Looking Forward To Christmas
On this cold and frosty morning, I open the fourth window on my advent calendar and look forward to the festive season. To help you find gifts to entertain you and your loved ones during the long winter nights, we are having an ADVENT SALE with all titles in our online shop discounted by 50% until midnight on Sunday. Enter code ADVENT at checkout.
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A swallow at Christmas
George Cruikshank‘s illustrations of yuletide in London 1838-53 from his Comic Almanack remind us how much has changed and also how little has changed. (You can click on any of these images to enlarge)
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
Christmas dining
Christmas bustle
Boxing day
Hard frost
A picture in the gallery
Theatrical dinner
The Parlour & the Cellar
New Year’s Eve
New Year’s birth
Twelfth Night – Drawing characters
January – Last year’s bills
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George Cruikshank’s Comic Alphabet
Love the X,mas sketches they are wonderful and some quite comical.Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and have a good X,mas
The expressions of the characters on New Year’s Day made me chuckle…
Let’s hope 2021 really is a better year!
I love every George Cruikshank illustration I have ever seen. So comic,yet they each tell their own tale.