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[Christmas Card] “Going For” The Bear. May Peace Be Thine This Xmas Day

c1880s. Double-sided colour lithograph, 11.1 x 13.8cm. Minor paper loss to image verso.

Text includes “Life has cares and many sorrows, and they stand about our path as the grim Australian warrior in the way. Face and fight them like a Briton, they will vanish in their wrath. And the sun of peace shine on your Christmas Day. Gibbs, Shallard & Co.” One side depicts an Aboriginal warrior with a border decorated with shields, spears, clubs and boomerangs. The other side includes a fish, lizard and seagull.

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Item #CL194-55

Price (AUD): $1,650.00  other currencies