Return to Results

Aesthetic Movement Holiday Card and Calendar with Ancient Egyptian Design Promoting American Sunday School Union

Boston, Massachusetts: Bufford, 1879. An attractive holiday greeting card with depictions of the Great Sphinx of Giza and a drawing of an ancient Egyptian profile, with decorative elements from the aesthetic movement. The message reads "Wishing You A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year". On the verso is a monthly calendar for the upcoming year, 1880, and a lengthy sales pitch for engravings, bibles, books, and other printing by the American Sunday School Union in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Measures approx. 5.25" by 6", printed in orange on grey card stock. Very good. Crease a little rubbed.

Price: $150.00

Item #27005993