A Victorian Christmas Advent Calendar: 2nd December
“Come to the window, little folks,
And read these tiny Story-books!”
From ‘Snow-Flakes and the Stories they Told the Children’, by Matilda Betham-Edwards, illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne (classmark 1896.7.292)
Thank you for the delightful, entertaining advent calendar, which I am really enjoying. This image is my favourite so far.
Thank you very much for your kind message – I love this picture too !
This is one of my favourites too, the elves are delightful. I notice the illustrator is Hablot Knight Browne, alias Phiz, one of Dickens’ illustrators.