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Printer’s Ornament with harp and vineThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A printer’s ornament from the end of a chapter or section. This one shows a lyre or harp together with vine.

Keywords: ornaments, music, christmas, musical instruments, harps, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2004-06-15

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Titlepage Illustration: The Faithful Guardian.The People’s Gallery of Engravings (1844)

A small child, presumably a little girl, wearing a frilly lace bonnet, a dress, white stockings and tiny slippers, sits or half-kneels on the floor clutching a small dog—a puppy judging by the size of [...]

Keywords: children, infants, animals, dogs, cute, affection, christmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-12-13

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Vintage gold circular leaf border or frameThe Circling Year (1870)

Today people looking at this circular wreath design stamped in gold would think first of Christmas: there’s holly and ivy and what could pass for ornaments. But if you look more closely it represents [...]

Keywords: borders, circular, gold, winter, seasons, christmas, xmas, frames, cartici, ornaments, frames, holly, ivy, mistletoe, leaves, foliate borders, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-01-20

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Holly WreathThe Old Peabody Pew (1907)

This detail from the front cover of the book is a green holly wreath with red berries, a symbol of Christmas.

Keywords: christmas, wreaths, borders, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-06

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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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Frontispiece, Judges V. 20.Astrology (1806)

The engraving opposite the title page of this erly 19th century (1806) book on Astrology clearly tries to place a Biblical and Christian veneer over the proceedings. It falls perhaps a little wide of [...]

Keywords: astrology, temples, people, zodiac, spooky, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-08-23

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Sitting in the pewThe Old Peabody Pew (1907)

This detail from the front cover of the book shows five people sitting in a row during a church service. They are wearing old-fashioned clothing. A floral border of mistletoe surrounds the image.

Keywords: people, churches, religion, interiors, costumes, christmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-06

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Children with their teacherChatterbox 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 StockingChatterbox Annual (1916)

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

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

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-12-09

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Frontispiece: DenchworthQuiet Roads and Sleepy Villages (1914)

“Denchworth [...] is one of the prettiest villages hereabouts. What little there is of it consists of one short street lined mostly with timber framed and straw-thatched cottages. As one advances from [...]

Keywords: streets, villages, houses, thatched cottagesstreets, colour, christmas

Places shown: Denchworth; Berkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-27

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Music book and wreathsFamous Composers and their Music (1901)

Sheet music (score) with wreaths, perhaps of laurel leaves to signify victory; this is a detail from the musical border from the title page.

Keywords: music, sheet music, wreaths, xmas, christmas, page elements, ornaments, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-11-14

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Border of Peace from Front Cover.Fabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The front cover of the book includes a border in gold and black on a red background; there are five florets containing symbols of peace, love and Christianity, as well as a vase of wheat and grasses a [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, religion, peace, decoration, symbols, christianity, christmas, xmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-12-07

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Full-page holly and ivy border, US Letter sizedThe Circling Year (1870)

This leafy border features ivy with some holly thwoen in for good measure: it’d be great at Christmas but could be used at other times too. It surrounds the titlepage of the book. This version is prop [...]

Keywords: borders, xmas, christmas, foliated borders, vinles, leaves, full page, surrounds, frames, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-02-20

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FrontispieceLaws and History of the New Forest (1811)

At the edge of a clearing in the forest stands a tall tree; a knight’s sword, shield and stirrup hang from the tree, and two hunting dogs are tied to it. A richly dressed man stands talking to a wood- [...]

Keywords: forests, trees, people, weapons, water, animals, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-07-13

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Jacob’s DreamChristian Parlor Magazine Vol III (1847)

“A vision of beauty burst upon the soul of Jacob, as he laid his head upon a stone, and dreamed. He was a lone wanderer in the world, flying from a brother whom he had defrauded of his birthright, and [...]

Keywords: angels, cherubs, biblical scenes, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-06-01

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Hollingbourne, KentOld English Country Cottages (1906)

A half-timbered cottage in Kent. The steep tiled roof was probably once thatched. From a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham, R.W.S. The image is also marked “by permission of Mrs. Lionel Beddingt [...]

Keywords: cottages, flowers, moss, rooves, gardens, houses, colour, people, birds, colour, christmas

Places shown: Hollingbourne; Kent; England

Added: 2004-07-31

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Angel MessengerEveryman (1930)

The angel messenger announces the start of the play “Everyman” with raised hand and sword. He wears an ankle-length cloak fastened with a broach around his neck and a belt above his waist, has wings a [...]

Keywords: angels, religion, christmas, wings, christianity, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-12-19

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The Wassail BowlPeter Parlay’s Annual (1856)

A bearded man in a tall hat and cravat, eighteenth or early nineteenth century leggings, and with a garland round his head reclines, one hand raised. Nearby, in the undergrowth and sitting on a rock, [...]

Keywords: christmas, wassail, people, december, winter, bowls, beards, bare feet, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-12-14

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29.—Arch-Druid in his full Judicial Costume.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A fanciful drawing of an Arch-Druid (archdruid) in his full costume, judicial presumably meaning that he is ready to judge over people. An old and stern-looking man with a long flowing beard wears a r [...]

Keywords: people, beards, bare feet, monks, robes, druids, spooky, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-08-29

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37.—Writing My Master’s WordsLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

The poet sits at a writing desk let by a candle. The image is printed in black and gold. “I resolved that I would make a ditty, before I left my chamber, according to the words my master had spoken.” [...]

Keywords: scholars, pictures of books, candles, colour, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-12-20

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