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Winter Collection

Background imageWinter Collection: Snow Queen Harry Clarke

Snow Queen Harry Clarke
Kay meets the Snow Queen

Background imageWinter Collection: Winter Landscape with skaters. Pieter Brueghel II, The Younger

Winter Landscape with skaters. Pieter Brueghel II, The Younger
Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap 1601. Brueghel, Pieter, II, The Younger, (1564-1638). Oil on wood. Date: 1601

Background imageWinter Collection: Poster advertising Sestriere, Italy

Poster advertising Sestriere, Italy
Poster advertising Sestriere, an alpine village in Italy, popular as a ski resort

Background imageWinter Collection: German Ski Poster

German Ski Poster
A German couple have come to the Tegernsee to enjoy the winter sports Date: 1930s

Background imageWinter Collection: Police Public Call Box in the snow, London

Police Public Call Box in the snow, London
A Police Public Call Box, on a London street on a snowy day. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937

Background imageWinter Collection: Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Spithead Air Ferry to and from the island, winter fare seven shillings and sixpence return, seven services daily

Background imageWinter Collection: Wind in the Willows

Wind in the Willows
" The Badgers winter stores, which indeed were visible everywhere, took up half the room." Date: First published: 1908

Background imageWinter Collection: He was Jack Frost by Helen Jacobs

He was Jack Frost by Helen Jacobs
Enchanting illustration featuring a glistening Jack Frost lecturing a group of snowdrop fairies or pixies in a snow covered woodland glade

Background imageWinter Collection: Breugel, Pieter II, The Younger. Winter Scene with Ice Skaters

Breugel, Pieter II, The Younger. Winter Scene with Ice Skaters
Breugel, Pieter, II, The Younger, called Hell Bruegel (1564-1638). Winter Scene with Ice Skaters skating and Birds. Flemish art. Painting

Background imageWinter Collection: In the Days of Dickens by Cecil Aldin

In the Days of Dickens by Cecil Aldin
A coach and horses laden with jovial travellers looking very much like the Pickwick Club drive into a village to stop by a handsome looking coaching inn

Background imageWinter Collection: Holiday Poster for Wengen in Switzerland

Holiday Poster for Wengen in Switzerland showing a couple skiing

Background imageWinter Collection: The Tabby Toboggan Club / Louis Wain

The Tabby Toboggan Club / Louis Wain
A huge number of tabby cats go mad sledging in the winter snow

Background imageWinter Collection: Ely Cathedral in the snow by Ernest Uden

Ely Cathedral in the snow by Ernest Uden
Ely Cathedral pictured in the snow

Background imageWinter Collection: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren
The Green Knight rides over the bridge into Camelot Castle on New Years Day. He will set King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table a special challenge

Background imageWinter Collection: Wind in Willows / Rat Snow

Wind in Willows / Rat Snow
Rat & Mole in the Wild Wood: " The Rat pondered awhile, and examined the humps and slopes that surrounded them." Date: First published: 1908

Background imageWinter Collection: Poster advertising St Moritz for winter sports

Poster advertising St Moritz for winter sports
Poster advertising St Moritz in Switzerland for winter sports

Background imageWinter Collection: Please, Mr Policeman, where is Father Christmas by Matania

Please, Mr Policeman, where is Father Christmas by Matania
In the centre of London, close to Piccadilly Circus, two children stop a policeman from directing traffic to ask him where Father Christmas is

Background imageWinter Collection: Hannah Hauxwell - English farmer

Hannah Hauxwell - English farmer
Hannah Hauxwell, 1926 ? 2018, was an English farmer who was the subject of several television documentaries. She first came to public attention after being covered in an ITV documentary

Background imageWinter Collection: Christmas card, Rabbit and robin

Christmas card, Rabbit and robin. 20th century

Background imageWinter Collection: Mens fashions from the 1920s

Mens fashions from the 1920s.. Mens fashions from the 1920s, including overcoats, vests, waistcoats, trousers and spats and details of cuffs

Background imageWinter Collection: Theatre Crowd in Shaftesbury Avenue, London

Theatre Crowd in Shaftesbury Avenue, London
The early winter and Christmas season in London - a theatre crowd pouring out into Shaftesbury Avenue. The scene is outside the Lyric Theatre, looking towards the Globe, the Queen s

Background imageWinter Collection: Olympics / 1932 / Ice Hockey

Olympics / 1932 / Ice Hockey
Ice hockey: Canada beating USA 2-1 at Lake Placid

Background imageWinter Collection: Winter Frolic by Arthur Rackham

Winter Frolic by Arthur Rackham. 1924

Background imageWinter Collection: Queens College Cambridge rowing team

Queens College Cambridge rowing team on the River Cam, near Searles Boathouse and Winter Boat Builders. Date: early 20th century

Background imageWinter Collection: Persephone & Demeter

Persephone & Demeter
Persephone (Proserpina) is reunited for the Spring and Summer with her mother Demeter (Ceres) until each Autumn and Winter, when she must return to her husband Pluto (Hades)

Background imageWinter Collection: Two Children Sitting on a Swing

Two Children Sitting on a Swing
Two children sitting on a swing in a snowy landscape

Background imageWinter Collection: Victorian Greeting Card - Owls with Lantern

Victorian Greeting Card - Owls with Lantern
Two owls standing with a lantern. Date: circa 1890

Background imageWinter Collection: Advert for Burberry winter sports wear 1926

Advert for Burberry winter sports wear 1926
A group of skiers take a rest. Date: 1926

Background imageWinter Collection: Hewenden Viaduct, Yorkshire

Hewenden Viaduct, Yorkshire
Retired farmer Tom Ackroyd mends a dry stone wall on his farm in the Hewenden Valley, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. In the distance is the Hewenden Viaduct

Background imageWinter Collection: Tatler cover - Winter Sports & Spring Cruise Number 1959

Tatler cover - Winter Sports & Spring Cruise Number 1959
Front cover of The Tatler magazines Winter Sports and Spring Cruise Number for 1959 featuring a girl in snow-appropriate clothes wearing mirrored sunglasses in which are reflected a Cunard cruise

Background imageWinter Collection: Coach and horses in the snow on a Christmas card

Coach and horses in the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWinter Collection: Enjoying the Ice near a Town, c. 1620, by Hendrick Avercamp

Enjoying the Ice near a Town, c. 1620, by Hendrick Avercamp
Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634). Dutch painter. Enjoying the Ice near a Town, c. 1620. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands

Background imageWinter Collection: Poster advertising Sainte Maxime on the Cote d Azur

Poster advertising Sainte Maxime on the Cote d Azur
Poster advertising the coastal town of Sainte Maxime on the Cote d Azur in the South of France, for winter as well as summer holidays

Background imageWinter Collection: The Man who Threw a Snowball at St. Moritz

The Man who Threw a Snowball at St. Moritz
An aghast crowd of skiiers and holidaymakers looking towards a dejected snowball-thrower who is trudging away into the distance. St

Background imageWinter Collection: Postman in the Snow

Postman in the Snow
This stalwart postman does his duty and delivers the post rain or shine, or in this case, thick winter snow. No chance of exceeding the 30 mile per hour speed limit!

Background imageWinter Collection: Hampstead Heath 1939

Hampstead Heath 1939
Two women walking together up Sandy Lane, an avenue of huge trees leading to Spaniards Lane, Hampstead Heath, north London, England, during winter snow. Date: January 1939

Background imageWinter Collection: Owl and foxes carrying food on a Christmas card

Owl and foxes carrying food on a Christmas card
An owl and three foxes carrying a roast bird, cutlery and holly through the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWinter Collection: Five Famous Conductors in Silhouette

Five Famous Conductors in Silhouette - who took part in Bournemouths Festival of Music in 1922, organised by Mr. Dan Godfrey at the Winter Gardens

Background imageWinter Collection: Winter Circle by Vernon Ward

Winter Circle by Vernon Ward
Swans and ducks swim together in a pond, watched by gulls who stand in the snow

Background imageWinter Collection: York Minster in winter by Ernest Uden

York Minster in winter by Ernest Uden
The towers of York Minster cathedral viewed by Bootham Bar, from beyond the citys walls

Background imageWinter Collection: Silhouettes of the Chase by H. L. Oakley

Silhouettes of the Chase by H. L. Oakley
Two silhouettes cut by H. L. Oakley showing scenes from a hunt. The first shows the hunt meeting at a village pub, while the second shows them at full stretch galloping across countryside

Background imageWinter Collection: A Little Shy by Muriel Dawson

A Little Shy by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a blue coat and hat, crouches down in the snow, encouraging a robin to eat crumbs from her gloved hands

Background imageWinter Collection: Curling at Crans Montana, Switzerland

Curling at Crans Montana, Switzerland
Postcard showing a scene at the Swiss ski and winter sports resort, Crans Montana in the Swiss Alps with some presumably well-known curling experts of the 1930s, including Walker and Worthington

Background imageWinter Collection: Hamemalis Mollis (Witch Hazel)

Hamemalis Mollis (Witch Hazel)
Hamemalis (or Hamamelis) Mollis (Witch Hazel), a large shrub or small tree of the Hamamelidaceae family, native to areas of China

Background imageWinter Collection: Fairy Tales of Winter - Cinderella by Pauline Baynes

Fairy Tales of Winter - Cinderella by Pauline Baynes
Cinderella by Pauline Baynes, one of four illustration of fairy tales which reflect each season. In this instance, Cinderella is transformed by her fairy godmother into a dazzling princess while her

Background imageWinter Collection: Frost Fair on the Thames by Pauline Baynes

Frost Fair on the Thames by Pauline Baynes
Illustration painted for Holly Leaves by Pauline Baynes showing Londoners in 1683-4 enjoying the delights of the Frost Fair on the frozen River Thames

Background imageWinter Collection: Blackpool Entertainment

Blackpool Entertainment
The front cover of a souvenir programme for the Blackpool Tower & Winter Gardens, including the Tower circus and ballroom

Background imageWinter Collection: Pharmacist (Maxims)

Pharmacist (Maxims)
A pharmacist measures out drops for the megrims (winter blues)



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