Winter Collection (#68)

Cossacks terrorising a Korean village, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. A marauding band of mounted Russian Cossack troops charging down a snowy street, terrorising the inhabitants and their livestock

Russian General Kouropatkine giving order to retreat, Russo-Japanese War, 1904
Russian General Kouropatkine giving order to retreat after the Battle of Moudken, March, 1904 Russo-Japanese War, 1904. From Le Petit Journal Paris

Japanese firing on Russian Red Cross train, Russo-Japanese War, 1904
Japanese firing on Russian Red Cross train on Trans-Siberian Railway carrying wounded to Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War 1904-5. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 15 May 1904

Descending the Mont Cenis pass in winter by horse-drawn sledge, 19th century

Mormons on the trek from Illinois to Utah, 1846 (1853). The Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

Winter quarters of Willem Barents expedition to the Arctic, 1596-1597. Barents (d 1597) was a Dutch navigator who led expeditions in 1594, 1595 and 1596-1597 in search of a Northeast Passage to Asia

Cutting the Mistletoe Bough for Christmas decoration, 1886

Old Father Time Carried by Time, 1881
Old Father Time carried by Time, 1881. Earth travels through space, continually turning on its axis

Old Father Time sharpening his scythe, 1891
Old Father Time sharpening his scythe. Headpiece from The English Illustrated Magazine, London, 1891

Old Father Time with his scythe, carrying in the New Year, 1870

Bringing home the Yule Log, 1883. Father Christmas driving a team of cart horses pulling a timber wagon. Headpiece by Heywood Sumner in The English Illustrated Magazine, London, 1883

Greetings card with golfing theme, c1910
Happy Days. Greetings card with golfing theme, c1910

Cover of The Ladies Home Journal, March 1900. A party of golfers on a snowy winters day

Cover of Golfers Magazine, Chicago, November 1915
Cover of Golfers Magazine, Chicago, November, 1915

Christmas card with a golfing theme

Strangers, 1883. Artist: Joseph Swain
Strangers, 1883. Father Christmas visits the slums of London to find the little girl does not know him. The continuing concern over the plight of the capitals poorest citizens had been brought to

Gratitude, 1871. The vagrant exclaims And they Ain t half Buttered! I could a done as well if I d Gone up the Lane to the Union

Our Natural Advantages, 1888. The French visitor to London for the summer season of 1888 says that the Great British weather should protect the country from any invasion

Waiting to be Won, 1875. Artist: Joseph Swain
Waiting to be Won, 1875. The Queen of the Arctic is perched on an iceberg with two polar bears at her feet. This relates to the New Arctic Expedition at the start of which two ships

Wonderful Instinct of The Giraffe, 1865. Artist: George du Maurier
Wonderful Instinct of The Giraffe, 1865. By which it Escapes Diphtheria during The Winter. (N.B. A Positive Fact.) This cartoon pokes a little gentle fun at the giraffes at London Zoo

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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