Luglio
1883
Kate Greenaway was the Victorian era's superstar of children's illustration, practically inventing a fashion trend where parents dressed their kids in the Regency-style bonnets and dresses seen here. This charming page, likely from one of her popular annual almanacks around 1883, shows a pensive child in green perched on a rustic gate, overlooking a calendar for July. The text below mixes practical dates with moon phases and church markers like 'S.AFT.TRI.' (Sunday after Trinity). It’s a delightful mix of whimsy and utility that made her books bestsellers.
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