Christmas Elf is a photograph by Darren Fisher which was uploaded on December 1st, 2013.
Christmas Elf
A windown display I captured in Bardstown Kentucky. This cute little elf is holding a letter to Santa. This image will make a beautiful Christmas... more
Title
Christmas Elf
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A windown display I captured in Bardstown Kentucky. This cute little elf is holding a letter to Santa. This image will make a beautiful Christmas card or you could even hang on your walls to be festive. I have added effects and textures to create a painterly feel.
The Christmas elf appeared as early as 1850 when Louisa May Alcott completed, but never published a book entitled Christmas Elves. The elves can also be seen in engravings from 1873 in Godey's Lady's Book, showing them surrounding Santa whilst at work. Additional recognition was given in Austin Thompson's 1876 work "The House of Santa Claus, a Christmas Fairy Show for Sunday Schools".[1]
The image of the elves in the workshop was popularised by Godey's Lady's Book, with a front cover illustration for its 1873 Christmas Issue showing Santa surrounded by toys and elves with the caption, "Here we have an idea of the preparations that are made to supply the young folks with toys at Christmas time."[1] During this time Godey's was immensely influential to the birth of Christmas traditions, having shown the first widely circulated picture of a modern Christmas tree on the front cover of its 1850 Christmas issue.
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December 1st, 2013
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