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2. Christmas card - Wikipedia

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   Idiosyncratic "studio cards" with cartoon illustrations and sometimes risque humor caught on in the 1950s. Nostalgic, sentimental, and religious images have continued in popularity, and, in the 21st century, reproductions of Victorian and Edwardian cards are easy to obtain.

3. Chromolithography - Wikipedia

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   Chromolithography is a method for making multi-colour prints. This type of colour printing stemmed from the process of lithography, [1] and includes all types of lithography that are printed in colour. [citation needed] When chromolithography is used to reproduce photographs, the term photochrome is frequently used. Lithography is a method of printing on flat surfaces using a flat printing ...

4. Currier and Ives - Wikipedia

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   Today, original Currier and Ives prints are much sought by collectors, and modern reproductions of them are popular decorations. Especially popular are the winter scenes, which are commonly used for American Christmas cards. [citation needed] In 2019 a print of Across the Continent by Fanny Palmer sold at auction for over US$60,000. [20]

5. Louis Prang - Wikipedia

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   Louis Prang (March 12, 1824 – June 15, 1909) was an American printer, lithographer, publisher, and Georgist. [1] He is sometimes known as the "father of the American Christmas card ".

6. John Callcott Horsley - Wikipedia

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   John Callcott Horsley. John Callcott Horsley RA (29 January 1817 – 18 October 1903) was an English 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 .

7. Arthur Rackham - Wikipedia

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   Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which roughly encompassed the years from 1890 until the end of the First World War. During that period, there was a strong market for high quality illustrated books which typically were given as Christmas gifts.