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 VICTORIAN ERA ART GREETING CARDS WITH ENVELOPES SET OF FIVE A set of five greeting cards, each with a different Victorian or Edwardian era print, vintage and lovely ｡.:*♡ - 5 different designs - Blank inside for your own message - Envelopes included - 5" x 7" (12.5cm x 17.5cm) size Silk Art print for deep vibrant colours and soft sheen finish ♥ Christmas cards originated in the 19th century in Victorian Britain. The first mass-produced cards appeared in 1843, a great invention to streamline
the busy correspondence of the season by creating a fancy illustration
card with a pre-printed greeting. At shilling each, they were quite out
of reach for most people, but with the combination of the
freshly-invented Baxter printing process (making colour printing easier
and cheaper) and the "penny post" reform (making the postal cost
affordable to more people), the cards finally took off to great
popularity and the designs became really diverse. Quirky and bizarre
scenes, funny animals and black humour seemed to be very common -
unexpected topics for a Christmas cards from our modern perspective!
Winter themes, snow, holly, robin birds and children (a symbol of
innocence and, perhaps, pure holiday joy) were also very popular of
course, as presented in this set of classic prints, nostalgic, joyous
and full of festive cheer ♡ Printed in UK with eco-friendly toner on card made from sustainably sourced pulp, part of the Carbon Capture Programme. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡  |