Christmas greeting card with angel and bells – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This historic image of Christmas greeting card with angel and bells brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Christmas greeting card with angel and bells
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An angel holding a set of bells gives this Christmas greeting card its particular character, with the bells recalling the church ringing that marks the holiday. Commercial Christmas cards began in England in 1843, when Henry Cole commissioned the first one, and by the late 1800s printers in Europe and the United States were producing them in quantity. Angels, bells and holly became favorite motifs because they evoked the nativity and the joyful sound of Christmas morning. Cards like this were often tucked into letters or propped on mantels, showing how the custom of sending greetings spread widely.
| Original scan | 518 × 825 px |
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| Reference | 486 |
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