Books and Magazines — Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap-Book — engravings

Publications like "Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap-Book" were part of a genre known as "gift books" or literary annuals — lavishly illustrated volumes often given as presents during the Christmas season . They featured high-quality engravings on steel by leading artists of the day, and it was indeed common practice for owners to remove and frame individual plates for display, treating them as collectible works of art in their own right.