Coquette Collection

Two Parakeets - 2
The TIRIBA PARAKEET and the COQUETTE PARAKEET (or PARAQUET) Two members of the Palaeornithinae family

The Farce by William Barribal
A young red-headed woman seated in a box at the theatre, feigns interest in what her older male companion has to say while secretly enjoying a kiss on the hand from a young, handsome beau. Date: 1917

Bombardment of Kagoshima
Following the breakdown of negotiations to seek recompense for the Namamugi Incident in September 1862, and having been surprised by cannon fire from the shore

Suffragette Origin and Development. Charts the Origin and Development of a Suffragette. At 15 a little pet, At 20 a little Coquette, At 40 not married yet! At 50 a Suffragette Date: circa 1909

Binnie Hale
Beatrice Binnie Hale-Monro was an English actress, singer and dancer. Here she is publicising a revue show at the London Hippodrome. Date: circa 1932

Minnie Terry as the Sylph Coquette in Cinderella Date: 1890s

Crawfords Tea Room
The Coquette. A tempera panel installed in Crawfords Tea Room in Edinburgh. Date: circa 1920

The coquette
The Coquette, a poem by Henry Longfellow, illustrated by A K Macdonald Date: 1906

Ruby-topaz hummingbird, Chrysolampis mosquitus, and tufted coquette, Lophornis ornatus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Tufted coquettes, Lophornis ornatus (Tufted-necked hummingbirds, Trochilus ornatus). Male and female. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Dot-eared coquette, Lophornis gouldii. Vulnerable. (Goulds hummingbird, Trochilus gouldii). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Frilled coquette, Lophornis magnificus, female (Magnificent hummingbird, Trochilus magnificus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Frilled coquette, Lophornis magnificus, young male (Magnificent hummingbird, Trochilus magnificus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Festive coquette, Lophornis chalybeus (Audenets hummingbird, Trochilus audenetii). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Tufted coquette, Lophornis ornatus, female (Tufted-necked hummingbird, Trochilus ornatus.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Tufted coquette, Lophornis ornatus, male (Tufted-necked hummingbird, Trochilus ornatus.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Rufous tailed hummingbird, tufted coquette
Rufous tailed hummingbird, Amazilia tzacatl, Tufted coquette, Lophornis ornatus, and black-eared fairy, Heliothryx auritus Oiseau-mouche ventre gris, huppe col, oreilles d azur

Madame J. Rey as Pauline Langlois in La Dame
Madame J. Rey as the grande coquette Pauline Langlois in La Dame de St. Tropez by Anicet-Bourgeois and Dennery, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1844

SHORT SKIRTS SAVE FABRIC
Patriotic German woman does her bit by taking the new fashion for short skirts to an extreme to save on fabric. Yet her long boots / gaiters must require a lot of material? Date: 1916

Old Maid / Coquette Dream
The Old Coquettes Dream: an old maid remembers how nice it was to be the centre of attention... Date: circa 1835

Coquette by A. E. Bestall
A colour illustration by Alfred Bestall of a young girl with auburn hair trying to coax a red squirral down from a tree. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986)

The Fairy Coquette - with three wolves which she has just transformed into lambs

Music cover, Les Parisiennes, Three New Polkas, L Enjouee, La Coquette, La Gracieuse, by Frederic Burgmuller circa 1850s

Long-tailed sylph, Aglaiocercus kingi, and Rufous-crested coquette, Lophornis delattrei.. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary and Elizabeth Kirbys Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands

Dot-eared coquette, Lophornis gouldii, and marvellous spatuletail, Loddigesia mirabilis.. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary and Elizabeth Kirbys Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands

Eyes Left by Edmund Blampied, patriotic fan, WW1
Illustration to the cover of the Sketch magazine supplement showing a pretty young women peeping out from behind a fan decorated with the Union flag. Date: 1915

Jean Baptiste LA Noue
JEAN BAPTISTE SAUVE de LA NOUE French actor and playwright : La coquette corrigee is considered his best piece. Date: 1701 - 1761

A Young Mans Fancy by Bevan Petman
A flirtatious looking young woman with shapely legs and a shock of red hair, smiles as she holds a silk slip to her cheek in delight, while seated at a dressing table

And So To Bed by David Wright
Illustration by pin up artist David Wright featuring one of his trademark Lovelies wearing a diaphanous night dress through which you can see her shapely legs and pert figure

Charity Flower Seller
Pretty blonde selling roses at a charity fete encounters some lecherous middle-aged men, " The one between your lips or those down there? I d like something in between..."

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