Yale Center for British Art
Title:
Happy may they birthday be.
Published / Created:
[England?], [1880?]
Physical Description:
1 item : color illustrations ; 22 x 8 cm, folded to 12 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
19th century pop-up birthday card. Glazed blue paper covers, white scallop edge, red rose embossed on cover: "Happy may they birthday be." Opens to three-dimensional tiered garden with chromolithographed standing statues, fountains, floral arrangments, and two children sitting in a gazebo, against a blue transparent paper background.
Subject Terms:
Birthday cards -- Specimens. | Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens. | Cut-out craft -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Form/Genre:
Pop-up books. | Ephemera. | Recreations -- Great Britain. | Botanical illustrations. | Birthday cards. | Paperwork (Crafts) | Greeting cards. | Chromolithographs -- 1880. | Cut-paper works.