4.00 USD
Printed right around 1900, this wonderful image was almost certainly from a series of four, representing queens of the four suits, and done in a style that was very popular and coming out of Vienna at that time. We are personally wondering if the artist might have been inspired by Spanish dancer, Caroline Otero. There is a resemblance, and she was, more than once, treated as the Queen of Spades on postcard images. The sender wrote a short poem on the face of the card, "Life is a rose, friendship forever," etc. Not being anywhere near fluent in French, it only takes a couple of words, difficult for us to make out in cursive, to really mess up our ability to translate, but you get the idea :) Old fashioned? yep...Charming? definitely :) Excellent scrapbook item, or a really wonderful Valentine's day offering.
Follow the link below if you'd care to hear what delta blues maestro Robert Johnson had to say about his "Little Queen of Spades." But do we digress? Always :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NIk9cDY54Y
A very nice card. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
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