Arthur Thiele Cat Couple Promenade Postcard

A grey cat in a black bicorne hat and red military coat offers his arm to an orange cat in a pale green Empire-waist gown, her pink fan half-open, as the pair strolls beneath a tree on a cloudy afternoon. Arthur Thiele sets this couple a century or two back in time, and the costumes carry the story — courtship staged as courtly ritual, unhurried and a little formal.

Of the artist's romantic pairs in this batch, this one leans most theatrical — a costume-drama pick for an anniversary card or a history-loving postcrossing partner.

• Glossy reprint, 10×15 cm
• 350 g/m postcard stock