COMMENTS TO MY PAGE "ART POSTCARDS WITH A RAILWAY MOTIVE"
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Oilette
The Oilette postcards from Raphael Tuck & Sons, England, were a prestigious early‑20th‑century series, featuring postcards that mimicked miniature oil paintings through a printing process called oleography. Oilette was a trademarked term to describe postcards printed to look like small oil paintings—earning descriptors such as “veritable miniature oil paintings”. Raphael Tuck & Sons (founded 1866 by Raphael Tuch, later anglicized to Tuck) played a pivotal role in standardizing the modern picture‑postcard format around 1898, combining imagery on the front with message/address space on the back. The Oilette line debuted in 1903 and became their best‑selling style, encompassing tens of thousands of designs, including landscapes, cityscapes, garden themes, historical scenes, and humorous or themed collections like sporting series
June 15th, 2025
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