Gift Collection (page 18)

Christmas Card Cartoon
Tommys Christmas Greeting. A satirical Christmas card from Tommy to his Dear Old Friend Fritz the German soldier, depicting the British Tommy throwing a grenade as a gift

Charlemagne Donation
Charlemagne makes a gift of land to the Catholic Church of several estates in Italy

Pin-Up, Presents & Tree
Gleefully festive model in red baby doll nightie with broderie Anglaise trim & white slingbacks wraps a gift to place under the beautifully decked out tree

PROTEUS, a Greek sea god who possessed the gift of prophecy, but changed his shape to avoid being questioned

Children Wrap Presents
Two little girls and a little boy amuse themselves by making home-made gift boxes. Old cardboard boxes are covered with decorated wrapping paper and a scrap or drawing added

Girl Gives Flowers 19C
A thoughtful little girl gives a bunch of flowers to an old shepherd, while another girl watches disdainfully

Sir Francis Drake / W. G
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

Shoemaker 1867 / Gift Book
A Victorian shoemaker/cobbler at work

Ship Passengers 1927
A party of cheerful travellers pose on the deck of a steamship for a souvenir photo; the third from the right carries a curious doll, perhaps a goodbye gift

Ancient Greece Gift
Two women with a wedding gift

Pentecost (Dore)
The Holy Spirit descends on the apostles, and their associates ( a multitude ) with the gift of tongues

Stenography from Above
Stenography depicted as a gift from the gods !

Children in Snow 1893
Children take Christmas gifts through a snowy village to people less fortunate than themselves. Date: 1893

Moro Boy Smoking
A Moro boy from the Philippines has his photograph taken, bribed by the gift of the cameramans empty film carton. The boy, aged about six, is smoking a cigarette

Girl Posts Parcel 1880S
A little girl in a huge fruit festooned bonnet, arms full with a doll, umbrella & muff, looks up at the high slot on the red pillar box & wonders how she will ever reach it

Xmas Eve Shopping 1932
Shoppers on a cold, snowy Christmas Eve, pause to view a display in a London shop window

Gifts for the Troops
Card acknowledging a gift of two shillings by Arthur Bray, as part of a scheme whereby schoolchildren send Christmas Gifts to Our brave Soldiers and Sailors

Birth of Apiculture
The birth of Apiculture - when heifers are sacrificed, bees swarm from them - a gift from the gods to the pious

Monk Presents Prayer Bk
ELFNOTH Abbot. Presenting a book of prayer to the Monastery of St. Augustin

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