IMAGE
A merry Christmas to you. [To] George Shaw, Xmas 87 [1887]
- Date
- 1887
- By
- Shaw, George, -1915
- Reference
- Eph-A-CARDS-Shaw-1887-01
- Description
Christmas greeting card printed only on the front shows pink clover flowers and leaves, with a blue butterfly hovering over them. Text is at lower right. The card is gilt-edged.
In the language of flowers, clover signified “Think of me” or “Be mine”.
Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on card 95 x 120 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Scanned from original
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Postcards and greeting cards collected by Mrs Kezia Francis. 1887, 1902-1915]
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Chromolithographs, Christmas cards, Chromolithograph, on card 95 x 120 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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