Easter Greeting: hen in bonnet and apron with eggs – Vintage Print
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Description
A window into the past: Easter Greeting: hen in bonnet and apron with eggs, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Easter Greeting: hen in bonnet and apron with eggs
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A hen dressed in a bonnet and apron, tending a little heap of eggs, gives this picture its playful character. Easter cards and prints of this kind were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when illustrators drew on the spring symbolism of chicks and eggs to sell sentiment to a growing middle-class market for printed greetings. Anthropomorphized animals in clothing were a favorite device of the period, turning a farmyard scene into a gentle domestic joke. Notice how the eggs and the hen's attire are rendered with care, since the appeal of such cards lay largely in their charm and detail.
| Original scan | 514 × 824 px |
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| Reference | Easter (175) |
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