There was a fine gentle wind, and Mr. Pickwick's hat rolled sportively before it. The wind puffed, and Mr. Pickwick puffed, and the hat rolled over and over as merrily as a lively porpoise in a strong tide. - Chapter iv. – Works

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There was a fine gentle wind, and Mr. Pickwick's hat rolled sportively before it. The wind puffed, and Mr. Pickwick puffed, and the hat rolled over and over as merrily as a lively porpoise in a strong tide. - Chapter iv.

Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons (English, 1886–1960)

English

about 1905

Medium/Technique Chromolithograph on card stock.

Dimensions Vertical: 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 Number2014.4917

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsPrints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront: In Dickens Land.
The Pickwick Papers.
Back: divided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" [Regd.] Postcard 6046.
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN.

ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2014, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)