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title: 19th-Century Christmas Card
author: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16777/19th-century-christmas-card/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2023-07-17
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# 19th-Century Christmas Card

_Authored by Victoria and Albert Museum, London_

## Image File

[![19th-Century Christmas Card](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16777.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16777.png)

## Image Caption

A late-19th century Christmas card showing a robin and snow scene. The border is perforated to resemble lace. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

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## Cite This Work

### APA
London, V. a. A. M. (2022, December 05). 19th-Century Christmas Card. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16777/19th-century-christmas-card/>
### Chicago
London, Victoria and Albert Museum,. "19th-Century Christmas Card." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 05, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16777/19th-century-christmas-card/>.
### MLA
London, Victoria and Albert Museum,. "19th-Century Christmas Card." *World History Encyclopedia*, 05 Dec 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16777/19th-century-christmas-card/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-first-christmas-card) by **Victoria and Albert Museum, London**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 05 December 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.