Christmas Card

Date1948 - 1949

Object NameCard

Mediumcard

ClassificationsMuseum General

DimensionsHeight: 19.6cm
Width: 16.1cm

AcquisitionPresented in 2010.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDMS082240

Keywords

About MeChristmas card with a printed image of a festive scene from an original watercolour by Doris Pusinell, R.I., featuring a girl in mid Victorian dress in a winter scene feeding birds, including robins and blackbirds.

One of the ways we celebrate Christmas is in the giving and receiving of cards.

The first Christmas card was produced by Henry Cole, founder of the Victoria and Albert Museum, in 1843. It was a hand-coloured lithograph designed by John Calcott Horsley. Although, commercially, it was a failure the popularity of Christmas cards grew and by 1880 the Postmaster General had issued the first 'Post early for Christmas' plea.