Victorian Halloween Greeting Card with Boy & Pumpkin Carriage
Text on Card
Hallowe'en Greetings
Description
Halloween whimsy takes Victorian form as a boy in a burgundy suit pulls a giant pumpkin carriage across an autumn landscape. The boy wears a tricorn black hat, red jacket with white collar detail and white stockings with black buckled shoes, captured mid-stride with dynamic energy. Inside the hollowed pumpkin rides a young girl in an elegant blue dress and bonnet, sheltered by the pumpkin's canopy. The pastoral background features a church spire and green foliage, while the foreground banner shows pumpkins and festive harvest elements. This chromolithographic print exemplifies the playful spirit of late-Victorian Halloween traditions, blending folk fantasy with Victorian propriety in a charming seasonal greeting.
Subjects
boy in colonial/Victorian costume, pumpkin carriage, child passenger, autumn landscape, harvest, church spire
Printing Notes
Hand-colored chromolithograph with embossed details and gilt accents typical of 1890s holiday cards
