Victorian Easter Greeting Card with Rabbit, Chicks, Hen & Boat

A rowboat full of poultry, a rabbit at the oars, and a hen with an umbrella suggest a Victorian greeting card designer answered a question nobody asked: what would Easter look like if anthropomorphic animals took a structured aquatic outing? The hen, stoic and dry under her umbrella, radiates the energy of a middle manager supervising an extremely low-stakes corporate retreat, while a small yellow chick perches on the rabbit's back like a freeloading Uber passenger. The pink floral border and cheerful 'All Easter Joys be Thine' script work overtime to assure you this is wholesome, but the specificity of this interspecies pond adventure raises questions Victorian society was clearly not prepared to answer.