Victorian Easter Greetings Card with Gnome & Easter Eggs

Victorian Easter Greetings Card with Gnome & Easter Eggs

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OccasionEaster
EraVictorian (1870-1900)
Decade1890s
Stylechromolithograph
Colorscream, green, red, blue-grey, brown
Vibeskitschy, whimsical

Text on Card

Easter Greetings

Description

Vibrant reds, forest greens, and cheerful pastels saturate this charming Victorian-era Easter greeting card, which features a jolly gnome or garden dwarf in a red pointed hat standing amid a pastoral spring landscape. The whimsical figure holds up an egg in one hand and stands near a cluster of colorful Easter eggs on the ground, with a brown rabbit visible in the background near a large tree. A decorative border of clustered blue forget-me-not flowers and green vines frames a scenic countryside village with flowers and early spring vegetation. The chromolithographic printing technique captures vibrant colors and fine detail characteristic of late 19th-century greeting card artistry.

Subjects

gnome, Easter eggs, rabbit, spring landscape, village, flowers, forget-me-not border

Printing Notes

Number 679 visible in lower right corner. Embossed decorative border with grape vine motif.

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