A chromolithographic birthday card. Australia, 1880s.

Embossed chromolithographic card, 125 x 55 mm, printed recto only; the text reads: ‘With best wishes for a happy birthday’; unused, in very good condition.

Found in a distressed family photograph album presented by Alfred William Goddard (Ballarat 1857-1910 Prahran) to his second wife Sarah Jane (Fountain) (Ballarat 1858-1925 Richmond), in 1887.