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Three goblins with laughing gas on a Christmas cardThree goblins with laughing gas on a triangular Christmas card designed by Robert Dudley. Date: circa 1880s
Goblins having fun on a ship on a Christmas cardGoblins having fun on the deck of a ship on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Fairies performing on a Christmas and New Year cardFairies and goblins performing on a Christmas and New Year card -- The Performance. Date: circa 1890s
Fairies in a field on a Christmas and New Year cardFairies and goblins in a field on a Christmas and New Year card -- Harvest Time. Date: circa 1890s
Fairies dancing on a Christmas and New Year card -- The Fairies Haunt. Date: circa 1890s
Goblins on a river on a Christmas and New Year cardGoblins having fun on a river on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Goblins on a lily pad on a Christmas and New Year cardGoblins having fun on a lily pad on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
All Moonshine, by Dorothy WheelerAll Moonshine, While we sleep theres a whisper in the trees, by Dorothy Wheeler. 1925
Wind Elves teasing a childWind Elves tease a child by blowing the blackberries out of her reach. Date: 1917
Uncle Lubins Dream, illustration by William Heath RobinsonUncle Lubins Dream, from The Adventures of Uncle Lubin (1902), illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
The Christmas Robbers by William Heath RobinsonA cheery looking cook enjoys forty winks by the kitchen fire, blissfully unaware that an army of mischievous pixies and elves are busy plundering all the Christmas food she has been baking. Date: 1924
Humorous Christmas and New Year postcard -- two elves delivering the post on a three-wheeled cycle. Date: early 20th century
A Fairy Serenade - Fairy Troubadour atop a mushroomA Fairy Serenade - A Fairy Troubadour atop a mushroom belting out some love songs for his girl... Date: 1920s
Votes for Women Christmas NumberThe Christmas Double Number of Votes for Women 5th December 1913, with a jolly border of holly and elves. Date: Dec 5th 1913
Cheerio - Moon and pixies greetings cardVintage greetings card showing a crescent moon from which two cute pixies swing among the stars. Date: c.1930
Goblins with a pink flamingo on a Christmas cardGoblins dragging a reluctant pink flamingo through the snow on a Christmas card. Perhaps all the shops had sold out of turkeys. Date: circa 1890s
Three goblins and a frog on a cutout Christmas cardThree goblins tickling a frog with a peacock feather on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Fairies carrying a hamper on a New Year cardThree fairies carrying a hamper of food on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Fairies pulling a paper cracker on a Christmas cardThree fairies pulling a paper cracker on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Fairies carrying a pudding on a Christmas cardThree fairies carrying a pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Fairies chasing a goose on a Christmas cardThree fairies chasing a goose through the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Goblins with a turkey on a Christmas cardGoblins dragging a live turkey along with ropes on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Swedish Nisse in a bedroomA Swedish Nisse surprises a girl in her bedroom. Date: 1882
Elves and mice. Date: 1910
The Little Folk by William Heath RobinsonA parade of strange little people forming a ramshackle procession to serenade their neighbours at Christmas time. Date: 1919
In elf-landFantasy image. Young children visiting the home of woodland elves. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1912
Music cover, The Clock is Playing, A Musical Novelty for Piano, by Pierre Blaauw. circa 1920
The Mystery of Santa Claus by Molly BenatarIllustrated poem by Molly Benatar - images depict children sleeping in their beds as Santas helpers lay a web of dreams over their heads. Date: 1921
Elf delivering a letter on a greetings card, with a large spray of blue flowers across his shoulders. Date: circa 1890s
Couple receiving lucky slipper on a Christmas cardCouple receiving a lucky slipper from two of Santas elves on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas FairiesA Christmas verse, written by Marion St. John Webb illustrated by Alice H. Watson. Date: 1928
The Snow Lady by Mina GreenhillA lady dressed in medieval costume standing in the snow surrounded by fairies and sprites. Date: 1920
A fly caught in a cobwebSilhouette depicting a fly caught in a cobweb. Two fairies sit, powerless to help, but two elves try to free it. Date: 1927
A fairy asleep on a cobwebSilhouette depicting a fairy asleep on a cobweb hammock. Date: 1928
Joining in the Fairy Revel -- a little girl in her pink nightdress joins hands in a circle with a group of fairies and elves in a garden. Date: circa 1920s
Fairies by Michael MacreadyAn elegant fairy sits on a toadstool surrounded by small imps or elves, while a large moon can be seen to be rising on the crest of a hill. Date: 1918
Railway cartoon(2 of 2)A comical cartoon showing elves, or possibly pixies, involved in a train crash
Title page design, The Fairy Book, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s
Two sprites playing a violin and a fluteA butterfly dances to the music played by two sprites playing a violin and a flute
Birthday card, five years old, in the shape of a figure five with five little elves riding on birds. Date: 20th century
Birthday card, the Many Happy Returns InnBirthday card, depicting the Many Happy Returns Inn, a colourful toadstool where special birthday teas are served. Various elves are making preparations and enjoying tea in the foreground
Girls as Elves 1930SLittle girls playing at being woodland elves. Date: early 1930s
Elves jumping over toadstoolsA party scene with elves jumping over toadstools as a mouse provides the musical entertainment. Date: 1912
Elves and pixies in a wagon c. 1920
A Wind Elf and a weathercock circa 1910
Princess Petal and the Green Page. From Playhour (1958)
King with FairiesKings with fairies