Wishing You a Jolly Christmas – Victorian Christmas Card

A wonderfully weird Victorian Christmas card featuring an extraordinary animal village scene: a goat tends the Royal Dairy cart, a duck waits with her jug, a dog carries a joint of meat, and a determined (and singularly non-anthropomorphic) cat makes off with a pail beneath the greeting Wishing You a Jolly Christmas.

Dating from around 1880, this delightfully surreal design transforms an everyday Victorian street scene into a world populated entirely by animals behaving like people. With its wonderfully matter-of-fact mixture of goat dairyman, duck customer, dog butcher and thieving kitten, it's a charming example of the playful absurdity found in Victorian Christmas cards.

Carefully restored from the original Victorian card, the design preserves the colour, character and wonderfully peculiar details of the period artwork.

- Blank inside for your own message
- Deep green envelopes included
- 5 × 7 in (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
- Fully printed front and back

A little piece of Christmas history

Turn each card over to find the title and approximate date of the original Victorian design, together with a framed detail from the artwork. The fully printed backs have been individually designed to complement each card.

Together, the five cards offer a glimpse into the wonderfully eccentric world of Victorian Christmas greetings - sometimes charming, sometimes funny and occasionally rather unsettling.

Printed in rich colour on silk-finish art card, giving the original illustrations depth and vibrancy while retaining their vintage character. Each card comes with a deep green envelope, chosen to complement the rich reds, aged creams and period colours of the artwork.

Printed in the UK using eco-friendly toner on card made from sustainably sourced pulp and produced as part of the Carbon Capture Programme.

Also available: as part of curated sets of five and ten cards.