Detail: “Phoebus”: by George Wharton Edwards: American 1859-1950: multiple-color woodcut used as part of cover illustration for periodical “Sun & Shade”: New York: December, 1890: whole #28: N.Y. Photo-Gravure Co.: 32.1 x 25.3 cm | 35.3 x 28.0 cm: from: PhotoSeed Archive

“Christmas Eve”: by Sir John Everett Millais: English 1829-1896: photogravure published in periodical “Sun & Shade”: New York: December, 1890: whole #28: N.Y. Photo-Gravure Co.: 19.2 x 15.7 cm | 34.9 x 27.2 cm: from: PhotoSeed Archive

Detail: “A Merry Christmas”: Emilie V. Clarkson: American 1863-1946: photogravure published in periodical “Sun & Shade”: New York: December, 1890: whole #28: N.Y. Photo-Gravure Co.: 20.1 x 14.5 cm | 34.9 x 27.2 cm: from: PhotoSeed Archive

Detail: “We Praise Thee O Lord” (“Sang with many a change Christmas carols until morn.”: Emilie V. Clarkson: American 1863-1946: photogravure published in periodical “Sun & Shade”: New York: December, 1890: whole #28: N.Y. Photo-Gravure Co.: 20.0 x 15.5 cm | 34.9 x 27.2 cm: from: PhotoSeed Archive

Detail: “Christmas Morning by the Sea” (alt: Winter’s Touch on Land And Sea”: Mrs. J.M. Appleton: American: photogravure published in periodical “Sun & Shade”: New York: December, 1890: whole #28: N.Y. Photo-Gravure Co.: 10.5 x 16.1 cm | 34.9 x 27.2 cm: from: PhotoSeed Archive