Russian Easter Greeting Card with Chicks & Pussy Willow
Text on Card
Христосъ Воскресе!
Description
Delicate botanical flourishes and a cream-colored ground frame this charming Russian Easter greeting card celebrating the season with spring imagery. Two fluffy yellow chicks walk across pussy willow branches while a brown and white dog leaps or runs alongside them, all rendered in the gentle, nature-inspired aesthetic of late 19th-century Orthodox Easter celebration art. The Cyrillic text 'Христосъ Воскресе!' (Khristos Voskrese—'Christ is Risen!') anchors the composition in golden-brown lettering, proclaiming the traditional Easter greeting.
Subjects
chicks, yellow chicks, pussy willow branches, dog (brown and white)
Printing Notes
Hand-colored chromolithograph with fine detail work on pussy willow catkins and bird plumage. Minor age spotting and foxing consistent with late 19th-century paper stock.
