Snapshots of the Past

The Christmas Carol – Antique Print

The Christmas Carol — historic image
The Christmas Carol. Historic image from the Christmas collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This historic image of The Christmas Carol brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

The Christmas Carol

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Its title points to Charles Dickens's novella *A Christmas Carol*, published in December 1843, a story that did much to shape how Victorian England and later America imagined the holiday. The tale follows the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by three spirits and shown his past, his present, and the future that awaits him. Dickens helped popularize ideas of generosity, family gatherings, and festive goodwill that still define many Christmas traditions. The record offers few other details, so the picture is best read as a response to that enduring story.

Original scan2,692 × 3,762 px · prints to 9 × 13 in at 300 dpi
Reference01512u

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