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The world's first Christmas card. In 1843 Horsley designed the first ever Christmas card, commissioned by Henry Cole. It caused some controversy because it depicted a small child drinking wine. He also designed the Horsley envelope, a pre-paid envelope that was the precursor to the postage stamp.
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 ...
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]
Christmas festivities can expand well beyond December 25 While we’re taking a look at things like church history and the church calendar, we should recognize that for many Christians, Christmas ...
A Christmas card that caused a stir among some sober sorts in 1843 went on sale on Friday courtesy of a Kingston, N.Y., dealer in possession of an original copy of the boozy Victorian-era work.
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 .
The idea of Christmas celebrations didn't take until the mid-1800s and the first Christmas card was commissioned only in 1843. As exchanging cards grew more popular, Victorians sought designs to ...
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