Christmas Nativity – based on a Vintage French Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Victorian – Archival Quality John Henry Newman and Our Lady of Lourdes

and Our Lady of Lourdes on the other

It is a German engraving

The space between the children allows you to enter into the painting and pray with the little seers

Pope John Paul IIOriginal image is out-of-copyright

" and so his symbol is a wrench

Christmas Nativity – based on a Vintage French Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Victorian – Archival Quality John Henry Newman and Our Lady of LourdesThis exquisite Nativity was produced by the French holy card company, Bouasse Lebel, in the late 1800s. Heavenly graces shine through the star, highlighting Mary. She and the child Jesus, with their richer colors, stand out from than the rest of the picture because of the special relationship they have. Joseph humbly yet protectively stands in the background, wearing his traditional brown and green, holding a staff showing his protectiveness and his