1880s Boot and Shoe advert, Pennsylvania

1880s Father Christmas trade card for the toy shop EJ

1881 Santa Claus by Thomas Nast in Harpers Weekly

1884 Christmas for Ever by Sir John Gilbert - from Christmas Poems and Pictures a Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Poems, relating to the Festival of Christmas

1884 illustration from St. Nicholas: an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks

1886 Father Christmas from a New Zealand store leaflet

1894 page 17 of The Coming of Father Christmas

1890 Father Christmas card V&A museum

1890 Old Father Christmas

1894 Father Christmas

1895 Father Christmas by Sir John Tenniel from A Christmas Puzzle Punch

1895 Father Christmas card

1896 A Visit from St Nicholas by Thomas Nast

1899 A Visit from Santa Claus by McLoughlin Brothers of New York

Father Christmas by Kate Greenaway circa 1890s

Old Father Christmas by William Ewart Lockhart circa 1890s