The Yule Log in India — Bringing in the Ice, from "The Graphic" Christmas Number
Engraver Charles Roberts British
After Adrien Emmanuel Marie French
Not on view
Victorian periodicals often published color wood-engravings at Christmas as a bonus for subscribers–such prints required multiple blocks and careful printing, so were more expensive to produce. Focused on seasonal themes, these prints were intended to be saved. This example shows a British family in India celebrating the holiday with a log shaped block of ice rather than a yule log. As a servant wheels in the ice in a barrow, children and adults celebrate and anticipate frozen treats. Adrien Marie, a student of Isodore Pils, had traveled widely and became a successful illustrator for both the French and British press.
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