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Henry Cole was born in Bath the son of Captain Henry Robert Cole, then of the 1st Dragoon Guards, and his wife Lætitia Dormer.He was sent in 1817 to Christ's Hospital, [2] and upon leaving school in 1823 became clerk to Francis Palgrave, and then a sub-commissioner under the Record Commission.
Christmas card with holly Jacques Hnizdovsky Christmas card. During the first 70 years of the 19th century it was common for Christmas and other greeting cards to be recycled by women's service organizations who collected them and removed the pictures, to be pasted into scrap books for the entertainment of children in hospitals, orphanages ...
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 .
"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 ...
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 traditional greeting reads "wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year", much like that of the first commercial Christmas card, produced by Sir Henry Cole in London in 1843. [167] The custom of sending them has become popular among a wide cross-section of people with the emergence of the modern trend towards exchanging E-cards .
Holiday cards are an annual tradition enjoyed by friends and family each Christmas season. Throughout the years, the British royal family has made it their own tradition to send out a Christmas ...
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.