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In the UK, Christmas cards account for almost half of the volume of greeting card sales, with over 668.9 million Christmas cards sold in the 2008 festive period. [14] In mostly non-religious countries (e.g. Czech Republic), the cards are called New Year Cards ; they are sent before Christmas and the emphasis (design, texts) is mostly given to ...
John Callcott Horsley RA (29 January 1817 – 18 October 1903) was a British academic painter of genre and historical scenes, illustrator, and designer of the first Christmas card. He was a member of the artist's colony in Cranbrook .
The world's first commercially produced Christmas card, made by artist John Callcott Horsley for Henry Cole in 1843. From 1837 to 1840, he worked as an assistant to Rowland Hill and played a key role in the introduction of the Penny Post. He is sometimes credited with the design of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black. [3]
"A Christmas Carol" was published 180 years ago this year, on Dec. 19, 1843, and sold all 6,000 copies of its initial printing in five days, Palmer says. ... its first printing, 6,000 copies, sold ...
At Christmas 1873, Prang began creating greeting cards for the popular market in England and began selling the Christmas card in America in 1874; he is sometimes called the "father of the American Christmas card." [4] Prang was an active supporter of female artists, both commissioning and collecting artworks by women.
For Christmas that year I asked for proper graph paper, which would be better to draw tidy castle battlements. Macaulay later published “Pyramid” in 1975 and “Castle” in 1978, both books ...
The University of Louisville has an extensive collection of private papers from notable Kentuckians, including numerous vintage Christmas cards. These 100+ archival Christmas cards shine a light ...
The success of the Christmas card grew into a business letters, postcards, and greeting cards with envelopes. [1] Rust revolutionized the use of the "French Fold," which turned a single piece of paper into a card by folding it into quarters. [1] [2] They were the first company to sell greeting cards with a fitted envelope. [3]