Victorian Thanksgiving Greetings Card with Boy and Turkey
Text on Card
THANKSGIVING GREETINGS
Description
Framed within a soft pastel composition rendered in chromolithographic detail, this charming Victorian-era Thanksgiving greeting card depicts a whimsical scene of a young boy in purple attire playfully interacting with an elaborate wild turkey. The child, dressed in a jacket, trousers, and cap, stands beside and holds the magnificent bird with its distinctive fanned tail feathers displayed in rich brown and golden tones. An axe is embedded in a tree stump in the background, adding a rustic farmyard element to this nostalgic holiday illustration. The sentimental aesthetic exemplifies late 19th-century greeting card design at its most evocative.
Subjects
child, turkey, boy, thanksgiving, axe, tree stump
Printing Notes
Card number 208 visible in lower left corner
