Items matching christmas

christmas: the supposed anniversary of the birth of Jesus, although since there were baby lambs it was more likely at Easter. Many of these christmas pictures would make good xmas clip-art or would be good on the front of a christmas card.

Synonyms: xmas, noel

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Specimen of the Würzburg Missal. Written about 1470 or 1480.

The National and Domestic History of England Vol 2 (1878)

This full-page plate occurs next to the discussion on the invention of printing, and the dramatic effect it to reduce the power of the Church. The plate does not appear to be mentioned in the text. T [...]

Keywords: calligraphy, colour, christmas, easter, gothic letters, religion

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-03-07

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Scriptorium Monk at Work

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Scriptorium Monk at Work (from Lacroix.) A monk copies a text from a large book on his writing-table.

Keywords: people, books, scholars, christmas

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-21

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Cherubs on a book

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Two tiny cherubs on the spine of an a book. They face away from us.

Keywords: cherubs, books, nudity, bare feet, chapterheads, christmas

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-21

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6.—Urizen in the Womb-like Globe

First Book of Urizen (1794)

Urizen floats naked in the darkness. Full-page illustration without text.

Keywords: occult, people, nudity, bare feet, beards, christmas, poetry, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-17

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The Condition of the Turkey

Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Perhaps Thanksgiving or Christmas is approaching, because the farm-boy is looking at the turkeys with interest and anticipation. “From the Picture by P. R. Morris, A.R.A., exhibited at the Dudley Gal [...]

Keywords: turkeys, people, youth, farms, christmas, thanksgiving

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-29

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Snowball Fight!

Chatterbox Annual (1916)

This illustration, taken from the front cover of the 1916 Chatterbox annual, features a picture of a crafty boy using an umbrella to shield himself from snowballs thrown at him by other children.

Keywords: children, people, illustrations for children, snow, umbrellas, colour, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-12-08

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They knelt on the seat, and fired deliberately

Chatterbox Annual (1916)

It’s winter, and the horses are pulling the sleigh over the snow and through the forest, with wolves in hot pursuit. The young pepole (teens?) in the back are firing thri rifles at the wolves. “Annie [...]

Keywords: horses, carts, people, guns, wolves, winter, snow, trees, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-16

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Children with their teacher

Chatterbox Annual (1916)

A group of boys and girls surround a grown-up woman, perhaps their grandmother or perhaps their teacher, or perhaps both. The children are holding books; perhaps it is a reading lesson, or perhaps the [...]

Keywords: children, people, books, illustrations for children, greyscale, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-12-08

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Frontispiece: Too Old for a Stocking

Chatterbox Annual (1916)

The frontispiece to the Chatterbox 1916 Annual shows a boy sitting in bead, wearing striped pyjamas, looking at another younger boy in his dressing-gown and slippers who has entered the bedroom carryi [...]

Keywords: christmas, children, people, illustrations for children, santa claus, interiors, bedrooms, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-12-09

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Stokesay Castle

The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

“Shropshire is one of the most picturesque, as it is one of the most interesting, of English counties, possessing an interest of its own, as being the border-land between England and Wales, and associ [...]

Keywords: castles, manorstowers, water, trees, christmas

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-08-18

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Prestbury Old Hall

The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

The best picture I could find online of this building (or what seems to be the same building) has a caption saying “it used to be the Priest’s House and is thought to date from the year 1498.” If thi [...]

Keywords: buildings, architecture, windows, christmas

Places shown: Prestbury; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-08-31

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Edgar’s Gateway, Worcester

The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

The engraving (signed Whymper) is of Edgar Tower, also known as St Mary’s Gate, an arched and defended stone tower guarding a gateway in the city wall. It was thought to have been build in the 10th C [...]

Keywords: gates, towers, entrances, people, windows, christmas

Places shown: Worcester; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2006-06-14

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