artist
Marcus Ward & Co.
1860 - 1899
Date1879
Terms
- Greeting Cards
- Paper
Dimensions15.24 × 10.8 cm (6 × 4 1/4 in.)
MarkingsIn pencil on the verso: "1879" On the verso In pen: "With love and a Merry / Christmas to Edith from / Alice."
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Russell Robb, Sr. (Edith Morse)
Object numberPER1115.0002O
DescriptionChristmas card consisting of a chromolithograph on cardstock. The print features a bust length image of a young boy in profile, surrounded by a ciruclar, gilt border and a repeating vine and flower motif. Text accomanying the image reads: "Christmas/ 'A very happy Christmas-day!' / Yes, this I know I had to say / "Love and kisses" too as well; / More than this I cannot tell / If I've not remembered all / Please forgive me, I'm so small!"