1700's watercolour illustration of an ostrich recently dressed up for Christmas. I recently discovered the work of Robert Jacob Gordon (born 1743). There is something so rustic and real about it - you will be seeing more of his work in my postcards. This is a Christmas Postcard - postcards offer a tangible, quick and more cost effective way to remind someone that you are thinking of them. . Postcards were a popular was to send cost effective greetings in the Victorian era.