Seasonal Collection (page 12)

Decorative Christmas frieze - ice skating
A decorative frieze illustrated with skaters enjoying a glide on a frozen lake. 1920s

Decorative Christmas frieze - Father Christmas and snowy sce
Colourful decorative Christmas frieze with a number of festive motifs including Santa Claus, toys and presents and a snowy scene with church. 1920s

Decorative Christmas frieze - children playing in snow
Three children enjoy playing in the snow, sliding on ice and building a snowman. 1920s

Father Cristmas and young girl
Father Cristmas sporting a holly wreath and a young girl. Date: 1903

Christmas decorative frieze - snowy landscape
Simple snowy Christmas landscape featuring fields under a blanket of snow and bare tree branches in dramatic silhouette. c.1925

Music at home - Childrens Christmas Carol
A woman seated on a couch plays the guitar whilst two little girls sing Christmas carols from a music book. Some holly and mistletoe in a vase complete the festive scene. 1885

Contents of some Christmas crackers, 1905

Holly Leaves cover featuring silhouettes by H. L. Oakley
Front cover design for Holly Leaves featuring a series of charming cut outs by silhouette artist, H. L. Oakley depicting Christmas scenes from the Victorian era

Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 October
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 February
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 February. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 November
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 20-25 April
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 20-25 April. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 9-14 January
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 9-14 January. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 12-17 August
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 12-17 August. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 15-20 March
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 15-20 March. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 May
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 May. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 10-15 December
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 10-15 December. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 5-10 September
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 5-10 September. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 June
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 June. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 July
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 July. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Policeman with enthusiastic granny
A policeman receives a kiss from an enthusiastic granny brandishing a bunch of mistletoe

Holly / Language of Flowers
Holly personified

Ladies Home Journal illustration
Illustration for the Ladies Home Journal, showing Father Christmas with a group of children

Man playing piano at Christmas
A man playing a piano with a decorated Christmas tree at his side. Three of the candles are lit. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Night-time Street Scene, Malta
Street scene, night-time, Santa Marija, Victoria / Rabat, Gozo, Malta. Photograph by Lionel Coates

See-saw on an Easter Egg with the Easter Bunny
A rather splendid symbolism-packed Easter card, with two children, a boy and a girl, playing on a see-saw balanced on a giant Easter egg

Tatler front cover, Christmas number 1926
Bold front cover by Lewis Baumer for the Tatler Christmas Number front cover featuring a happy looking woman in a striking blue and yellow cloak against a festive snowy background

Should Autumn Come Before Fair Summers Call
A dancer in a fantastic costume suggestive of autumn and falling leaves

January by Pizer
A pretty and fashionable young girl, wrapped up warm against the cold with a fur muff, fur trimmed coat and cloche style hat, is an appropriate representative for the chilly month of January

February by Pizer
A young and fashionable woman from the 1920s wears a stylish yellow and lilac outfit, pulling a shawl around herself to ward off the chilly winds of February

Harvest festival with fish
Scene inside a church, decorated for harvest festival. It is perhaps at a seaside location, as the main type of food on display is fish

Evergreens and flowers by Pauline Baynes
The evergreens and flowers associated with English customs and legends depicted here by Pauline Baynes in a charming design

Gathering holly by Ethel Parkinson
A girl " olden days" clothes from an indistinguishable period fills her basket with holly amid the snow

Seasonal Greetings card (Christmas) from Egypt
Christmas Wishes from Egypt to a Dear Mother with a scene of the banks of the River Nile with boats (feluccas and dhows) moored up on the riverbank

The Gardeners Seasonal Delight
A group of elegantly dressed people attending the Chelsea Flower Show. Part of the London Season, the flower show, run by the Royal Horticultural Society was, and still is

Seasonal labels
Designs for seasonal labels by Malcolm Greensmith

Winter Personified
A wintery scene where a woman dressed all in white sits upon the snow. Her flowing head dress reflects the grey clouds

Pan Cover Spring 1920
Colour illustration by Tom Purvis depicting a carefree red-haired flapper girl skipping in a spring meadow, accompanied by a hare & butterflies

Seasonal Cheer
Seasonal illustration showing a woman in a cottage, or a kitchen of a bigger house, carrying a pie, pudding and cheese. A turkey

Crusty Old Bachelors Christmas
Humorous illustration showing two old bachelors taking their Christmas dinner while reading newspapers at a restaurant or eating house

Harvest Festival, White Hart pub, Worcestershire
Harvest Festival at the packed and rather smoky White Hart pub, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd 1960

Electric Light Bath
An electric light bath in the Bilz Sanatorium, Berlin. " The copious perspiration promotes increased assimilation efficacious in cases of gout asthma, etc." Early sunbed ?

London Flower Seller
A stunning photograph of a flower stall in London. In its central location, this stall has a wonderful choice of seasonal flowers beautifully displayed

Brighton Mail in Snow
The Brighton Mail makes its way through a snowstorm on a seasonal Christmas Day

Fishermans Greetings
A fisherman gives seasonal greetings to two children

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