A Joyous Easter greeting card with violin cherub – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures A Joyous Easter greeting card with violin cherub in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. 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.
A Joyous Easter greeting card with violin cherub
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A joyous Easter greeting card built around a violin-playing cherub is a charming example of how Easter imagery drifted from strictly religious scenes toward sentimental, decorative motifs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Cards of this kind were often printed in large runs, with chromolithographed colors and small embellishments that made them affordable gifts for family and friends. The cherub, a winged child with a musical instrument, borrowed from older European art and signaled celebration and good cheer rather than the solemnity of the Passion. Looking closely, you can see how the designers balanced sweetness with the spring themes of renewal that Easter greetings carried.
| Original scan | 513 × 820 px |
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| Reference | Easter (362) |
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