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2006AR0975-01

A Shepherd Boy, by Thomas Gainsborough. England, 18th century

2008BT9652-01

What am I?, by Aristophot Co. Ltd. Germany, early 20th century

2006BE7880-01

The Piping Shepherd, by Alfred Downing Fripp. England, 19th century

2006BF7108-01

A Fisher Boy, by Alfred Downing Fripp. England, 19th century

2006AR9139-01

Bubbles, by Sir John Everett Millais. Britain, 1886

2010EA8854-01

Illuminated Manuscript depicting the Nativity of Jesus. Paris, France, 14th-15th century

2010EB1424-01

Flight to Egypt. France, early 16th century

2010ED6217-01

Virgin and Child. France, 15th-16th century

2006AN1819-01

H.H.H. Cameron, photo Julia Margaret Cameron. England, mid-19th century

2006AN1833-01

Archie Cameron, photo Julia Margaret Cameron. England, mid-19th century

2006BC9222-01

John Milton aged 10, by Francis Blackburne. England, 18th century

1000LM1285-01

Hamsey Green Primary School in Surrey, from The Festival of Britain guide, photo published by HMSO. London, UK, 1951

2008BU0042-01

Boy's robe. France, mid-18th century

2008BU0050-01

Boy's suit. Scotland, early 19th century

$2010EE7295-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Bearing cloth. England, pre-17th century$

2010EE7295-01

Bearing cloth. England, pre-17th century

2011EY7877-01

Francis Pedros in William Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream at Alexander Roy London Ballet Theatre, photo Anthony Crickmay. London, England, 1980

2011EY7878-01

Francis Pedros in William Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream at Alexander Roy London Ballet Theatre, photo Anthony Crickmay. London, England, 1980

2006AN5894-01

Carpenter's Shop, by Elizabeth Adela Forbes. England, 19th-20th century

2009CJ3411-01

The young Prince Michael of kent on the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, photo Cecil Beaton. England, 1953

2010EM2331-01

Sheet music cover for The Lost Child, by T.H. Jones. England, 19th century

2010EM5001-01

Costume design for the role of Elves in Cinderella, by Attilio Comelli. England, 1905

2006AM0384-01

Cupid Bound to a Tree, by Angelica Kauffmann. England, 1777

2006AP4181-01

Snowballing, by John Morgan. England, 1865

2006AU5617-01

Father Christmas and a toy horse, with children behind the curtains, by K. Röger. Watercolour. Germany, 19th century

2006AW0757-01

The Nativity: the Virgin, St Joseph and the shepherds adoring the infant Christ, by Pietro Perugino. Italy, early 16th century

2006BF3716-01

The first kiss polka, music cover, by G. Wilkinson. Lithograph. London, England, 19th century

2006BG0141-01

A Christmas tree and various toys, by Leonhard Diefenbach. Stuttgart, Germany, 19th century

2006BH8319-01

Christmas card depicting a boy in an ice rink. 19th century

2007BP1053-01

Allegory of Fire, after Francois Boucher. France, 18th-19th century

2010ED1539-01

The adoration of the Magi from a toy theatre book. Germany, late 19th century

2010EF7382-01

Love, by William Say, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Britain, late 18th-19th century

2010EJ3053-01

The Wise Men offering gifts to Christ, by Paolo Veronese. England, late 17th century

2010EM0643-01

Father Christmas putting a ball into a stocking while children sleep, by K. Röger. England, 1890

2010EM2991-01

The holiday letter from school, a boy's dream of the coming Christmas, by Adrien Emmanuel Marie. 19th century

$2009CT1275-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Four Continents, detail, by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Printed cotton. Jouy-en-Josas, France, late 18th century$

2009CT1275-01

The Four Continents, detail, by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Printed cotton. Jouy-en-Josas, France, late 18th century

$2009CT1276-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Four Continents, detail, by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Printed cotton. Jouy-en-Josas, France, late 18th century$

2009CT1276-01

The Four Continents, detail, by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Printed cotton. Jouy-en-Josas, France, late 18th century

$2010CT5670-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Paul and Virginia, by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Jouy-en-Josas, France, early 19th century$

2010CT5670-01

Paul and Virginia, by Jean-Baptiste Huet. Jouy-en-Josas, France, early 19th century

$2010CT5700-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Cherished Sheep, detail, by Favre Petitpierre et Cie. Nantes, France, late 18th century$

2010CT5700-01

The Cherished Sheep, detail, by Favre Petitpierre et Cie. Nantes, France, late 18th century

$2010CT5758-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Cherished Sheep, detail, by Favre Petitpierre et Cie. Nantes, France, late 18th century$

2010CT5758-01

The Cherished Sheep, detail, by Favre Petitpierre et Cie. Nantes, France, late 18th century

2008BV8328-01

Cross Hayes, Malmesbury, by Louisa Puller. Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK, 1942