Victorian Thanksgiving Turkey Greeting Card, 1890s-1900s
Text on Card
Thanksgiving Greetings
Description
A delicate chromolithographic border frames this charming Victorian-era Thanksgiving greeting card, featuring two turkeys in a pastoral farmyard setting. The larger tom turkey displays his magnificent fanned tail in shades of black, white, and iridescent green, while a smaller white hen turkey stands beside him against a verdant meadow dotted with wildflowers. The background showcases a peaceful country landscape with distant farm buildings and fence lines, evoking the agricultural abundance associated with harvest season. Printed in the chromolithographic style popular during the late 19th century, this card captures the gentle sentimentality and naturalistic detail characteristic of Thanksgiving imagery from the Victorian period.
Subjects
turkeys, farmyard, pastoral landscape, agricultural, harvest
Printing Notes
Hand-colored chromolithographic print with detailed natural shading and texture. Evidence of period printing techniques with slight color registration variations typical of era.
