Sir Henry Cole, who lived in the village of Shere, Surrey, had unanswered post "piling up" in the run up to Christmas 1843, according to Shere Museum curator Marsha Walton. "His invention was ...

The picture shows the first card created by J.C. Horsley, who put into design an idea generated by Sir Henry Cole Within a few years, several other prominent Victorians had simply copied Sir Cole ...