Milking Time, Irish farmyard with cows and pigs, circa 1903
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1903 (Early)
About this postcard
A farmyard at milking time: two brown-and-white cows stand in a straw-strewn yard between whitewashed, thatched cottages. A woman in a red shawl and white apron pauses by a wooden fence, while a second figure in green stoops beside a dark cow. Chickens peck in the foreground and pink pigs root at the right, with green hills and a cloudy sky behind. The scene belongs to Raphael Tuck & Sons' Irish Life series, which presented rural Irish work as orderly and picturesque. The thatched cottages, whitewash, and mixed livestock suggest a small holding where dairy work, poultry, and pigs belonged to the same household economy.
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Postcard record
| Publisher | Raphael Tuck & Sons |
|---|---|
| Series | "OILETTE" [Regd.] Postcard 9354. Series IV. |
| Condition | Good |
| Notes | White border with worn, chipped corners and light edge wear; small blemish near upper right; faint red cursive artist's signature "R. Lillie" at lower left. No postmark. Undivided back ("FOR ADDRESS ONLY.") with Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" [Regd.] Postcard 9354, Series IV imprint, printed in England; light soiling and bumped/creased corners, no handwriting. |
Cite this card
Milking Time, Irish farmyard with cows and pigs, circa 1903, postcard, c. 1903. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/milking-time-irish-farmyard-with-cows-and-pigs-circa-1903. Accessed November 2, 2026.