Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre source: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O73119/triptych-takiyasha-the-witch-and-the/
The Mansion of the Plates (Sara yashiki), from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari). 百物語　さらやしき source: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-mansion-of-the-plates-sara-yashiki-from-the-series-one-hundred-ghost-stories-hyaku-monogatari-237855
During the Visit of Kiyomori to the Nunobiki Waterfall, the Ghost of Akugenda Yoshihira Strikes Down Nanba Jirô. 清盛入道布引滝遊覧悪源太義平霊討難波次郎. Japanese, Edo period, about 1825 (Bunsei 8) Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1797–1861 Publisher Iseya Sanjirô (Eijudô), Japanese 35.5 x 70.3 cm (14 x 27 11/16 in.) Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper source: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/during-the-visit-of-kiyomori-to-the-nunobiki-waterfall-the-ghost-of-akugenda-yoshihira-strikes-down-nanba-jir-kiyomori-ny-d-nunobiki-no-taki-y-ran-akugenda-yoshihira-no-rei-nanba-jir-o-utsu-464885
I came across this book of Japanese woodcut prints in my university library. Horrifically beautiful as you’ll see. These prints were really popular in 19th century Edo Japan. They weren’t all of ghosts and demons. Everyday scenes and portraiture were common too.
Princes Street, the Scott Monument and the Royal Institution by National Galleries of Scotland Commons on Flickr.
The Snow Queen, photograph of man making a snow sculpture resembling Queen Victoria, unknown photographer, ca. 1890. Featured V&A Christmas card, 2008. source: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O241181/photograph/ They must have had a lot of snow back then to be able to make a snow sculpture of Victoria.
The First Ever Christmas Card (1843) Hand-colored lithographed card, triptych depicting a family gathered around a dinner table toasting the recipient in the center , London: [Joseph Cundall for] Summerly’s Home Treasury Office, [December 1843]. Lightly soiled, creased across upper right corner, in custom cloth folding box.“While Germany can claim credit for the custom of the Christmas tree, the prize for the first Christmas card goes to England”(Elliott, Inventing Christmas, p. 85). The first Christmas card, one of 20 or 21 known to exist. This card signed by its creator, artist John Calcott Horsley and dated 1843 Item #250365       Price: $35,000.00 source:  http://www.jamescumminsbookseller.com/pages/books/250365/henry-pseud-ldquo-felix-summerly-rdquo-cole/a-merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year-to-you What a charitable price tag. You can read more about this Victorian card at the Victoria & Albert website: http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/1170/print-of-the-month-2165/
source: http://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/14656