R5201s

Christmas

Virgin & Child by Jan Gossaert

Fred Collins Signature

Collins Cover Announcement 

Christmas ReIigious - 2013

"O Little Town of Bethlehem"

This is the seventh year in which my hand painted cachet is based on a traditional Christmas song. The words for "O Little Town of Bethlehem" were written in 1868 by the rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia. Phillips Brooks was an Episcopalian priest who visited Bethlehem in 1865. Thiié years later he wrote lifs poem to which organist Lewis-Redner added music-, and a favorite Christmas carol came into existence.

My individually hand painted cachet depicts a beautiful manger scene with mother and child as an angel and stable animals look on. Lovely. "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Collins #R5201 -$14.00.

Winter 2020 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 29 R5201 — 2013 Christmas Religious — (10-11-13)

This hand painted cachet is set in a manger in the little town of Bethlehem. The newly born babe is flanked by an angel on one side and stable animals — sheep and cow — on the other. Note the star-filled sky and the small town in the distance. This cover captures the true meaning and spirit of Christmas