Catalogue Number
NMLH.2016.13.4
Object Name
Card
People
J. C. Horsley
Summerly's Home Treasury Office
Creator(s)
Description
Image of Christmas card with a description of and the card, which reads: "The first real Christmas card, designed by J.C Horsley in 1843 at the suggestion and request of his friend Henry Cole. The photograph shows a particularly interesting copy; it is the one sent to Henry Cole by the artist who signed the card by a small caricature of himself with palette and brushes. The date is clearly "Xmasse, 1943" "
