The changing face of Santa Claus through the ages. Here we have some of his earliest appearances.
1687 The Tryl of old Father Christmas chapbook
1810 6th December by Alexander Anderson
1821 St Nick in The Childrens Friend
1830 A Visit From St Nicholas by Myron King
1836 Old Christmas Riding a Goat by Robert Seymour
1837 St Nicholas by Robert Weir
1840 St Nicholas in Poets of America by William Croome
1842 A Merry Christmas book showing Father Christmas by Phiz
1843 The Ghost of Christmas Present by John Leech
1844 Dollar Newspaper (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) December 25, 1844
1847 Herr Winter or Weihsnachtmann by Moritz von Schwind
1848 Visit from St Nicholas illustrated by TC Boyd
1850 Santa new Hampshire newspaper
1850 A Visit from St Nicholas, Fisher & Brother of Baltimore
1850s Santa Claus and Jenny Lind
1850s A Visit from St Nick
1851 HW Pease Great Variety Store card - first US Christmas card
1854 another Phiz Father Christmas
1855 Old Father Christmas from Forrester's Pictorial Miscellany for the Family Circle
1856 Santa Claus, or, The Night before Christmas
1855 Old Father Christmas from Forrester's Pictorial Miscellany for the Family Circle
1857 Harpers Monthly
1857 The Wonders of Santa Claus
1858 a Santa Claus bank note
1858 Santa with a turkey from Harpers Weekly
1858 A Visit from St Nicholas
1859 Father Christmas Lords of Misrule
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