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A 3.5x5.5" vintage half tone photo postcard from the estate of a vintage postcard collector. This was part of a huge collection of antique postcards.
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Photo Overview
This antique Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette postcard shows a richly colored artist’s view of Pickering Tor in Dovedale, Derbyshire, England, with the dramatic white limestone crag rising steeply above the River Dove and lush autumnal foliage, while a solitary bird stands by the tranquil riverbank in the foreground. The scene captures the famous English beauty spot in the Peak District from the water’s edge, emphasizing the towering cliff face and its cave-like opening beneath, with the painterly style and calm reflections giving the card strong display appeal for collectors of British landscape postcards.
Pickering Tor is one of the most celebrated rock formations in Dovedale, a limestone valley cut by the River Dove on the Staffordshire–Derbyshire border and now part of the Peak District National Park. The area became a classic tourist destination in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, heavily promoted in guidebooks and by railway companies, and Tuck’s Oilette series helped popularize romantic painted views like this for armchair travelers. Add this scarce early Tuck’s Derbyshire Dales postcard to your collection today before another serious Dovedale or Tuck’s specialist spots it.
Text Present
Front lower left:
Pickering Tor
Dovedale.
Front lower right (small print near border):
OILETTE
Back top center:
POST CARD.
Back upper left, manuscript in pencil:
1356
Back left vertical:
RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS "OILETTE" Regd. Postcard 1356. "Derbyshire Dales."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN.
Back upper middle:
FOR POSTAGE, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ONLY,
THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Back upper right (inside box with crest and artist palette device):
[Raphael Tuck & Sons trade mark]
Back bottom left:
Printed in England.
Print analysis:
This is a divided back Raphael Tuck & Sons "Oilette" art postcard, series 1356 "Derbyshire Dales," printed in England. Oilette cards are chromolithographed or halftone color prints reproducing original paintings, not photographic RPPCs. The divided back and royal warrant style place it circa 1904-1914. As a period-printed card from the original artwork issued within a few years of publication, it is analogous to a Type 1 postcard, but not a photographic print.
Condition: All postcards we sell are in fair to excellent vintage condition. Please see photos for any tears, folds, smudges, or other age damage that may be present.
