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Colour lithograph: a sleeping man in a chair by a candle, a robed figure gesturing, and a cloud vision of a queen presiding over a crowded Christmas dinner table.

Queen Victoria's Christmas: A Vision, 1886 caricature

A colour caricature lithograph in a dark wood-panelled room: a sleeping elderly man slumps in a chair beside a candle, while a robed figure gestures toward a cloud-like vision. Within the cloud, a queen in a tiara presides over a crowded Christmas dinner table with men in dark suits and figures in varied foreign costume.

Artist
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.
Date
25 December 1886
Medium
Lithographs Caricatures
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2724 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1886.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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