Victorian greeting card, printed by chromo-lithography showing children being playful at a Christmas party - making a horse and carriage out of dining chair. ephemera, games, pastimes, party time, romp, trumpet, drum, fun,
Victorian Christmas folder greeting card in the form of a cream cracker. crisp biscuit, wafer, visual pun, optical illusion, trompe l'oeil, visual deception, not what it's cracked up to be, takes the biscuit,
Victorian greeting card, printed by chromo-lithography showing children being playful at Christmas time. ephemera, games, pastimes, party time, romp, dance, fun,
Deckled edge Victorian greeting card portraying a children's party at Christmas time complete with decorated Christmas tree and lots of presents. ephemera, toys, doll, games, pastimes, celebration, fun, romp, Victorian domestic scene, seasonal decoration,
Victorian Christmas and New Year greeting card depicting a rugby player with a bandage over one eye. Circa 1896.; ; ephemera, injury, football, rugby shirt, cap, drop goal, sport, game, pastime, exercise, humour, fun, funny, comic,
Victorian Christmas and New Year greetings card showing two little girls enjoying themselves with a box of crackers. ephemera, bon-bons, cosaques, celebrations, Christmas dinner, Tom Smith, party hats, paper hats,
Victorian Christmas and New Year greeting card published by Goodall & Son depicting the antics of two goldfish in a fish bowl.; ; ephemera, carp, humour, aquarium, water, aquatic, Pisces, fishy, ludicrous, funny, playful, fancy, comic, holly,
Christmas greeting card depicting a Victorian family at Christmas time with the children playing blind-man's buff.; ephemera, blindfold, children's games, pastimes, party game, domestic scene, room divider, folding screen, drawing room, juvenile, baby, mother, father, brothers, sisters,
Victorian greeting card, printed by chromo-lithography showing children being playful at Christmas time. ephemera, games, pastimes, party time, romp, dance, fun,
Chromolithographed diecut scrap onlay on gilded paper lace mount. Santa Claus, holly, Christmas, festivities, greeting, birthday, Victorian, 19th century, ephemera
Stationers shop window poster - Post Your Xmas Cards Early - circa 1926. Christmas greeting cards, greeting card association, advertising, postal history, mail, Christmas post,
Victorian Christmas card depicting four clowns introducing A Christmas Comedy. Cover of greeting card that folds out in a concertina to reveal four more cards of clowns' antics. Published by Goodall.; ; ephemera, pantomime, theatrical entertainment, slapstick comedy, Christmas, Boxing Day, circus, theatre, stage, performance, illustration, cartoon,
Early Victorian Birthday card. A small folded greeting card with a lace paper border, circa 1860s. ephemera, goodwill messages, anniversary, many happy returns, personal communication, Greeting Card industry, good wishes, card manufacturers,
Victorian; novelty; folded-card; Carte de Visite; Hand-coloured; lithograph; publisher; Robert Canton; 1860s; ephemera; greeting; humour; amusing; turkey; photography history; scorn; pictorial insult; lampoon; skit; pompous; self important; comic; cartoon
Description
Lampooning the popular craze for small photographic portrait cards of the period. The sender would have sent this to a person they thought to be getting above themselves - a pompous or self important person. The turkeys body is on a paper hinge so it stands away from the rest of the card.
Victorian greeting card, printed by chromo-lithography showing children carrying seasonal decoration for the New Year. ephemera, games, pastimes, party time, romp, drum, fun, holly, red berries, evergreen, home crafts, Christmas,
Victorian Christmas greeting card, published by Marcus Ward & Co, from a series called Christmas Advances. port, decanter, alcohol, surreal, humour, Christmas fare,
