The Circling Year (page 3/3)

On the Serpentine

A night-time Winter scene in Victorian London: it’s the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, and it’s frozen over with ice. People are skating, carrying burning torches to light their way; in the foreground a man sells roast chestnuts; someone is pushing a passenger on a sleigh, warmly wrapped [...] [more...] [$]

Decorative initial letter C with holly and icicles and snow

A decorative drop cap letter C for Christmas, with a sprig of holly and snow on the C and icicles hanging down, engraved so it will reproduce at any size. [more...] [$]

The Christmas Wagon

A covered wagon, drawn by four pairs of horses, crosses a snow-covered stone bridge over a river in this chromolithograph. I’m not sure whether the wagon brings gifts or relatives or is coming to take away naughty children, as the book doesn’t seem [...] [more...] [$]

Winter Games

A group of children are playing, i think on an icy pond; two of them have just fallen over. They are dressed in Victorian middle-class clothing, with caps and coats and striped trousers and boots or sturdy shooes. A girl with a bonnet and skirt looks on. In the background a woman walks a child and a black dog, and we also [...] [more...] [$]

Bless the Lord O My Soul

A late Victorian over-the-top feat of typography, with five colour printing. [more...] [$]

Hymn to the Seasons

This stylized wreath of ivy includes allusions to all four seasons, as well as the words “Hymn to the Seasons”. It almost fills a page, and the following pages contain the hymn so mentioned. [more...] [$]