Painting Greeting Cards
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Indian peafowl : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: The peacock and peahen symbolise guidance and protection, but also represent attributes that are vital to happiness - integrity and the confidence in knowing that anything is possible when we realise our own true colours. Illustration by French botanist Charles Dessaline...
Young dachshund : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Junger Dackel (Young dachshund) by the artist Karl Reichert (1836–1918). He studied at the Academy of Drawing in Gratz, continuing to study in Munich then Rome, returning to Austria in 1869. He is a painter famous for town scenes but notably for his paintings of animals.
Sitting cat (1815) : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Illustration by draughtsman Jean Bernard in 1815. There are over 500 million domestic cats in the world, and are one of, if not the most popular pet in the world. Cats and humans have been associated for nearly 10000 years.
Cat circus : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: The original lithograph titled "Grimalkin's Royal Circus". A grimalkin is an archaic term for a cat. The famous prophet, Nostradamus, had a cat named Grimalkin, and in the Shakespearean play, Macbeth, a cat named Grimalkin helps the three witches see into Macbeth's future.
Cats and music : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Carl Reichert (1836-1918) was born in Vienna and took after his father, Heinrich Reichert who was also a painter of animal and portraits. Reichert also painted town scenes, but is best known for his paintings of dogs and cats.
Cat on a book : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946), an English figure and landscape painter, etcher and lithographer, who studied at the Slade School of Art. He came to be recognised as one of the best known war artists of World War I. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearle...
Happy easter bunny : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: The bunny, on the night before Easter, is said to bring baskets filled with coloured eggs, candy, and sometimes toys to the homes of children, in much the same way as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced...
Wine o'clock : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: The expression is widely accepted to the extent that even the Oxford English Dictionary officially recognised the phrase in 2015 as ‘an appropriate time of day for starting to drink wine’. With no time specified, however, wine o’clock thankfully is left open to interpret...
Heart typewriter : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: The Greeks believed the heart was the seat of the spirit, the Chinese associated it with the centre for happiness, and the Egyptians believed that thoughts and emotions arose from it. In the modern world, the heart has simply become the universal symbol of love. A6 siz...
So many books : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: According to Google, the number of books published in all of modern history totals to around 13 million. With publishers constantly issuing new books, this number will continue to rise. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced in our Lond...
Face of the great clock : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: The face of the Great Clock was installed in the tower in April 1859 which initially malfunctioned as the cast-iron minute hands were too heavy. Once replaced by lighter copper hands, it successfully began keeping time on 31 May 1859. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pea...
Library of books : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: In ancient Egypt, all the ships that visited were obliged to surrender their books to the library of Alexandria. The books were copied, and the originals were retained in the library. Only the copy was then given back to the original owner. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxu...
Elegant magnolia : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Named after the French botanist Pierre Magnolia in the 1600s, the flower symbolises nobility, perseverance, dignity and the love of nature. Due to its impressive height and enormous flowers, the magnolia tree is associated with magnificence. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Lux...
Garden of books : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: For reading comprehension, several brain regions are involved. The temporal lobe responsible for decoding and discriminating sounds, the frontal lobe governing speech and language comprehension, the angular region to gather letter shapes to form words - books truly help ...
Parrot messenger : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Parrots are well known for being chatty. With an impressive recognised set of 1,728 words, a cheery blue parakeet, Puck, got into the 1995 Guinness Book of World Records for his vocabulary skills. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced ...
Pineapple paradise : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: The origins of pineapples can be traced back to South America, though we often associate the fruit to Hawaii. This was simply due to the large industry developed in the early 1900s, where for a while, resulted in Hawaii supplying over 80% of the world’s output of canned ...
Cacti flowers : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Deserts may look quite boring during the day, but they transform into amazing flower ‘fields’ after the sundown. Many Cacti bloom only during the night. Their flowers are large in size and found in a variety of colours transforming a plain desert landscape into secret ni...
Colouful cacti : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: There are over 2,000 species of cacti of various shapes and sizes. Caldera cacti in south-western US can reach over 20 m (66 ft) in height, while the Rebutia cacti from Bolivia are only several centimetres tall. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified ...
Birds of paradise : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Birds of Paradise are found on the island of New Guinea, where the tribal people of New Guinea consider their feathers as sacred. Birds of Paradise symbolise freedom, beauty and magnificence. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper Produced in ou...
Jerusalem artichoke flowers (1880) : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Painting by Claude Monet who was a founding member of the Impressionist movement, with the philosophy of expressing one's perceptions over realism. The name of the movement was derived from his painting "Impression, Sunrise". Monet often repeated the same subject as a wa...
Curled up sleeping cat (1825) : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Illustration by draughtsman and print maker Jean Bernard (1732-1797). According to a study, cats typically sleep between 12 to 16 hours every day, and anything up to a third of the time their waking hours is spent on grooming. A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pearlescent...
Cliff walk at pourville (1882) : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Painting by Claude Monet (1840-1926). From this place of retreat, away from the personal and professional pressures, Monet wrote in a letter "how beautiful the countryside is becoming, and what joy it would be for me to show you all its delightful nooks and crannies!" ...
On the bank of the seine (1868) : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Painted by Claude Monet while on vacation with his future wife soon after having a baby boy together. Painted prior to his recognition as an artist, yet it stands as a great example of the impressionist movement at the time in terms of the colours used and the depiction ...
Piles of french novels (1887) : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: The books depicted in the painting by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), are recognisable as French paperback novels of the time. Van Gogh, an avid reader, admired works by the likes of the Goncourt brothers and Emile Zola, who offered a raw portrayal of modern life. A6 siz...
Young girl reading c.1769 : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: By the French painter, Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), the unidentified girl is portrayed in profile, reading a little book. The text not being legible, offers no clue. The charming portrait is admired as one in a series that feature young girls - Figures de Fantaisie...
Wheat field with cypresses (1889) : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: The wheat field series by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) feature cypresses. The towering trees featuring in his landscapes, were pieces he regarded as his best summer landscapes. Cypress is regarded as a symbol of immortality, as an emblem of eternal life after death. A6...
Roses in a vase (1890) : 8 cards
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Text on the reverse side: Although faded in time, originally the roses were more pink in shade. Van Gogh regarded all blossoming flowers as being filled with life, celebrating birth and renewal. He wrote to his brother around the time of this painting, how he had "worked as in a frenzy. Great bun...