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Christmas Card: Cometh now the gracious One
Louis Prang & Company (American, active 1860–1897)
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 13.2 × 16.2 cm (5 3/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Louis Prang Company
Accession NumberM8465
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPen and ink: 13 colors
InscriptionsUpper center, in image: A Merry Christmas!
Lower center, in image: Cometh now the gracious time when the angels sing again / As of old their song sublime: "Peace on earth, good will to men" / From our hearts the blessed song ringeth clear and soareth free, / For the angels, sweet and strong, are Hope and Faith and Charity.
Lower right, in image: E. S. P.
Verso, upper center, in graphite: 1189 13 colors
Lower center, in image: Cometh now the gracious time when the angels sing again / As of old their song sublime: "Peace on earth, good will to men" / From our hearts the blessed song ringeth clear and soareth free, / For the angels, sweet and strong, are Hope and Faith and Charity.
Lower right, in image: E. S. P.
Verso, upper center, in graphite: 1189 13 colors
Provenance1892, gift of Louis Prang & Company, Boston, to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: March 15, 1892)