Tawny Owl - Card

In Lord Tennyson’s poem, The Owl (1830) he describes the owl as having,”five wits”Not only having them but,”warming” them!The concept of five outward wits (senses, taste smell, etc) and five inward wits (“common wit”, “imagination”, “fantasy”, “estimation”, and “memory”.) came to medieval thinking from Classical philosophy. but in Early Modern English, “wit” and “sense” overlapped in meaning. Both could mean a faculty of perception. So for the owl in Tennyson’s poem to have five wits suggest it was in position of considerable mental agility!

Watercolour illustration by Daniel Mackie. Printed in the united Kingdom on High quality 330gsm card.

This card is FSC certified meaning you can be assured the material used has come from a forest approved by the Forest Stewardship Council, an international non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting responsible forestry.

Cards are blank inside so can be used for any purpose, such as Thank-you cards, Birthdays or Christmas.

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