Victorian Christmas Greeting Card with Child in Horseshoe Frame

The proportions here are wildly skewed—this tiny, powdered-wig child in a blue floral dress and elaborate lace collar is framed inside a golden horseshoe like a very small, very serious aristocrat who has seen things, holding what appears to be a decorative scepter while radiating the energy of someone who has already outlived three husbands. Flanking her inside the horseshoe are floating toys—a drum, a doll figure, what looks like a small animal—orbiting her like satellites around a tiny, joyless sun. Holly and red berries crown the whole arrangement at the top, because apparently the best way to express 'Merry Christmas to All' is by enshrining a child in a luck symbol and surrounding her with disembodied playthings.