Autograph – Hans Thoma (1839–1924), postcard with handwritten lines and autograph signature addressed to the collector, 1922

Autograph – Hans Thoma (1839–1924), postcard with handwritten lines and autograph signature addressed to the collector, 1922.
Printed postcard (approx. 14 x 9 cm, slightly bumped) featuring a printed image of a putto inside a monster's mouth and the monogram "HT," with a printed poem below; dated by hand at the top edge "Karlsruhe April 1922." At the bottom edge, a handwritten inscription in blue ink: "This [...] cheerful little verse has accompanied me through half my life—now, in my ninety-third year, no other comes to mind that I would wish to sign in my own hand—and I ask you, Frau Oberstleutnant Hoffmann, [...] to accept it. Respectfully, Hans Thoma." Addressed and marked with the sender's details on the front by a third party; postally used. Hans Thoma, painter and graphic artist; professor at the Grand Ducal Art School in Karlsruhe from 1899.