Victorian Easter Greetings Card with Cheerful Man & Yellow Chicks

The rosy-cheeked, white-haired gentleman in the blue suit and jaunty red bow tie is gleefully lifting the lid off a yellow wicker basket to reveal a writhing mass of baby chicks — some still inside, some already escaped and milling around his feet in the grass like tiny, confused shareholders at a very bad meeting. His round spectacles, bulbous nose, and wide grin radiate the specific energy of a man who has absolutely no boundaries when it comes to livestock. The cheerful cottage and flower garden behind him only deepen the wrongness — apparently the ideal way to wish someone 'Easter Greetings to All' is a formally dressed elder harvesting poultry from a decorative hamper with the enthusiasm of someone who just discovered a loophole. Sir. Those are babies. Put them back.