Today is day 11 of 12 Days of Victorian Christmas cards and I thought I’d share a very traditional-looking design of the Nativity with you. This is a three-dimensional card from the 1890s and this is the front when the card is flat:
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This is what the card looks like when it’s fully open:
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The card was published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. As well as being a three-dimensional card, it’s also a novelty card. If you shine a light through the blue cellophane-like material which represents the window, it illuminates the baby Jesus.
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How are you attempting to assert copyright over cards that are clearly in the public domain given their date of publication?
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How are you attempting to assert copyright over cards that are clearly in the public domain given their date of publication?
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The images on this blog are digital photographs of I have taken of cards in my own collection.
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