Victorian Postcard — Children Dancing Around the Maypole

Five children in their Sunday whites and blues circle a tall maypole strung with coloured ribbons, a half-timbered village and a bookshop sign visible behind them. Helen Jackson's ‘The Maypole’ is the liveliest of her postcards — all motion, ribbon and spring light.

A natural choice for a May Day card, a folk-festival theme, or simply the postcrosser whose album needs more dancing figures.