The medieval timber-framing, crenellated turrets, and glittering glass-roofed covered walkway of Windsor Castle's Cloisters fill this early Edwardian hand-colored postcard with extraordinary architectural texture — a heraldic lion statue standing sentinel on the carved balustrade in the foreground as copper-domed towers and clustered chimneys crowd the skyline behind. The Cloisters of St George's Chapel, Windsor, form one of the most intimate and historically charged corners of the castle complex, home for centuries to the Minor Canons and lay clerks who sang the daily services for the English monarchy; the half-timbered buildings visible here date largely to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Published by Valentine & Sons under the earlier undivided-back format (back reads simply "Post Card / Printed in Great Britain / This space may be used for Communication / The Address to be written here"), this card predates the divided-back regulation change of 1902 in Britain — or represents the very earliest divided-back period, making it one of the oldest in this batch. A detail image reveals the card number J297.X with what appears to be a Valentine's "JV" printer's mark in a circle. Dealer pencil price "X-350" noted on reverse. Unused and unposted.