Rendered in the delicate hand-tinted lithographic palette of the Edwardian golden age of postcards, this view of the Viceregal Lodge in Dublin's Phoenix Park radiates patrician calm — a sweeping lawn punctuated by formal circular flower beds leads the eye to the neoclassical portico of the residence that served as the official home of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and, after independence, became Áras an Uachtaráin, the Irish President's official residence. Published by the London & North Western Railway Company as part of their promotional series encouraging travel to Ireland "via Holyhead," the card is a rare intersection of railway ephemera and Irish topographical history, produced by McCormack & Co. Ltd. and printed in Saxony — the standard of excellence for colour lithography before WWI disrupted German printing. The back advertisement boasts over 5½ million cards sold in the L&NW series at 2d. per set of six.