Favours Collection

Suffragette Demonstration Rally Hyde Park
The Great Suffragette Demonstration held on 23rd July 1910. banners held aloft include Fortune Favours The Brave, Arise Go Forth & Conquer and the Emmeline Pankhurst banner. Date: 23rd July 1910

Ww1 / 1915 / German Optimism
The German people favours OPTIMISMUS rather than PESSIMISMUS [though isn t it ironic that the sign should be rose-tinted spectacles ?]

Womens evening dresses 1929
Narrow tiered evening dresses. Date: 1929

12TH NIGHT / MALVOLIO
Malvolio, tricked by his companions with a false billet-doux from Olivia, postures in what he fancies is the finery she favours... Date: first performed 1601/2

Sofya and Streltsi
Sofya, Peters half-sister and regent during his youth, favours the Streltsi (palace bodyguard). But their excesses alarm young Peter, who will deal with them later. Date: 1682

Advert for carnival lines by A. I. Chesney of London, 1921
Advert for carnival lines by A.I. Chesney of London, 1921 Date: 1921

Advert for Kelsey and Scott, Artistic Carnival Novelties, 1921. Everything for fancy dress, balls and carnivals Date: 1921

Immaculate Conception by Pablo de Rojas (1549-1611)
Pablo de Rojas (1549-1611). Spanish sculptor. Sculpture of Immaculate Conception. From the Church of Saint John of the Kings, Granada. Cathedral of Granada. Spain

Mary Ann Clarke - 4
MARY ANNE CLARKE nee Thompson : wife of Joseph Clark; mistress of Frederick, duke of York : at the time of the scandal regarding unlawful obtaining of favours. Date: 1776 - 1852

Mary Ann Clarke - 3
MARY ANNE CLARKE nee Thompson : wife of Joseph Clark; mistress of Frederick, duke of York : depicted giving evidence regarding unlawful obtaining of favours. Date: 1776 - 1852

Mary Ann Clarke - 2
MARY ANNE CLARKE nee Thompson : wife of Joseph Clark; mistress of Frederick, duke of York : depicted giving evidence regarding unlawful obtaining of favours. Date: 1776 - 1852

Common Bittern
COMMON BITTERN (Botaurus stellaris) Favours reed-swamps and marshland. Date: 1851

Womens elegant afternoon dresses 1929
Women wearing elegant afternoon dresses. Date: 1929

Flounces and Frill Dispute the Favours of the Evening Mode
Colourful fashion illustrations for evening wear

Presidential Elections
Electioneering for the president : a lady favours Napoleon Bonaparte

The Cock of the Walk, distributing his favours

Policeman and Cook
CUPBOARD LOVE - policeman looks in through the bars of the kitchen window, flirting with the cook in the hope of gastronomic favours

Alliance with France
Louis XIV renews the alliance between France and Switzerland, though he doubtless favours only the Catholic cantons

Papal Rule Reduced
Public opinion favours a reduction of papal rule in Italy

Brigands at Rome
Papal troops capture brigands in the Sezze hills : the political situation, with the pope defying the Italian government, favours lawlessness

God Favours Whites
God is on the side of the White Man

Daikoku, God of Wealth
The God of Wealth carries a bag of rice, representing wealth; his upraised hammer is a magic container from which he showers coins on those he favours

Showgirls / Rich Patron
Backstage, showgirls compete for the favours of an rich old patron, who has jewels to give to his favourites

Myth : Fama
The Roman goddess of fame distributes her favours to those who deserve it

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