Item 27a: Religious Themed Greeting Card, Printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons, after James Sant [removed to oversize box #1] , 1885
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27a
Dates
- Created: 1885
Creator
- Raphael Tuck & Sons (Religious Card) (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Greetings cards
Condition Note:
Envelopes: Poor, the folded seams are tearing and the page is fraying in other places. Cards: Good. Handle with care along edges where the fabric sits.
Measurements:
9 ⅛ in. x 6 ¾ in. (Outer Envelope); 8 ½ in. x 5 ¾ in. (Inner Envelope); 6 ⅞ in. x 6 in. (cards with fabric); 5 ⅜ in x 4 ½ in. (cards)
Description:
The following item depicts a multi-layered folded envelope that contains two greeting cards, one of a religious theme that depicts a cherub figure exalting the rising lord, and the other a Valentine’s Day greeting card that depicts a fairy figure and poem on the reverse.
The exterior and interior folders have numerous paintings printed on them, one of a river scene, one of a church, and others of floral arrangements.
Though not signed, the painting style is similar to Claude Edme Charles de Lioux de Savignac.
The date for both items have been ascertained as 1885 by their connection to the one greeting card that is copyrighted 1885.
One of the artists for the original cherub depicts is written as James Sant.
Location:
Boston, Massachusetts
Transcription:
The two greeting cards are housed within a two piece, folded envelope. The envelope is embellished with golden filigrees and stars. On the most exterior folder, there is a picture depicting a church on the hill with a city surrounding the structure. In the background, a rolling countryside can be seen. The scene is framed by a golden, oval frame with filigrees on the top and bottom, as well as the right and left sides of the frame. The back of this piece details a boat scene, where a party is situated on a river. On the left hand side of the scene, there is a forest banking the river. In the foreground, a crane can be seen in the water. On the right hand side of the scene, there is a city wall. It is made from stone and has multiple entrances and turrets. In the background, a mountain range spans the scene, with a small house at the base of the mountain.
The interior folder possesses the same golden filigree stylizations. On the reverse of the folds, there are numerous bouquets painted, one of Lily of the Valley in the center, bordered at each corner with roses and bright colored flowers.
Someone appears to have written ns. in pencil on the interior fold, and the name Roe in pencil on the front of the interior folds.
A: Transcription: {Card 1 Front}
The card depicts a cherub figure sat on a cloud with hands in prayer position. The cherub wears a pink sash and has pink and gold wings on its back. The card is bordered by a fine, crocheted blue lace.
Christ the Lord is risen our Joy that hath no end!
Raphael Tuck & Sons after James Sant. R.A. Copyright
{Card 1 Back}
The card depicts a cherub figure sat on a dark cloud, looking down on a painted rose stem and bloom. The cherub figure wears a pink sash and has pink, white, and gold wings.
Transcription:
The Lord is risen indeed Halleluia (sic) [Hallelujah]
after James Sant. R.A. Raphael Tuck & Sons Copyright B: {Card 2 Front}
The card depicts a fairy figure flying in a cloudy sky. They have pink wings with yellow and blue dots along the tips of the wing. The figure is clutching a flower bud that has not bloomed. The vine holds other blooming, pink flowers. In the right hand corner, the initials L.B.C. appear. The entire card is bordered by a soft, fraying yellow thread. Transcription: St. Valentine’s Day Copyright 1885 by L. Pang & Co[mpany] Boston
{Card 2 Back}
A Valentine Greeting
Bend down your head, fair rose-bud, While I whisper a secret low, Which you must keep safely folded ‘Till I’m ready to let you go.
I’m going to send you to some one, And you in her hand she will hold, As bending, with eyes true and earnest, She peers deep in your heart of gold.
Then open each rosy petal, That this whispered thought she may see, The hope that I and I only Hay her own true Valentine be. L.B.C.
The poem is bordered by a floral design, colored green, yellow, and pink. There is a small design in the bottom left hand corner that has a P inscribed below a rose.
The interior folder possesses the same golden filigree stylizations. On the reverse of the folds, there are numerous bouquets painted, one of Lily of the Valley in the center, bordered at each corner with roses and bright colored flowers.
Someone appears to have written ns. in pencil on the interior fold, and the name Roe in pencil on the front of the interior folds.
A: Transcription: {Card 1 Front}
The card depicts a cherub figure sat on a cloud with hands in prayer position. The cherub wears a pink sash and has pink and gold wings on its back. The card is bordered by a fine, crocheted blue lace.
Christ the Lord is risen our Joy that hath no end!
Raphael Tuck & Sons after James Sant. R.A. Copyright
{Card 1 Back}
The card depicts a cherub figure sat on a dark cloud, looking down on a painted rose stem and bloom. The cherub figure wears a pink sash and has pink, white, and gold wings.
Transcription:
The Lord is risen indeed Halleluia (sic) [Hallelujah]
after James Sant. R.A. Raphael Tuck & Sons Copyright B: {Card 2 Front}
The card depicts a fairy figure flying in a cloudy sky. They have pink wings with yellow and blue dots along the tips of the wing. The figure is clutching a flower bud that has not bloomed. The vine holds other blooming, pink flowers. In the right hand corner, the initials L.B.C. appear. The entire card is bordered by a soft, fraying yellow thread. Transcription: St. Valentine’s Day Copyright 1885 by L. Pang & Co[mpany] Boston
{Card 2 Back}
A Valentine Greeting
Bend down your head, fair rose-bud, While I whisper a secret low, Which you must keep safely folded ‘Till I’m ready to let you go.
I’m going to send you to some one, And you in her hand she will hold, As bending, with eyes true and earnest, She peers deep in your heart of gold.
Then open each rosy petal, That this whispered thought she may see, The hope that I and I only Hay her own true Valentine be. L.B.C.
The poem is bordered by a floral design, colored green, yellow, and pink. There is a small design in the bottom left hand corner that has a P inscribed below a rose.
Creator
- Raphael Tuck & Sons (Religious Card) (Person)
- L. B. C (Valentine’s Day Card) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu