Tag Archives: Christmas

Hail! Merry Christmas! by J. Scott Williams

Description	English: Illustration for a magazine cover by J. Scott Williams
Date	1924
Source	The Delineator (https://archive.org/details/delineator104olou/page/n1049/mode/2up)
Author	J. Scott Williams

Description	English: Typographic ornament for Christmas from a 1919 magazine
Date	1919
Source	Bookseller & Stationer (https://archive.org/details/stationeryoffice1919toro/page/n781)
Author	Anonymous

We also have these ornaments in PNG versions from the original scans.

Description	English: A Large Christmas Card, by Aubrey Beardsley, from the first issue of The Savoy
Date	1896
Source	The Savoy (https://archive.org/details/savoy01symo/page/n175/mode/2up)
Author	Aubrey Beardsley

Description	English: Ornament showing fireplace hung with Christmas decorations and stockings
Date	1918
Source	Farmers’ Magazine (https://archive.org/details/farmersmagazine1918toro/page/26/mode/2up)
Author	Anonymous

This scalable illustration can be used at any size.

Description	English: Poinsettia ornament in two colors
Date	1923
Source	ATF specimen book (https://archive.org/details/1923AmericanTypeFoundersSpecimenBookCatalogue/page/n675/mode/2up)
Author	Anonymous

This scalable ornament can be used at any size.

Description	English: Holly ornaments by the Hayes Lithographing Co. of Buffalo, New York
Date	1900
Source	Holly from Tennyson (https://archive.org/details/hollyfromtennyso00tenn/page/n5/mode/2up)
Author	Anonymous

The date is provided by the librarian; no date or copyright information is printed in the book.

Description	English: Woodcut of the Adoration of the Magi by Geoffroy Tory, artist and printer
Date	1525 (reprinted 1893)
Source	Originally a book of hours by Geoffroy Tory, 1525; reprinted in Early Illustrated Books (https://archive.org/details/earlyillustrated00poll_1/page/198/mode/2up)
Author	Geoffroy Tory

Description	English: Holly-branch tailpiece (with the background made transparent)
Date	1901
Source	The St. Nicholas Christmas Book (https://archive.org/details/stnicholaschrist01newy/page/18>
Author	Anonymous

Description	English: Holly-sprig ornament from the title page of a Christmas book (with the background made transparent)
Date	1899
Source	Betty Leicester’s Christmas (https://archive.org/details/bettyleicestersc00jewe/page/n10)
Author	Anonymous

Description	English: Holly-wreath ornament or frame
Date	1901
Source	The St. Nicholas Christmas Book (https://archive.org/details/stnicholaschrist01newy/page/n7)
Author	Anonymous

Description	English: Two-color design for a Christmas card
Date	1900
Source	Christmas card from the Lennox and Addington Historical Society Collection (https://archive.org/details/1975.9.17)
Author	Anonymous

Description	English: Typographic ornaments for Christmas from a 1919 magazine
Date	1919
Source	Bookseller & Stationer (https://archive.org/details/stationeryoffice1919toro/page/n781)
Author	Anonymous