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Ephemera: Greeting Cards: Christmas Cards
GUSN-195498
Female angels in diaphanous attire with wings of peacock feathers sound trumpets. The lamb of Christ lies in the center of a star, around which are arranged a dove, a wreath, and a crescent moon. A border of multicolored sunburst motifs adorns the right and lower edges of the card. The inscription reads: "Shout with joy, ye mortals. Pray for Christ is born on Christmas Day." The text may have been taken from the Christmas carol, "A Shout of Mighty Triumph" by Reverend George Pierce Grantham.
sunbursts
trumpets (aerophones)
chromolithography
Christmas
crescents (shapes)
doves
peafowl
printed ephemera
Christmas cards
greeting cards
DigitalID 000611
AccessID 843
Other identifier HNEDID-000611
1 greeting card
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.05.TMP.010
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
L. Prang & Co. (publisher)
Christmas cards
greeting cards
Prang, Louis, 1824-1909
Grantham, George Pierce
angels
Jesus Christ
Lamb of God
Item
Ephemera: Greeting Cards: Christmas Cards
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