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The central scene on the card is a wrought-iron fence with pink flowers in the foreground and a field with some houses in the background. There's an inset of a man in the upper left. To the right, this poem: "Sing again the song you sang / When we…

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Against a varigated blue background, three jack-o-lanterns with white ghost-robes beneath them are carrying terrified black cats. Each cat has paws extended, whiskers standing on end, and eyes wide open. There are stars in the background, and a witch…

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The card is a reprint of artist Jan Vermeer's "Die Kupplerin," or 'The Procuress.' A woman in yellow with a patterened rug over her lower half is seated, and three men in different outfits surround her. It has been intrepreted as a brothel scene of…

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Floating above the rest of the figures is Mary in red and blue, holding the baby Jesus. They are backed by a golden sky. Around them, figures of both genders and all ages look upon them or in other directions.

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The card is depicting either the Ascension or Transfiguration, but more likely the Ascension. Jesus is above a crowd of people, ascending into the clouds and framed by a golden light. To his left and rigth are two other male figures. Below him is a…

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Jesus is dressed in a white robe with blue cloack as he ascends into the clouds. Around him are many cherubs and angels. Below him, the eleven apostles watch.

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This card depicts the second Station of the Cross. Jesus, wearing an elaborate white robe with red cloak, is carrying the cross on his shoulder. One soldier in a blue uniform is assisting, and three other men watch. One holds a whip in his hand, and…

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Jesus, dressed in red and white with a crown of thorns and his cross, is consoling four women. Two stand behind him, both in blue - one with her hands clasped above her head. Another woman in green and red with a blonde-haried, white-clothed child…

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Jesus, in only a loin cloth, hangs on the cross. "INRI" is on a plaque above his head, and he has a halo. Behind him is a crowd of people. Three women look upon him and weep while a soldier and another man watch. There is a crowd of more faces behind…

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Jesus, in red and blue, has fallen to the ground with the cross on top of him. A man in yellow tries to pull him up while a soldier on a horse points onwards and another in the background carries a ladder. Printed at the bottom is "IX. Jesus tombe…
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