Vintage Easter Greetings Card with Girl and Hen

Vintage Easter Greetings Card with Girl and Hen

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OccasionEaster
EraVictorian (1870-1900)
Decade1880s-1890s
Stylechromolithograph
ArtistAppears to be signed; signature partially visible
Colorscream, pink, brown, blue, gold
Vibesnaive, whimsical

Text on Card

Easter Greetings!

Description

Sporting short blonde hair and dressed in a pink top and blue dress, a sweet young girl stands in a rustic farmyard setting offering an egg to a brown hen. The child wears no bonnet and gazes directly at the hen as she extends the egg toward it, while the bird stands among several eggs scattered about. This delightful scene captures the quintessential Victorian celebration of Easter through pastoral imagery. The chromolithograph style showcases the fine detail and soft color palette characteristic of late 19th-century greeting card production, making it a treasured example of vintage holiday sentiment.

Subjects

girl, hen, eggs, farmyard, Easter, child

Printing Notes

Hand-tinted chromolithograph with excellent color saturation. Artist signature visible in lower right corner.

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