Victorian Halloween Greeting Card with Scottish Figure & Pig

Victorian Halloween Greeting Card with Scottish Figure & Pig

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OccasionHalloween
EraVictorian (1870-1900)
Decade1890s
Stylechromolithograph
Colorsblue-green, cream, orange-red, brown, gold
Vibeshumorous, anthropomorphic

Text on Card

All Halloween Greetings Our future in the present we still sow; And over anxious, sometimes seek to know Events before they happenβ€”and we fail, And thus provide a hearty laugh to all On Halloween.

Description

A crescent moon and starlit sky provide the backdrop for this charming Victorian-era Halloween greeting card, establishing a nocturnal setting that is appropriately spooky yet jovial. The scene features a mischievous figure in Scottish tartan clothing running alongside or chasing a pig with a grotesque human-like face, capturing the playful spirit of late-19th-century holiday celebrations. The figure gestures enthusiastically as a group of onlookers, including children and adults, watch from near a fence in the background. The accompanying verse celebrates Halloween's traditions of seeking supernatural knowledge and finding hearty laughter in the unknown.

Subjects

Scottish man in tartan, pig with human face, children, crescent moon, fence, Halloween

Printing Notes

Hand-colored chromolithograph with fine detail work characteristic of Victorian holiday card production

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