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Winters Collection

"Winters: A Season of Magic and Wonder" As the cold wind blows and snowflakes dance in the air, winters bring a sense of enchantment to our lives

Background imageWinters Collection: The Kinecar by William Heath Robinson

The Kinecar by William Heath Robinson
Double page illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a well-equipped omnibus transporting passengers while they watch a film

Background imageWinters Collection: The Winters Tale

The Winters Tale
Leontes is astonished by the lifelike nature of the statue of Hermione : Paulina, too, is enraptured

Background imageWinters Collection: Hiker & Camper Mag / 1. 32

Hiker & Camper Mag / 1. 32
Front cover of a magazine devoted to hikers, ramblers and campers featuring a couple out walking through the countryside on a snowy winters day

Background imageWinters Collection: Roman Soldier on Guard

Roman Soldier on Guard
A Roman soldier, on guard duty on a cold winters day, watches as festive fare is carried to the banqueting hall

Background imageWinters Collection: Town in Winter Evening

Town in Winter Evening
A street in Meissen, on a winters evening

Background imageWinters Collection: Chez Elle / Son & Snowball

Chez Elle / Son & Snowball
Mother and child go walking in the snow, and of course she has to wait while he makes snowballs

Background imageWinters Collection: Many A Winters Night She Flies Through The Streets And Peeps In At The Windows

Many A Winters Night She Flies Through The Streets And Peeps In At The Windows, And Then The Ice Freezes On The Panes Into Wonderful Patterns Like Flowers

Background imageWinters Collection: Winter's bark or canelo, Drimys winteri

Winter's bark or canelo, Drimys winteri
5855138 Winter's bark or canelo, Drimys winteri; (add.info.: Winter's bark or canelo, Drimys winteri. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Background imageWinters Collection: Mary Robinson nee Darby, 1757 to 1800. English poet, actress and novelist

Mary Robinson nee Darby, 1757 to 1800. English poet, actress and novelist
2968380 Mary Robinson nee Darby, 1757 to 1800. English poet, actress and novelist, aka The English Sappho and for her role as Perdita

Background imageWinters Collection: CAMPERDOWN Viscount Duncans victory and Admiral de Winter

CAMPERDOWN Viscount Duncans victory and Admiral de Winters resignation on board the Venerable. British defeat of the Dutch fleet. Date: 11 October 1797

Background imageWinters Collection: Staple Inn

Staple Inn, High Holborn, London, on a wet winter's day. Artist: Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) Date: 1905

Background imageWinters Collection: A Winter's Evening

A Winter's Evening
A Pastel landscape with an unclear, ominous looking figure in the centre. Date: circa 1929

Background imageWinters Collection: Queen Victoria Cartoon as Hermione

Queen Victoria Cartoon as Hermione
Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901), alias Hermione. A Shakespearean comment on the fact that Victoria has stayed too long in retirement following Albert's death; her people want to see her again

Background imageWinters Collection: Coffee Stall 1841

Coffee Stall 1841
Winter scene on a corner of London street a coffee stall, with people sitting on upside down baskets drinking a hot coffee. Date: 1841

Background imageWinters Collection: Winter's bark tree, Wintera aromatica, Drimys winteri

Winter's bark tree, Wintera aromatica, Drimys winteri
5856744 Winter's bark tree, Wintera aromatica, Drimys winteri by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Flowers, leaves and stem of the Winter's bark tree, Wintera aromatica, Drimys winteri)

Background imageWinters Collection: Cold Morning

Cold Morning
Nilendu Banerjee

Background imageWinters Collection: Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b / w photo)

Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b / w photo)
5995775 Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b/w photo) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWinters Collection: Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b / w photo)

Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b / w photo)
5995763 Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b/w photo) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWinters Collection: The King and the Forester (colour litho)

The King and the Forester (colour litho)
1037542 The King and the Forester (colour litho) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The King and the Forester)

Background imageWinters Collection: Page 418 Jog on, jog on, the footpath way, musical score for

Page 418 Jog on, jog on, the footpath way, musical score for
2613455 Page 418 Jog on, jog on, the footpath way, musical score for The Winters Tale (ink on paper) by English School, (17th century); Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Background imageWinters Collection: Shadows in a London square

Shadows in a London square
Shafts of sunlight and deep shadows on a winters morning in a square in Central London. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageWinters Collection: Anglers on the River Seine, Paris

Anglers on the River Seine, Paris
Anglers on the banks of the River Seine in Paris on a wet winters day. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageWinters Collection: Happy Couple

Happy Couple
Young Edwardian couple arm in arm on a snowy winters day. Date: circa 1904

Background imageWinters Collection: Marriage of Andrew Spottiswoode and Iris Watson

Marriage of Andrew Spottiswoode and Iris Watson
Wedding of Andrew Spottiswoode and Iris Watson in July 1923. Spottiswoode was the editor of Printers Pie and Winters Pie magazines and the son of Hugh Spottiswoode

Background imageWinters Collection: Winters bark or canelo, Drimys winteri

Winters bark or canelo, Drimys winteri, Drimys aromatique. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageWinters Collection: Carnations and Gilly flowers (Winters Tale)

Carnations and Gilly flowers (Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Background imageWinters Collection: Daffodils, Violets, Primroses, Oxlips, Crown-imperial

Daffodils, Violets, Primroses, Oxlips, Crown-imperial, Lilies and Flower-de-lace (The Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn

Background imageWinters Collection: Lavender, Mints, Savory, Marjoram and Marigold

Lavender, Mints, Savory, Marjoram and Marigold (Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

Background imageWinters Collection: A Winters Evening (oil on canvas)

A Winters Evening (oil on canvas)
703166 A Winters Evening (oil on canvas) by Robinson, Frederick Cayley (1862-1927); Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio, Italy; English, out of copyright

Background imageWinters Collection: Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b / w photo)

Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b / w photo)
5995774 Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b/w photo) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWinters Collection: Pages 416-417 Jog on, jog on, the footpath way

Pages 416-417 Jog on, jog on, the footpath way
2613456 Pages 416-417 Jog on, jog on, the footpath way, musical score for The Winters Tale (ink on paper) by English School, (17th century); Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Background imageWinters Collection: Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b / w photo)

Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b / w photo)
5995765 Page from magazine article about an imaginary Snow-bound London (b/w photo) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWinters Collection: Relation

Relation
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA. Ales Komovec

Background imageWinters Collection: Baby, let me hug you

Baby, let me hug you
Annie Poreider

Background imageWinters Collection: Yak Yak

Yak Yak
Rajat Dhesi

Background imageWinters Collection: Happy New Year Greetings postcard

Happy New Year Greetings postcard
circa 1905

Background imageWinters Collection: Homeless men sleeping on Southwark Bridge, London 1900

Homeless men sleeping on Southwark Bridge, London 1900
Homeless men sleeping rough in London. Date: 1900

Background imageWinters Collection: Cymbeline and Winters Tale

Cymbeline and Winters Tale
Miss Kemble as Imogen in Cymbeline and Mrs Ward as Hermione in The Winters Tale Date: late 18th century

Background imageWinters Collection: AUTOLYCUS (WINTERS TALE)

AUTOLYCUS (WINTERS TALE)
Autolycus - a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles Date: first produced 1610/11

Background imageWinters Collection: EDWIN AS AUTOLYCUS

EDWIN AS AUTOLYCUS
The actor Edwin in the role of Autolycus - a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles Date: first produced 1610/11

Background imageWinters Collection: PERDITA AND FLORIZEL

PERDITA AND FLORIZEL
Perdita and Florizel Date: first produced 1610/11

Background imageWinters Collection: Homeless mother and child 1876

Homeless mother and child 1876
Mother and child, homeless on a cold winters night Date: 1876

Background imageWinters Collection: WINTER WINDS

WINTER WINDS
Winters winds blow chill, but youll hardly notice them if you wrap yourself in a fur coat from Fourrures Weil, in the rue St Anne, Paris Date: 1921

Background imageWinters Collection: SHEPHERD & DOG IN WINTER SHEPHERD & DOG IN WINTER

SHEPHERD & DOG IN WINTER SHEPHERD & DOG IN WINTER
A shepherd and his dog feed their flock on a winters day - note the straw cutter used to chop up the straw Date: circa 1860

Background imageWinters Collection: SOCIAL / LUDGATE HILL 20C

SOCIAL / LUDGATE HILL 20C
A winters day on Ludgate Hill, London - horse buses and carts in the rain Date: 1905

Background imageWinters Collection: Greeting card

Greeting card
Jog on jog on the foot-pathway and merrily hent the style-a! A merry heart goes all the day, your sad tires in a mile-a! (Shakespeare, A Winters Tale). Artist: Ethel Larcombe. Date: circa 1910

Background imageWinters Collection: Geese, Rutland Water

Geese, Rutland Water
A flight of geese take off from Rutland Water in Leicestershire. They are silhouetted against a blank sky. A dead tree is in the foreground. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Background imageWinters Collection: University College Cork (Ucc), Cork City, Ireland, Sundial On A College Campus

University College Cork (Ucc), Cork City, Ireland, Sundial On A College Campus



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"Winters: A Season of Magic and Wonder" As the cold wind blows and snowflakes dance in the air, winters bring a sense of enchantment to our lives. From the whimsical inventions depicted in "The Kinecar" by William Heath Robinson to the timeless tale of "The Winter's Tale, " this season captivates our imagination. For outdoor enthusiasts, flipping through Hiker & Camper Mag at 32 reveals breathtaking landscapes covered in a pristine white blanket. Imagine being a Roman soldier on guard, standing tall amidst the winter chill, protecting ancient lands. In contrast, a town in winter evening exudes warmth as cozy lights flicker through frosted windows. At Chez Elle, a son joyfully throws a snowball while his mother watches with delight – an ordinary moment turned magical by nature's touch. Speaking of magic, Edmund Dulac's illustration for "The Snow Queen" transports us to many a winter's night when she flies through streets peeping into windows. The ice freezes on panes like flowers blooming against glass canvases. Staple Inn stands as an emblematic symbol of resilience against harsh winters throughout history. Its sturdy architecture reminds us that even during challenging times, we find strength within ourselves and our communities. A winter's evening invites introspection and reflection; it is during these quiet moments that we discover hidden depths within ourselves. Just like Queen Victoria portrayed as Hermione or sipping warm coffee from a stall back in 1841 – there is solace found amidst frosty nights. Ethel Parkinson once said that "winter is not just about surviving but thriving with grace. " It teaches us patience and resilience while reminding us to appreciate life's simple pleasures – whether it be building snowmen or curling up with a good book by the fireplace. So let us embrace winters' icy embrace with open arms. For within its chilly grasp lies beauty beyond compare.