The Fate of the Rose Postcard — Edmund Blair Leighton, 1921

Painted in 1921, one of the final years of his career, The Fate of the Rose finds Leighton in his characteristic Edwardian garden: a young woman in white moves among red and white roses, basket in hand, the act of choosing a bloom caught in soft light. The title echoes a recurring theme in Leighton's late work — the transience of beauty, the moment before the flower is cut. This art postcard at 10×15 cm, 350 g/m² glossy, brings one of his last garden paintings into correspondence. Part of the Edmund Blair Leighton collection.