Saturday, December 31, 2011

Object of the Day, Museum Edition: A New Year Card, 1894

The Victoria & Albert Museum


The front of this handsome greeting card from 1894 depicts a girl in French Revolutionary costume, with a bicorne hat, blue coat and pink skirt.  The card is printed with the words:
"A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND ALL."

This card is signed "With Julia's love to dear Amy Xmas /94.”  It comes from a collection of cards given to the V&A by the mother of the  “Amy” in question—Amy Piercey (b. 1882).  The card was printed in Germany for export to the English market.  

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