Bertel Thorvaldsen's famous Dying Lion of Lucerne — Mark Twain called it "the most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world" — lies wounded upon his rock niche in this early 1905 chromo card, a broken lance piercing his flank and a French lily shield crushed beneath his paw, commemorating the Swiss Guards massacred at the Tuileries in 1792. The rich, hand-tinted colour lithography, printed by the CTK house (card no. 1565), conveys the monument's sandstone warmth with surprising fidelity for the era. Mailed from Lucerne on 14 June 1905 — the postmark reads "14 VI 05" — this little card crossed the Alps to reach a recipient named Marguerite at an address in Vienna's Hietzing district (Österreich, Hietzing, Gloriettegasse), bearing a bright red Swiss 10-centime postage due stamp.