Why Are There Dead Birds on Victorian Christmas Cards?

By A Mystery Man Writer

One of the more curious recurring images on 19th-century Christmas cards is the dead bird, which may symbolize mortality, or something more ritualistic.

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A Victorian Christmas Card Of Two Birds Looking At A Poster Of A Bag Of Birds For Christmas By English School, Victorian Xmas Cards

A Victorian Christmas Card Of Two Birds Looking At A Poster Of A Bag Of Birds For Christmas By English School, Victorian Xmas Cards

Ethnoornithology - Why Are There Dead Birds on Victorian Christmas Cards? by Allison Meier (2016). www.hyperallergic.com/344920/why-are-there-dead-birds-on-victorian-xmas-cards One of the more curious recurring images on 19th-century Christmas cards

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Freaky Christmas cards – Les vilaines curiosités

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