The History of Christmas Through the Ages Images and Attributions


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Saturn with head protected by winter cloak

By Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany - Saturn with head protected by winter cloak, holding a scythe in his right hand, fresco from the House of the Dioscuri at Pompeii, Naples Archaeological Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45894015


Mosaic of Sol Invictus

By User:Leinad-Z - [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=508830


Dice players in a wall painting from Pompeii

By WolfgangRieger - Filippo Coarelli (ed.): Pompeji. Hirmer, München 2002, ISBN 3-7774-9530-1, p. 146, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6241574


Dionysos, Roman Mosaic

Cartwright, M. (2013, June 13). Dionysos, Roman Mosaic. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1278/dionysos-roman-mosaic/


An illustration of people collecting a Yule log from Chambers Book of Days (1832)

By Robert Chambers - The Book of Days (1864), p. 734.[1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5278707


The Three Wise Kings

By Cresques Abraham - This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b55002481n, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44404372


Medieval dice found in Bergen

By Nobelse - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=108117072


Meteņi mumming group in Latvia, 2016

By Spekozols - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47205366


The Pelican Portrait by Nicholas Hilliard

By Nicholas Hilliard (called) (1547 - 1619)Details on Google Art Project - VgG8ronTPh8jDg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21894152


Portrait commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada

By Formerly attributed to George Gower - http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizarmada.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28313


St Edward's Crown, the centrepiece of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom

By Firebrace - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116459012


Second version of The Puritan, a late 19th-century sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

By Smallbones - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15444586


1659 public notice in Boston deeming Christmas illegal

By Unknown author - http://newbostonpost.com/2015/12/03/christmas-banned-in-boston/, direct link: http://newbostonpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/banned-in-Boston.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49447832


Queen Victoria, 1819–1901, by Bassano, 1882. Glass copy negative, half-plate

By Alexander Bassano - Original text: Scanned from the book 'The National Portrait Gallery History of the Kings and Queens of England' by David Williamson, ISBN 1855142287, p. 153.See here for 1901 publication. National Portrait Gallery: NPG x95802, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6640482


Two 1899 Christmas Cards

Museum, T. B. (2022, December 05). Two 1899 Christmas Cards. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16775/two-1899-christmas-cards/


Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Early daguerreotype with hand-colouring, 1848

By William Edward Kilburn - Royal Collection RCIN 2932487, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8846294


Grimaldi (right) performing the comic dance during a pantomime

By George Cruikshank (illustrator) - Houghton Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35417381


An 1887 painting A Christmas Carol in Lucerne by Hans Bachmann. (Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland)

Bachmann, H. (2023, December 04). A Christmas Carol in Lucerne by Bachmann. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18215/a-christmas-carol-in-lucerne-by-bachmann/


The First Printed Christmas Card

London, V. a. A. M. (2022, December 05). The First Printed Christmas Card. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16778/the-first-printed-christmas-card/


Saint Nicholas with a halo, by Jaroslav Čermák

By Jaroslav Čermák - Galerie Art Praha, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48168202


The dowry for the three virgins (Gentile da Fabriano, c. 1425, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome)

By Gentile da Fabriano - The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=151516


First edition cover (1843)

By Charles Dickens, Photographer: Heritage Auctions, Inc. Dallas, Texas - http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=683&Lot_No=57424&type=&ic=, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4581655


"Marley's Ghost", original illustration by John Leech from the 1843 edition

By John Leech - This file has been provided by the British Library from its digital collections.Catalogue entry., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31452749


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