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@inkheritance.bsky.social

Selected illustrations from my family's bookshelves past. Based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Check out my own artwork at @ashpeacockart.bsky.social.

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InkHeritance @inkheritance.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Ernest Nister, Winter Fun for Merry Hearts (page 68, cropped), c. 1910s. Black ink on century old paper, 3.5 × 4.5 inches.

An ink drawn illustration on aged yellowed paper, in flowing art nouveau linework. A beautiful long-haired woman is perched on a cloud, with snow falling around her.

An ink drawn illustration on aged yellowed paper, in flowing art nouveau linework. Five white birds fly through the snow.

An ink drawn illustration on aged yellowed paper, in flowing art nouveau linework. A beautiful long-haired woman sits with snow falling around her.

An ink drawn illustration on aged yellowed paper, in flowing art nouveau linework. Three white birds fly through the snow.

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InkHeritance @inkheritance.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Ernest Nister, Winter Fun for Merry Hearts (page 68, cropped), c. 1910s. Extract of text.

The text reads:

"Now then, you Leaves, be off with you," they cried; "the weather is warm, the Spring is coming, and we must get ready. Away with you! Away with you!

"They'll have to go," said the Holly. "Dear me, what's that? Snow?"

It was indeed Snow, the Princess at last. She drove through the Forest on a cloud, her white Birds flying before her; and very beautiful she looked. The Trees bowed their heads before her, and the Beech- Leaves tried to raise themselves to look at her.

She scarcely noticed them as she passed by; she had forgotten all (-)

(Text ends here.)

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InkHeritance @inkheritance.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Ernest Nister, Winter Fun for Merry Hearts (page 68, cropped), c. 1910s. Black ink on century old paper, 3.5 × 4.5 inches.

An ink drawn illustration on aged yellowed paper, in flowing art nouveau linework. A beautiful long-haired woman, perched on a cloud, holds the reins on five white birds; they drive her through the sky as snowflakes fly around her.

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InkHeritance @inkheritance.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Ernest Nister, Winter Fun for Merry Hearts (Title Page, cropped), c. 1910s.

An antique children's story book illustration, realised in black ink on well-worn yellowed paper; a young turn-of-the-century boy, dressed for the cold, is hoop rolling in the countryside snow.

An antique children's story book illustration, realised in black ink on well-worn yellowed paper; two turn-of-the-century children, dressed for the cold, are hoop rolling in the countryside snow.

An antique children's story book illustration, realised in black ink on well-worn yellowed paper; a nimble dog jumps through a hoop while playing with children in the countryside snow.

A children's story book illustration, realised in black ink on old yellowed paper. A snowed in cottage sits on a wooded hill; two children are playing before it.

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InkHeritance @inkheritance.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Ernest Nister, Winter Fun for Merry Hearts (Title Page, cropped), c. 1910s.

An antique children's story book illustration, realised in black ink on well-worn yellowed paper; three turn of the century children, dressed for the cold, are hoop rolling with their dog in the countryside snow. A snowed in cottage sits on the wooded hill behind.

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InkHeritance @inkheritance.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Ernest Nister, Winter Fun for Merry Hearts (Title Page), c. 1910s.

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InkHeritance @inkheritance.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Ernest Nister, Winter Fun for Merry Hearts (Cover Page), c. 1910s.

The cover of an antique turn-of-the-century children's book illustrated in ink, richly coloured in blue, green, brown, and pink. The paper is scratched and well-worn.

In the central illustration, a boy in blue, left, and girl in green, right, pose on a winter landscape. In the background left, a partially obscured older boy approaches the foreground; In the background right, a younger boy in blue sits on the ground.

Upper Text: "Winter Fun for Merry Hearts", "'Merry Hearts' Series"

Lower Text: "10", "Ernest Nister London", "No. 4206", "E.P. Dutton & Co. New York"

Footer Text: "Printed in Bavaria"

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