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Victorian die-cut scrap of a bearded elf carrying a bundle – Vintage Wall Art

Victorian die-cut scrap of a bearded elf carrying a bundle — historic image
Victorian die-cut scrap of a bearded elf carrying a bundle. Historic image from the Religious collection.

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

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Victorian die-cut scrap of a bearded elf carrying a bundle comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Victorian die-cut scrap of a bearded elf carrying a bundle

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Few subjects in the Victorian scrap trade were as whimsical as the bearded elf shown here, who hauls a bundle over one shoulder with the air of a traveling peddler. Die-cut scraps like this one were printed in sheets, cut out by hand or by machine, and pasted into albums, on greeting cards, or onto envelopes. Makers in England and Germany turned out enormous numbers of them from the 1860s onward, drawing on folklore, children's book illustration and the Christmas and Christian imagery of the day. Noticing the crisp embossed edges and the soft chromolithographed colors is a good way to appreciate the craft behind such small, ephemeral pieces.

Original scan592 × 1,000 px
ReferenceFairies & Elves (78)

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