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[POTTER, BEATRIX, illustrator]. [Greeting Card]. London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner, n.d. [1890]. Chromolithographed greeting card depicting two mice nesting inside a coconut shell, nibbling on a piece of coconut; printed text on verso: "A merry Christmas and a happy New Year." Approximately 80 x 100 mm., oval shape cut to size, as issued, slight rubbing at extremities. Printed on the verso is: "No. 185."
Hildesheimer & Faulkner issued another version of this drawing as a card having a fold-down flap which, when closed, conceals the mice from view, and when lifted, reveals the mice on the lower half and the caption inside the flap. The version with the flap has the firm's identifying number as "No. 208." Other versions were also printed showing the mice in different positions.
Hildesheimer & Faulkner issued another version of this drawing as a card having a fold-down flap which, when closed, conceals the mice from view, and when lifted, reveals the mice on the lower half and the caption inside the flap. The version with the flap has the firm's identifying number as "No. 208." Other versions were also printed showing the mice in different positions.