Victorian Christmas Card with Nativity Shepherds & Angels

Victorian Christmas Card with Nativity Shepherds & Angels

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OccasionChristmas
EraVictorian (1870-1900)
Decade1880s-1890s
Stylechromolithograph
Colorscream, blue, green, gold, red
Vibesreligious, elegant

Text on Card

A Happy Christmas Day As shepherds guard their sleeping flocks In tenderness and love, May He who watches over you Bring Happiness the whole year through.

Description

"Behold the host of heaven" proclaims this enchanting Victorian Christmas greeting, which celebrates the nativity story through a pastoral winter landscape. Shepherds kneel and gaze upward as angels appear above them in the sky, depicting the biblical Annunciation to the Shepherds. One shepherd kneels by a small campfire while two others stand in reverence, with a lamb resting nearby. The card's ornate typography and soft chromolithographic rendering capture the sentimental spirituality of Victorian Christmas tradition, with an inspirational verse wishing the recipient divine protection and happiness throughout the year.

Subjects

nativity, shepherds, angels, annunciation to the shepherds, winter landscape, sheep, campfire, religious

Printing Notes

Embossed text elements; soft color gradations typical of chromolithographic process

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