Creator

George Wither

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Title (descriptive)

bird

Creation Date

1880

Work Type

Christmas cards

Style / Period

Victorian

Measurements

5.825 x 3.75 inches

Inscription

[recto:] Glad may thy Christmas be. [verso, lable:] 7294. [verso:] Christmas. / So, now is come our / joyful'st feast; / Let every man / be jolly / Each room with ivy / leaves is drest, / And every post / with holly. / Though some churls at our / mirth repine, / Round your foreheads / garlands twine; / Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, / And let us all be merry. / Georg[sic.] Withner

Keywords

Christmas cards; birds; snow (precipitation); branches

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