Victorian Easter Card with Girl, Chicks & Birdcage

A live chick perched on a child's raised hand like a tiny feathered trophy is just the beginning of this Easter power play: there's a second chick already escaped and scrambling for its life on the grass below, plus what appears to be their former prison—an ornate gilded cage—dangling from her other fist with the casual menace of a Bond villain mid-monologue. The enormous pink bow on her head and matching ribbon sash scream 'I am dressed for a recital,' but the smug little smirk on her face says 'I have achieved dominion over all living things.' 'May all Easter Joys be yours,' promises the caption, apparently unaware that the only joy visible here belongs entirely to this child, and it is deeply territorial.