Peacock Greetings Card | Packs of 10/20/50
A high quality greetings card printed on Mohawk fine art paper of a Peacock scowling down from a tree, painted by wildlife painter Peter Paillou (c.1720 – c.1790) in the mid-18th Century.
Peacock Card On Museum-Quality Cardstock
Our bring Peacock greetings card the Peacock to life on the cover of every card, with vivid, richly detailed artwork suited to any occasion, whether that's a birthday, Christmas, a thank you, a get well soon, or simply to say hello. Each card is printed on premium 324gsm Mohawk cardstock using giclée printing, which reproduces the fine detail, natural colouring and texture of the Peacock's plumage and features with exceptional clarity.
This museum-quality, acid-free card is designed to last. The risk of fading is drastically reduced compared with most greetings cards, making it a keepsake worth keeping rather than discarding after the occasion has passed.
These versatile 4in x 6in (102mm x 152mm) cards have a blank interior, so you can personalise your message for any event throughout the year. Every Peacock greetings card comes with a brown craft envelope, adding a rustic charm and a more environmentally friendly alternative to standard white envelopes.
Available in packs of 10, 20 or 50 to suit your needs.
*Please note that the lower-resolution images shown on our website are for illustrative purposes only. The Peacock Greetings Cards themselves are produced using high-resolution imagery for a crisp, clear finish.
Discover the full range of Peacock greetings cards and bring a piece of fine art into everyday correspondence.
Peacock Card Dimensions & Properties
- Size: 4in x 6in (102mm x 152mm).
- Card: 324gsm Mohawk fine art card stock featuring a design on the front cover.
- Interior: Blank, so you can personalise and send the card for any occasion.
- Envelopes: Brown craft envelopes.
- Quantity: Available in packs of 10, 20 or 50 greetings cards.
The Taylor White Collection's 18th Century Watercolour Painting of the Peacock
Our Peacock comes from the original collection of Taylor White F.R.S. (1701-1772). In the mid-18th Century, White commissioned the celebrated wildlife painter Peter Paillou (c.1720 - c.1790) to paint a number of specimens for his collection. The watercolour of the Peacock was among the works Paillou produced for White.
The original Peacock watercolour is finely painted, with remarkable detail, allowing the plumage and features of the Peacock to be seen in stunning clarity. This depth of colour and detail has been captured brilliantly through the digitisation process and is replicated here for your home or office decor, or as a thoughtful gift.
Taylor White, a barrister by profession and later Puisne Judge for Chester, was a keen naturalist and Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1725. Over nearly forty years from the 1730s until his death in 1772, he commissioned 938 watercolours of birds, mammals, fish and reptiles, including the Peacock, now held at McGill University and painted almost entirely by two artists, Charles Collins and Peter Paillou. White was a founding governor of The Foundling Hospital in London and served as its treasurer for the last twenty-five years of his life. His well-connected social and scientific circle gave his artists exceptional access to specimens: his second wife, Frances Armstrong, was the daughter of General John Armstrong, Governor of the Tower of London and Chief Royal Engineer, and White's artists painted the lions, wolves and other animals of the Royal Menagerie there. He also borrowed specimens from the British Museum, and received rare and exotic birds from friends, including the naturalist Joseph Banks, who sailed to Newfoundland in 1766, and William Harrison, who brought back specimens from voyages testing his father's marine chronometer.
About The Peacock
Peter Paillou’s 18th Century watercolour study of the peacock, from the Taylor White Collection.
The bird properly known as the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is native to the Indian subcontinent, though introduced populations are now found in parts of Europe, southern Africa and Australia. The name peacock belongs to the male, whose iridescent blue neck and long train of eyespotted feathers are raised and fanned in courtship. That famous train is not the tail at all, but a set of greatly elongated upper tail coverts.
Paillou painted birds in Britain during the middle decades of the 18th Century. His work forms part of the Taylor White Collection, assembled by the naturalist Taylor White and now held by McGill University Library, in which each subject is recorded plainly and precisely as a specimen rather than an ornament.
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