Friends Collection (#32)

Horse Leap Frog
Grey Bessie a mare of the Santa Fe Ranch, California, U.S.A. famous for her jumping abilities. Here she is, playing leap frog with some of her horsey friends! Date: 1930s

Studying a Cycling Map
A group of friends, touring cyclists, take time out to study a map. Date: 1930s

Furry Friends
The rare sight of a dog and rabbit sitting on a garden chair together! Date: 1930s

Susan empties a pail of water on Dunderpate, to test to see if he has the sense to go in when it rains. Date: 1938

Dunderpate and his three schoolfriends. He is late for school as usual, but is pleased to tell them that he has enough sense to go in when it rains. Date: 1938

Dunderpate and his friend Susan walking to town -- he slows down and begins to lose interest in seeking his fortune. Date: 1938

Queen Elizabeth II attends a birthday party as a girl
Princess Elizabeth of York attends the sixth birthday part of the Master of Carnegie at Elseck House, on 23rd September 1935

Two boys at a garden gate on a birthday postcard. 1919

Dunderpate tells Susan he plans to marry
Dunderpate tells Susan that if the tailors daughter won t marry him, he will ask the pastrycooks daughter. He asks Susan to come with him in case he needs help. Date: 1938

Three middle-aged women with their cats
Three middle-aged women out to tea with their cats. first published 1879

Dunderpate falling off the fence in surprise at Susans proposal of marriage, and at the thought of working for his living. Date: 1938

Dunderpate and his friend Susan with broken crockery
Dunderpate and his friend Susan clearing up the crockery which he accidentally broke when he ran indoors. Date: 1938

Dunderpates schoolfriends laughing at him
Dunderpates six schoolfriends laughing at him. Date: 1938

Dunderpate followed by his friend Susan
Dunderpate continues on to town, followed by his friend Susan. Date: 1938

Susan tries to help Dunderpate put his best leg foremost, saying it will get easier with practice. Date: 1938

Silhouette - Children and Birds (" Small Animal-friends" ) - by Karl Frohlich 1856

Dunderpate and his friend Susan meet a blacksmith who explains what not letting the grass grow under your feet really means. Dunderpate is dismayed to learn that it means working hard. Date: 1938

Dunderpate and his friend Susan meet a miller who explains what putting your best leg foremost really means. Dunderpate is dismayed to learn that it means working hard. Date: 1938

Close Friends - a little girl and her favourite horse
Close Friends - a little girl holding on to the head of her favourite horse Date: circa 1910s

Granpop Makes Whoopee for the Royal Wedding
Lawson Woods own tribute to the 1934 royal wedding between Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece, showing his orang utan character

Sensitive pianist weeps, 1877
Herr Pumpernickel, a sensitive German pianist, weeps after performing a composition of his own on the piano. His host and friends look on with concern. Date: 1877

Xmas. Girl with holly by Ethel Parkinson. " Accept that Greeting dear to friends, The welcome of the heart" - A Macfarren. circa 1902

A Frieze in Tempera-Ture by Jay Gee
A wonderfully vivid and jolly frieze like illustration (hence the pun-like title) featuring a group of mae and female skiers and winter sports enthusiasts dressed in bright clothes

Scouts shaking hands
An Air Scout shakes hands with both a Sea Scout and a Scout to celebrate the formation of the Air Scouts. 1941

Friends visiting prisoners at Coldbath Fields Prison, Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

With Granpops best wishes by Lawson Wood
Humorous and rather sweet illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang utan character Gran pop giving out Christmas presents to all his animal chums

Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip enjoy a summer holiday at Balmoral, on this occasion they walk up the jetty at Applecross to visit the home of Major and Mrs John Wills

1930s cocktail bar
A group of glamorous friends enjoy each others company at a hotel cocktail bar in 1934. Date: 1934

The Toast by W. R. S. Stott
An early 19th century scene showing four jovial gentlemen raising a toast in front of a blazing fire. Date: 1936

Greeting -- Evergreen Friendship
Greeting -- Emblem of My Friendship Shall the Evergreen Be. An elegant lady in a large hat, keeping her hands warm in a fur muff. 20th century

Young Kabyle Girls from the Djurjura Mountains
Algeria - Young Kabyle Girls from the Djurjura Mountains Date: circa 1910s

Granpop Tests the Swimming Pool Water by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood depicting his creation Granpop, an orang-utan, testing a teacup of water before his animal friends launch themselves from a makeshift springboard

Norwegian Types (3 / 5) - Two skiing girls
Norwegian Types - Two skiing girls Date: circa 1906

Leopardskins at Carnival
A jolly group of friends in leopardskin costumes, including mini dresses, at the annual Port of Spain Carnival, Trinidad, West Indies. Date: 1968

Two little girls sitting on a log

Two girls picking apples from a tree. 1880

Seaside bathers after their dip in the sea
Two friends at the seaside, who have just been enjoying a bathe in the sea. Date: 1930s

Girls Reading Inside
Three young Victorian women consulting a magazine on a table. Date: 1881

SUNBEAM 1907
Frederick Eastmead and friends in a 15/20 Sunbeam, a quality tourer fitted with fold-back hood, windscreen, lamps, horn and spare tyre. 1907

Twist / Cruikshank / Claimed
Claimed by his affectionate friends Date: First published: 1836-37

aRON HILL writer, travelled in the East, quarreled with Pope but became friends Date: 1685 -1750

Zebra at Whipsnade
WHIPSNADE : a pair of zebras make friends with the visitors. Date: 1961

Rotten Row Riders
Riders and their friends in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, the recognised meeting-place for fashionable society on a fine summers day 1871

Absinthe drinkers in a Paris cafe
Absinthe drinkers (Verlaine and his companions) in a Paris cafe. Date: 1907

Carrs of Carlisle advertisement
Advertisement for Carrs of Carlisle biscuit makers featuring a symmetrical illustration of a group of stylised women of the world, holding hands in a display of international harmony

Tea party for a bear and his friends
A tea party for a bear and his friends. The bear carries a pot of jam and some buns on a tray, towards a table where a squirrel, a frog and two other animals are sitting

Bear and his friends on a fishing trip
A bear and his friends go on a fishing trip, but are disappointed to see a No Fishing sign when they reach the water

Edwardian friends inspecting a catch of fish, Pembrokeshire
A group of Edwardian friends inspecting a catch of fish in a large Pembrokeshire garden. The two men, one of whom is a vicar, are holding fishing rods

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