Holly Collection

A Christmas Carol: Mr Fezziwigs Ball, 1843. Artist: John Leech
A Christmas Carol: Mr Fezziwigs Ball, 1843. This novella was the earliest and most popular of Charles Dickens Christmas stories

A Christmas Dance a Long Time Ago, drawn by C. J. Staniland, 1871. Creator: Unknown
A Christmas Dance a Long Time Ago, drawn by C. J. Staniland, 1871. Christmas is the season for all old-fashioned pastimes

The Ancestral Portrait, drawn by E. N. Downard, 1871. Creator: F Wentworth
The Ancestral Portrait, drawn by E. N. Downard, 1871. Illustration to a short story by John Latey. These young ladies had one peculiarity, and a very pleasant one it was

For the Squire's Hall, drawn by E. N. Downard, 1871. Creator: Unknown
For the Squire's Hall, drawn by E. N. Downard, 1871. Illustration to "The Ancestral Portrait", a short story by John Latey

A New Year's Wreath, 1871. Creator: William James Palmer
A New Year's Wreath, 1871. Illustration to "Bringing in the New Year", a poem by John Latey

"Christmas Time", by Miss E. Osborne, in the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1865

Carol-singing in Yorkshire - drawn by John Gilbert, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Carol-singing in Yorkshire - drawn by John Gilbert, 1864

"Christmas Presents" - drawn by George Thomas, 1862. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

"Christmas Presents" - drawn by George Thomas, 1862. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Rooster and three chickens in a snowy landscape with a branch of holly, 1906

"The Font and the Flowers" - drawn by J. Leech, 1860. People decorating a church. Illustration to a short story. From "Illustrated London News", 1860

The Christmas Carol Singer - from a painting by Harrison Weir, 1858. British artist Harrison Weir was interested in all aspects of nature, and animals feature strongly in his prolific output

The Wedding Ring - a Ghost Story for Christmas and his Twelve Days, by Miles Gerald Keon, 1857. Illustration to a short story, depicting a group of men seated round a hearth after dinner

Christ's Hospital and Christmas Eve - drawn by John Gilbert, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Christ's Hospital and Christmas Eve - drawn by John Gilbert, 1857. Festive scene outside the Blue Coat School in Newgate Street, City of London. From "Illustrated London News", 1857

Christmas Supplement - Christmas For Ever!, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Christmas Supplement - Christmas For Ever!, 1857

"Christmas Time" - painted by W. Hemsley, 1857

Boys playing, 1722-1774. Creator: Arnout Rentinck
Boys playing, 1722-1774. One child holds a tambourine, while another, holding a sprig of holly, tussles with a third boy

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, [193-]. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

We Wish You a Merry Christmas, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
We Wish You a Merry Christmas, [193-]. We Wish You and Members of the Federal Theatre Project A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, [193-]. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

Holy Night, Chicago, 1937. Creator: Unknown
Holy Night, Chicago, 1937

Study of the shrub, 1900. Creator: Karel Vitezslav Masek
Study of the shrub, 1900

The Mistletoe Seller, drawn by Foster, 1854. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Mistletoe Seller, drawn by Foster, 1854. Illustration to a story by Angus B. Reach

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 27 (recto), 1563. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 27 (recto), 1563

Coral Buntings and Their Nest in a Holly Tree, 1878. Creator: Harry Bright
Coral Buntings and Their Nest in a Holly Tree, 1878

Country Road Scene in Winter - drawn by Foster, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
Country Road Scene in Winter - drawn by Foster, 1850. A carter pulls to one side for a stagecoach with schoolboys travelling home for the Christmas holidays

The International Exhibition: carving in wood, "The Hare and Pheasant", by T. H. Kendall, 1862. The hare and pheasant which we here figure constitute a still-life group...It is by Mr. T. H

Bookmark with Tassel, Coventry, 19th century. Creator: Thomas Stevens
Bookmark with Tassel, Coventry, 19th century

Holly, 1862. Creator: Louis Prang
Holly, 1862. From Autumn Leaves Part 2

Charity, January 1, 1864. Creator: Freeman Gage Delamotte
Charity, January 1, 1864

Holiday card from William Grant Still, 1937. Creator: Unknown
New Year card sent by African-American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978) to Mr. Frank H. Bolner[?]

Christmas Roses, 1880. Creator: Florence Westwood Whitfield
Christmas Roses, 1880

An English Christmas Home!, 1845. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
An English Christmas Home!, 1845. A plum pudding, a bowl of punch, bottles, glasses, fruit and playing cards in a decorative cartouche. Illustration to sheet music: Song and chorus by Eliza Cook

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, 1845. Creator: W. J. Linton
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, 1845. A jovial figure holding a tankard gestures towards bottles and glasses. From " Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII

Christmas, by Alfred Crowquill, 1844. Creator: Alfred Crowquill
Christmas, by Alfred Crowquill, 1844. Father Christmas, carrying a flaming torch, leads a procession including a goose, a plum pudding garnished with holly, and a joint of meat

Holly: Foresight, from the series Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers (N75) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1892

Holly Leaves, 19th century. Creator: Anon
Holly Leaves, 19th century

Janvier, 1896. Creator: Eugene Samuel Grasset
Janvier, 1896. From " Calendrier la Belle Jardiniere", by Eugene Grasset. [Paris, 1896]

Xmas Cheer - Borlans Provision Store, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Xmas Cheer - Borlans Provision Store, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

Good Wishes Just Now Are In Season, 1882. Creator: M Walker
Good Wishes Just Now Are In Season, 1882. A group of women writing Christmas cards in a room decorated with holly. The scene is framed with examples of the cards they are sending

Naval Manoeuvres, 1890. Artist: William Small
Naval Manoeuvres, 1890. A print from The Graphic, Christmas number, December 1890

Decorating for Christmas, pub. 1854. Creator: Alfred W Cooper (1850 - 1901)
Decorating for Christmas, pub. 1854 (colour lithograph)

Sheet Music Cover - New Year Polka

Turtle-Dove - Tur tur commu nis, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Turtle-Dove - Tur tur commu nis, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Common Holly, c1891, (1891). Artist: Anne Pratt
Common Holly, c1891, (1891). From Wild Flowers, by Anne Pratt, 1891. [Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1891]

Front cover of the Christmas number of In Town magazine, 1895. Artist: C Hentschel
Front cover of the Christmas number of In Town magazine, 1895

John Scott Russell, civil engineer and naval architect, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
John Scott Russell, civil engineer and naval architect, 1878

An Arduous Quest, 1878. Artist: Joseph Swain
An Arduous Quest, 1878. Mr Punch asks Father Christmas what he is looking for. Father Christmas replies that he is looking for peace on earth, and goodwill towards men

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