Sheep amble through the sun-dappled lanes of Puddletown, Dorset, while two farmhands pause in easy conversation outside a thatched inn — painted with warmth and confidence by artist A.R. Bridgeman in a scene that feels lifted straight from the pages of a Thomas Hardy novel, which is fitting: Puddletown is, as Tuck's own reverse text notes, the "Weatherbury" of Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd. This unposted Oilette (Postcard 7765) from the "Picturesque Counties — Dorset" series is printed in England and remains in excellent, clean condition — a superb example of Edwardian topographical art postcard publishing at its finest, and a card of genuine literary-geographic interest to Hardy collectors and Dorset enthusiasts alike.