Early Victorian Etched and (Many) Hand-colored Calling Cards - Set of 19 carved rower in boat " On reverse just the

" On reverse just the address of the recipient

then a series of embossed and lightly inked vertically running lines

with a couple of stray pencil marks on the lower part of the drawing

8" from tail to beak

But I've searched and searched and not found another quite like it

Early Victorian Etched and (Many) Hand-colored Calling Cards - Set of 19 carved rower in boat " On reverse just theI just found a small lot of these antique calling, or compliments cards, which I am loving for their finely etched designs, bits of poetry, and for the hand coloring done on many, more carefully in some cases than it others! Here is a whole bunch of them (the first two photos document the whole set included). Fun things to drop as little gifts I think, or to frame up a set together. Each card approx 2 3 4" x 1 3 4", give or take. Stains and spotting