Christmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering a letter
Christmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering good wishes. Traditionally chimney sweeps used to go door to door wishing (and hopefully bringing) folk good luck. Sweeps are associated with hearth and home, and thus domestic bliss. Chimney Sweeps became a sign of good health and prosperity
Picture No
10909775
Media ID
46573138
Size
3200px x 4871px
(3.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Painting by Lauder, reproduced on a Raphael Tuck Christmas' seriespostcard
Date
1904
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