EPHEMERA : POSTCARDS

Title: 'Dear Harp of my Country'
Object Name: Postcard
Date Made: 1900 [circa]
1900 [circa]
Description: Printed colour postcard showing an illustration of a young girl, seated and wearing a white dress with a blue sash, playing a large decorative harp. The background shows a green landscape, with a wolfhound, round tower and the sea and sunset. Printed lettering along top of postcard; 'Dear Harp of my Country.' Postcard has a gold border with shamrock motifs in the corners. This postcard was sent to Miss Dundee, Ballymena. Postal stamp Carnmoney, 1909.
Materials: card
Catalogue Number: HOYFM.2015.226

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