3-074-899 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Great Expectations, drawn by E. J. Walker, 1883. 'The pretty little maiden of nine or ten years, warmly clad in a snug walking-dress for her proposed expedition across the snow-covered Park, attended by the brisk Pomeranian dog, is going to meet her Aunt and cousins, who are coming to join the family party, and she is in "great expectations" of the new doll and other toys, which they will have purchased for her at the neighbouring town. She is a charming little person one of the chief delights of the family, and they will enjoy a very happy Christmas. This young lady, we should expect, after the lapse of nine or ten years more, will be esteemed the belle of the county, and will be greatly admired in town. In the mean time, being allowed a good deal of innocent liberty, she is a favourite of the village, as well as of her parents' household. It is pleasant to see her running about so freely as she does; and everybody in the parish, high or low, old or young, is glad often to meet her, and inwardly to say, "God bless her!".' From "Illustrated London News", 1883.