Why are Nature’s beauties felt? Oh tis thine in her we see! Why has musie power to melt? Oh! Because it speaks like thee. All that’s sweet, by Love’s decree, Has been made resembling thee! Thomas Moore

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Why are Nature’s beauties felt? Oh tis thine in her we see! Why has musie power to melt? Oh! Because it speaks like thee. All that’s sweet, by Love’s decree, Has been made resembling thee! Thomas Moore

Samuel L. Schmucker (American, 1879–1921)
Publisher: Detroit Publishing Company

American

Medium/Technique Color lithograph with metallic pigment on card stock

Dimensions Vertical: Overall: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder

Accession Number2012.7440

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront: COPR. DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.
Back: divided. Mint.
"PHOSTINT" CARD MADE ONLY BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.
TRADE MARK - REG U.S. PAT. OFF.

ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2012, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 2012)