
Victorian Easter Greetings Card with Gnome & Easter Eggs
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.







