Two sisters, Ethel and Catherine (Kate) Tucker were born in Bermuda towards the end of the 19th century. They inherited their artistic talent from their mother and both went to New York to study.
They first had their paintings printed as postcards in Germany and these are hard to find. However, when World War I ended they looked for other printers and chose J.Salmon of Sevenoaks, Kent and it was they who printed postcards and other material for them for the rest of their lives. |
No.13 A Garden in Pembroke
C.F. Tucker
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No.16 Walsingham
C.F. Tucker |
| They first had their paintings printed as postcards in Germany and these are hard to find. However, when World War I ended they looked for other printers and chose J.Salmon of Sevenoaks, Kent and it was they who printed postcards and other material for them for the rest of their lives. ; |
No.24 Somerset
Ethel Tucker
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No.83 is signed by Ethel Tucker and
shows a Passion Flower.Its reverse has the Passion Flower legend. |
No.36 Paget Shore, Bermuda
Ethel Tucker |
| There are 100 postcards to be found, but a few seem to be much rarer than others. In England I have paid from 75p to £6 each. U.S. dealers sell them for less because there are many more to be found over there. They were printed for a remarkably long period of time during the 20th century right up until computer numbering started and after the death of the first sister, Ethel, in 1962. The postcards appeal to collectors of Bermuda, Gardens, Flowers, J. Salmon Ltd., etc. Here are just a few of their cards which might tempt you to make a collection. |
No.41 Somerset Bridge
Ethel Tucker |
No.54 The Rectory - Pembroke, Bermuda
C.F. Tucker |
No.84 is unsigned and shows Lilies
which are very popular in
Bermuda.
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The Tucker Sisters
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I hope you have enjoyed looking at some of my cards. Our Queen Elizabeth has some of the original watercolours painted by these ladies at Sandringham. Her uncle, the Duke of Windsor bought some when, as the Prince of Wales, he visited Bermuda. His mother, Queen Mary, liked them and bought some too.
If you would like to know more about Ethel and Kate you can go to my website to read an article that was written about them in a Bermudan magazine, how and where I found my information, a checklist, etc. November 2006 ~ Jean Cullen
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