Ernest and Mary Hemingway Christmas Card Signed by Mary Hemingway.

Rare Christmas card of Ernest and Mary Hemingway, inscribed by Mary to Taylor Williams. A circa 1953 folding Christmas card depicting Ernest Hemingway holding a cat and Mary Hemingway sitting on the porch of Finca Vigia holding another cat with a dog at her side. The inside of the card is printed, "Merry Christmas Ernest and Mary Hemingway." Inscribed on the inside by Mary, the card reads in full, "Our dearest Colonel - Clara Spiegel gave me a fill-in on you when I was in Chicago in September and from what she said, you're flourishing - also surrounded by beautiful red-heads. Watch yourself boy. Saw Hveill H. Ike yesterday and and gave you brief but big build-up. We leave here - Paris - in about a week for Venice - address: Gritti Palace Hotel - Grand Canal - Venice. Let us hear from you - Papa shooting pigeons magnificently in Cuba before we left - me, third-rate. Dear Taylor - we always miss you much love. Mary." The recipient was Hemingway’s great friend, Taylor “Beartracks” Williams, the well-known Sun Valley hunting and fishing guide. Hemingway’s friendship with Williams dated back to their meeting in Idaho in the late 1930s, after which Hemingway frequently returned to Ketchum before eventually settling there. Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908–1986) was an American journalist and writer who became Ernest Hemingway’s fourth wife in 1946 and remained his partner until his death in 1961. Having worked as a foreign correspondent during World War II, she brought professional experience and organizational skill to Hemingway’s later life, accompanying him during his final years in Cuba, Europe, and Idaho. After Hemingway’s death, Mary Welsh Hemingway played a central role in shaping his posthumous reputation by editing and overseeing the publication of several unfinished works. In fine condition. The piece measures 7 inches by 5 inches.