Victorian Postcard — Cavalier and Court Lady, Raphael Tuck

A Raphael Tuck & Fils chromolithograph postcard: a boy dressed as a Cavalier in a grey-gold doublet with a lace collar and feathered cap stands hand in hand with a girl in a ruffled red and pink court gown, both posed as if for a costume portrait.

Where the other Raphael Tuck & Fils cards in the shop show country scenes, this one is staged like a costume portrait — a good fit for a theatre-history or fancy-dress collection.