{"product_id":"appointed-time-leighton-postcard","title":"The Appointed Time (1890) — Leighton Art Postcard","description":"\u003cp\u003eOutside an ornate wrought-iron gate, a man in a scarlet Georgian military coat and tricorn hat stands very still, a folded note in his hand. Autumn leaves drift along the path; through the gate, a dappled garden waits beyond reach. The monogram EBL 90, lower left, places this painting in 1890 — and \u003cem\u003eThe Appointed Time\u003c\/em\u003e takes its full meaning from one detail: the gate is closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdmund Blair Leighton paints anticipation as a physical weight. The cut of the coat, the angle of the hat, the unread note — all carry the tension of waiting at the boundary of someone else's afternoon. This art postcard, 10×15 cm with a glossy lamination, holds the painting's autumn palette (scarlet, ochre, gravel-grey) at the small scale that suits its private subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/edmund-blair-leighton\"\u003eEdmund Blair Leighton\u003c\/a\u003e series, \u003cem\u003eThe Appointed Time\u003c\/em\u003e is the most reticent of the named works — the painter as a master of stilled emotion. It belongs with \u003cem\u003eSally\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Trysting Place\u003c\/em\u003e as part of the Georgian-Regency strand of the collection, but where those open into garden and bridge, this one closes itself at a gate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Victorian art postcard for letter writers who know what it is to keep an appointment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zolota Ptaha-postcards","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50940554281241,"sku":"Edmund-Blair-Leighton-28","price":22.45,"currency_code":"UAH","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/7276\/4185\/files\/appointed-time-garden-gate-postcard.jpg?v=1786393307","url":"https:\/\/cards-zolota-ptakha.com.ua\/products\/appointed-time-leighton-postcard","provider":"Zolota Ptakha","version":"1.0","type":"link"}