Vintage Halloween Greeting Card Black Cat & Child Portrait
Text on Card
Hallowe'en Greetings When Black cats prowl, and pump-kins gleam, May luck be yours on Hallowe'en
Description
Dressed in festive red and white with reddish-blonde curls framed within a decorative circular vignette shaped like a hand mirror, a charming young child from the Edwardian era gazes downward in what appears to be bobbing for apples, with a red apple visible in water before them. Jack-o'-lanterns appear in the upper portion of the composition, while a black cat with piercing eyes rests at the base, gazing outward. The text promises good fortune when black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam—a timeless sentiment celebrating autumn's most playful holiday. This chromolithograph exemplifies the period's blend of innocent sentimentality with mildly spooky imagery.
Subjects
black cat, child portrait, jack-o'-lanterns, pumpkins, hand mirror, apple bobbing, halloween
Printing Notes
Hand-colored chromolithograph with embossed or die-cut circular frame element
