This week, as I was digging around on my external hard drive, I found something I knew you all would adore.
When calling cards cross my desk, they’re usually in big batches—I have two little boxes FULL of them, for example—so I’m not sure how this one wound up separated from the pack!
Disembodied hands show up quite often in old calling cards, as do florals. Each card would be left somewhere to inform someone that they had a visitor, and designs ranged from the simple “signature on a rectangle of heavy paper” to “specialty printed graphic with shiny gold details” and everything in-between.
A deep dive into the world of the Victorian calling card is due, I think, but not today. For now, enjoy this transparent PNG—and if you’d like to download it at a much higher resolution (8″ x 4.5″ instead of 4″ x 2″) while supporting my work, you can find that file by clicking into my shop.
Thank you for joining me, I’ll be in touch again soon.
xoxo,
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