A group of elegantly dressed men and women in eighteenth-century costume stroll and converse along the tree-lined Mall in St. James's Park, London. Tall trees frame the scene, and a small dog stands in the foreground. Thomas Gainsborough painted the park as a fashionable promenade in the 1780s, when the Mall was a place for London society to see and be seen.
Wide cream border around a black-and-white halftone reproduction of a painting; no printed text or handwriting on the front. No postmark. Divided-back art reproduction card; no stamp, no address, no message. Printed caption on the back identifies the painting. Pencil dealer stock number and price "112 / 1.00" in the top-right corner of the back. Light foxing/toning on the cream stock.
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The Mall in St. James's Park, Gainsborough, London, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1935. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-mall-in-st-jamess-park-gainsborough-london-circa-1935. Accessed November 2, 2026.
