Victorian Easter Wishes Card with Three White Rabbits in Basket

A wicker basket, delicate pink blossoms, and wispy branches surround three suspiciously clean white rabbits crammed into forced intimacy, suggesting studio apartment living standards were in effect even in the Victorian era. The rabbits — rendered in a soft, painterly style that is deeply sincere and therefore deeply unnerving — stare outward with the blank, hollow expressions of creatures who have accepted their fate. Below this cozy tableau of lagomorph overcrowding, the verse cheerfully promises that 'the sun of Easter' will 'make your pathway bright,' which feels like a lot of emotional labor to ask of three rabbits who clearly cannot even turn around.