Victorian Christmas card: winged child riding a butterfly – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Victorian Christmas card: winged child riding a butterfly, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Victorian Christmas card: winged child riding a butterfly
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Few holiday cards from the Victorian era took their cues from fairy lore rather than the nativity, and this one puts a winged child astride a butterfly at the center of the scene. Such figures, often called cherubs or fairy children, became popular on greeting cards in the later 19th century, when printers in Britain and America turned out chromolithographs in bright inks for the growing market in seasonal cards. Sentimental images of children and nature were especially favored, and the butterfly, a symbol of transformation and the soul, gave the card a gentle spiritual note suited to the season. Look closely at the layered colors and the delicate wings, which show how much skill went into hand-finished chromolithography.
| Original scan | 851 × 639 px |
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| Reference | Fairies & Elves (36) |
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