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Christmas card; Anglo-German, 1890-1900. Victoria & Albert Museum.
Smoking Bishop is a type of mulled wine, punch or wassail. It was especially popular in Victorian England at Christmas time and it is mentioned in Dickens' story A Christmas Carol.
Ophelia, by French painter Jules Lefebvre (1890). In private collection.
The Arts - Dance, by Czech painter Alphonse Mucha (1898). In private collection.
Queen Victoria’s Coronation took place on 28 June 1838 at Westminster Abbey. After the event, the Queen made several drawings ‘recollecting’ the Coronation, under the guidance of her teacher Sir George Hayter.
A Capriote, by American painter John Singer Sargent (1878). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.