Vice President and Mrs. Cheney Christmas 2003 card
Origsize: 5.375" x 7"; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 600 DPI
Name/Title
Vice President and Mrs. Cheney Christmas 2003 card
Entry/Object ID
2023.23.05
Scope and Content
Vice President and Mrs. Cheney Christmas 2003 card
A. Christmas card watercolor print designed by Thomas William Jones for Dick and Lynne Cheyney when he was Vice President of the United States in 2003.
Painting features a formal livingroom with light green walls. Fireplace to the right with a fire, garland with berries and a large red bow in the center over the mantle. Mirror above. Two matching low back upholstered chair to the sides. Bottom right corner has a metal table with glass top and two books, blue on the bottom and red at the top. Left has a large branch with red berries in a tall glass vase on a wooden table.
The next room which may be a wide hallway has mustard and cream striped wall paper, Hepplewhite style table with a evergreen and berry arrangement on top and painting above by Nancy Lorenz in her Sea and Sky series.
Third room in view appears to have a dining room set.
Horizontal fold
Inside:
Separate paper attached at the very top of the card with a light grey border.
Top:
"And if a sparrow cannot fall / to the ground without His notice, /
it is probable that an empire / can rise without His aid?"
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
JUNE 28, 1787
Bottom:
Embossed Vice Presidential seal
Our best wishes to you and your family
in this holiday season
and throughout the year ahead.
Printed signatures: Lynne Cheney Dick Cheney
Back:
The Vice President's House / at Christmas / 2003
Sea and Sky by Nancy Lorenz (painting in 2nd room)
Thomas William Jones (copyright) 2003
Surrounded by a block: Paid for by the Republican National Committee, Authorized by Richard B. Cheney
Crown logo
Hallmark
B. Envelope
Front top left corner:
THE VICE PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE
ONE OBSERVATORY CIRCLE, NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, D.C. 2008
Back flap:
Vice Presidential embossed seal