Creator

Walter Scott

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Title (descriptive)

Christmas Greeting

Creation Date

1880

Work Type

New Year cards

Style / Period

Victorian

Measurements

6.25 x 4.375 inches

Inscription

[recto, printed, bottom center:] CHRISTMAS GREETING [verso, printed, left:] Merry / Christmas. / England was merry England when / Old Christmas brought / his sports again. / Twas Christmas broached / the mightiest ale; / Twas Christmas told the merriest tale / Christmas gambol oft / could cheer / [A] poor man's heart through half the year. / Sir. W. Scott

Keywords

flowers (plants); easels; children (people by age group); Canis familiaris; Christmas

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