Desire Collection (page 4)

Serenade / Music Cover
" Serenade in the Night". A guitarist serenades below the window of his hearts desire. The lady hasn t as yet come to the window. Date: 1936

Desire Louis Eugene Gouget (d1897) as the demon
Desire Louis Eugene Gouget (d.1897) as the demon Belphegor in Les Cinq Cents Diables at the Gaite.. A fairy spectacle by Dumanoir and Dennery

Effects of taking the waters
The rather adverse effect of taking the waters at Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg !!! Date: circa 1910s

Portrait of Rembert Dodonee. Illustration from Joseph Desire Hannon, Flore Belge, Phanerogamie, Volume 1. Tinted frontispiece. Date: 1847

Portrait of Charles de l ecluse. Illustration from Joseph Desire Hannon, Flore Belge, Phanerogamie, Volume 1. (1847) Tinted frontispiece. Date: 1847

Perilous Honeymoon by David Wright
Front cover of Perilous Honeymoon, a title in the Famous Romance Library, painted by David Wright, best-known for his pin-ups during World War Two. Date: 1958

Loves Desire -- a couple with their dog
Loves Desire -- a loving couple with their dog. The woman is wearing a pink dress and holding a bunch of flowers. early 20th century

Abdcation crisis: sloganed car
Sloganed car in support of King Edward VIII during the Abdication crisis of December 1936. The kings desire to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson split the government

Claude Desire Barodet / Gill
Claude Desire Barodet, former teacher, Republican, Mayor of Lyon (1872), representing the National Assembly (1873-1876) and member of the Seine (1876-1896)

A scene in Downing Street during the Abdication crisis
A cyclist sympathetic to the dilemma of King Edward VIII in December 1936, talks to a policeman in Downing Street, London

Joffre and King Albert of Belgium
General Joffre in conversation with King Albert of Belgium (1875-1934), Commander-in-Chief of the Belgian army. Albert was credited with leading a gallant Belgian resistance against the German army

Death of the Prince Imperial; arrival of the body at Itelezi
The Prince Imperial of France was an impetuous and impulsive young man and had insisted on fighting in the Zulu war, after attending the Royal Military Academy

Celebrating the Jubilee on Board a Man of War - Extra Ration
Engraving showing the distribution of grog (watered down rum) on board HMS Sultan to celebrate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887

Louis Desire Veron
LOUIS DESIRE VERON French medical practitioner and journalist

Planing Off a Bit More
Comment on womens desire to achieve the fashionable silhouette of no curves. A thin, flat-chested woman with an Eton crop wears court shoes & a sailor style dress

Lfde Pie / Bishop Poitiers
LOUIS-FRANCOIS-DESIRE- EDOUARD-PIE Bishop of Poitiers

Felix Desire Deheque
FELIX DESIRE DEHEQUE French classical scholar

Dartmoor Permit
Permit to allow Thomas Tertius Paget and party to view the Convict Prison at Dartmoor, by desire of the Home Secretary, viscount Palmerston

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