Greeting Cards

Text on the reverse side:Illustration by Joseph Clayton Clark, also known as Kyd. Mr. Bumble is a character from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. T...

Text on the reverse side:The first manned hot air balloon flight in England took place in 1784 when Italian pilot Vincenzo Lunardi travelled over t...

Text on the reverse side: Illustration from the Ex Libris page of an 1875 edition of “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe thought to be inspired by Char...

Text on the reverse side:Le plus ancien globe terrestre encore existant a été réalisé en 1492 par Martin Behaim (1459-1537).

Text on the reverse side: Datant de l’Antiquité, l’art du matelotage est une compétence importante pour la voile et les activités maritimes. Il ex...

Text on the reverse side:Dating back to ancient times, knot-tying is an important skill for sailing and maritime activity. There are over 3,800 typ...

Text on the reverse side: Whistling buoys help sailors find their way in foggy and misty weather. As the buoy bobs up and down in the water, compr...

Text on the reverse side: Dickens took just six weeks to write 'A Christmas Carol'. For this first edition, 6,000 copies were published on 19th De...

Text on the reverse side:Love involves the complex interplay of chemicals in our brain with a notable increase in the levels of certain neurotransm...

Text on the reverse side:This botanical chart by George Spratt, illustrates the principle poisonous mushrooms and exotic plants cultivated in Brita...

Text on the reverse side:The greatest number of De Morgan’s works are based on flowers, usually in combination with leaves. Here some yellow daisie...

Text on the reverse side: Une adaptation d'une estampe japonaise de 1814. Le mot japonais pour grenouille est "kaeru", qui peut aussi signifier "r...

Text on the reverse side:Throughout the Tudor period, dogs were popular pets and were often kept as guard dogs and used for hunting. The breed of d...

Text on the reverse side: The Pouf was a hairstyle popularised in France in the 18th century by Marie Antoinette. It was created by pinning the ha...

Text on the reverse side:Following his father's imprisonment at Marshalsea Prison for debt, Charles Dickens (1812-1870), then aged just 12 years ol...

Text on the reverse side:Charles Dickens (1812-1870) began his writing career aged 20 as a journalist and parliamentary reporter. During this time ...

Text on the reverse side:Upon visiting Venice for the first time when he was 68, Monet completed 37 paintings of the city, mainly depicting well-kn...

Text on the reverse side:Monet considered his 1908 Venice paintings to be souvenirs rather than serious artworks. However, in 1912, he agreed to st...

Text on the reverse side:Gilding, the painting and layering of gold accents, was often the final stage of decorating French porcelain. As houses we...

Text on the reverse side:In France, teashops were historically frequented more by women whereas coffee shops, or cafés, were more popular with men....

Text on the reverse side:Illustration from Johnson's household book of nature featuring the common bat, vampire bat, dog headed bat, horseshoe bat ...

Text on the reverse side:The centrepiece of the Palm House is a gigantic Jurassic cycad with a four metre wide trunk. Collected in the early 1770s,...

Text on the reverse side:In Japanese culture, the pine tree symbolises longevity and perseverance due to their ability to survive in the toughest c...

Text on the reverse side:Painting by British painter Charles Burton Barber (1845–1894) who gained popularity from painting children and their pets....

Text on the reverse side:A contemporary pink adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaeru”, which can...

Text on the reverse side:A contemporary orange adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaeru”, which c...

Text on the reverse side:James Bond originally used a Beretta 418. When a fan of the novels who was a small arms expert pointed out that it was a l...

Text on the reverse side: Ivy and flowers from ‘The Garden of Eden’ Tudor embroidery. The ivy, with its ability to cling to any surface, represent...

Text on the reverse side:“The Countie Pallatine of Lancaster Described and Divided into Hundreds 1610” by the famous English cartographer John Spee...

Text on the reverse side: Taken from ‘The Garden of Eden’ embroidery. Pomegranates represent life, sanctity, prosperity and wealth. Lemons represe...

Text on the reverse side:Produced in the 19th century, this is a map of Liverpool reconstructed from unspecified “ancient sources”. Giving a fascin...

Text on the reverse side:Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tossho II playing the role of Yume no Ichibei. “Irezumi” is the Japanese word for tattoo. Traditiona...

Text on the reverse side:From the series Thirty-six Restaurants of Tokyo, the artist Kunichika (1835-1900) depicts popular geisha with a square ins...

Text on the reverse side:From the series Thirty-six Restaurants of Tokyo, the artist Kunichika (1835-1900) depicts popular geisha with a square ins...

Text on the reverse side:Pissarro painted this from his balcony at No.1 Gloucester Terrace, with Kew Green in the foreground, Kew Road to the left,...

Text on the reverse side:Pissarro described the city of Paris as having a “silvery atmosphere”. He painted the cityscape of Paris from his window o...