Stretching to a vanishing point where the ancient stones of Windsor Castle shimmer in warm afternoon light, the Long Walk's broad gravel carriageway is flanked by a cathedral of mature English oaks and chestnuts in this sumptuously hand-colored Edwardian postcard — a scene of such unhurried, aristocratic grandeur it feels less like a photograph and more like a memory of England itself. The Long Walk, originally planted by Charles II in 1685 and replanted by George III, runs nearly three miles from Windsor Castle to Snow Hill in Windsor Great Park, and this early Valentine's Series card captures it at its leafy peak before the elm disease of the twentieth century stripped many of the original trees. Published by Valentine & Sons, the premier British postcard house of the Edwardian golden age, the card back bears the "Valentine's Series — Famous Throughout the World" double-globe logo and notes "Printed in Great Britain" — a format used roughly 1902–1910. A dealer price penciled in the upper right corner reads $2.50. Unused and clean, this card is a fine example of the chromolithographic craftsmanship that made Valentine's the most collected British publisher of the era.