Friends Collection (#36)

Marys Funeral / Fouquet
Marys funeral is accompanied not only by her earthly friends but also by angels (though if she is going in the body to Paradise, why is a funeral needed ?)

Renault Admired
The proud owner of this Renault, with its coachwork by Letourneur et Marchand, invites his friends to admire his purchase

Boy and Two Donkeys
A boy makes friends with two donkeys on the sands at Blackpool

Children / Red Riding Hood
A group of children act out the story of Red Riding Hood to an audience of their family and friends

EDWARDIAN AT HOME
An Edwardian lady is at home to her friends

A Day by the River
Two sporty girls and their gentlemen friends enjoy a day on the river - and at a riverside inn

Ladies Consult Map
Two ladies consult the map while a third watches, hoping her friends know where they are going and how to get there in time for lunch

High Speed in Low Gear
High speed on low gear : An American motorist takes two friends for a ride - note the ingenious seat on the running board (and shes not even strapped in!)

Social / Usa Arkansas
A village scene in Arkansas: friends stop to pass the time of day

Bowler Hatted Men C1890
A group of friends wearing tall crowned bowler hats, lounging jackets & narrow fitting trousers. One man sports a curly moustache

Veronica and Jesus Image
Saint Veronica shows some friends the cloth with which she wiped the sweat off Jesuss face as he carried his cross, on which his portrait is miraculously imprinted

K C Spaniel and Friends
Two King Charles spaniels relax with other friends canine and feline

COLERIDGE (1772-1834)
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE English poet and literary critic. Friends with Wordsworth

Elegy on a Mad Dog / C18Th
The dog & man at first were friends, But when a pique began, The dog to gain his private ends, Went mad & bit the man

Louvre Staircase
Visitors climb the grand staircase - and what a nice surprise, they meet some friends !

Introducing Lady Friend
A bird introduces his shy girl-friend to his friends

Reynards Triumph
REYNARDs TRIUMPH Wearing a chain of office, cape and laurel wreath Reynard enjoys the adulation of the other animals - swans, frogs, mice, monkey, donkey, lion etc

French Manoir Interior
The interior of a manoir - the head of the household arriving home where his family and friends are playing cards, dancing or chatting by the fire

Trained Trees
If you train your tree properly you will not need to build a summer house - you will be able to entertain friends within its protective screen

St Petersburg -The Point
The Point, on the islands in the Neva delta, is a favourite place for the citizens to take the air and meet their friends

Christmas Visiting
Couple delivering presents, to friends and family at christmas

Yvonne LA Bois
Yvonne La Bois, American starlet, reclining languidly on her bed as she makes a phone call, surrounded by photographs of her men friends

Bear and the Travellers
THE BEAR AND THE TWO FRIENDS One traveller asks his friend, whom he had left to his fate, what the bear had said to him: never travel with a friend who deserts you in danger

Tolstoy & Friends 1856
TOLSTOY (top left) with (left to right) I A Goncharov, Ivan Turgenev, D V Grigorovich, A V Druzhinin and A N Ostrovski

Liebig Games - 6
A boy delights his friends with a demonstration of what happens when two shapes are projected and superimposed on a screen, a lesson in physics

Liebig Games - 3
A boy entertains his friends with his skill with the hoop, demonstrating some of the laws of physics such as the power of centrifugal force

Witches of Blocksberg
The witches of the Blocksberg, Germany, engaged in their appalling, blasphemous and lascivious practices, assisted by their diabolical friends

Shakespeare & Friends
He dines for the last time with Ben Jonson and other friends

Bewick / Sable
(Martes zibellina) this mustelid seemingly survived the evolutionary struggle by being the fittest to provide garments for the lady friends of the wealthy

Trouser Suit by Worth
My friends looked askance, The first time they saw me in pants. I just hope this crepe de chine ensemble by Worth Doesn t excite their mirth

Ages of Man -10
October He feasts with family and friends

Admiring a Small Dog
She asks her friends to admire her cute little dog : they do so without enthusiasm - what might it do to their costumes by Doeuillet and Premet ?

Swedish Betrothal
A Swedish couple from Skane in southern Sweden plight their troth wearing traditional dress, while relatives and friends watch in approval

Pope Alex VI & Friends
POPE ALEXANDER VI (Roderigo Borgia) To celebrate his daughter Lucrezias marriage, he invites 50 courtesans to dine &c at the Vatican

THE CHUMMY BOOK
Cover of Nelsons The Chummy Book ( for all boys and girls who are Good Chums ) showing a dog and cat making friends and implying that the boy and girl could do likewise

Vision at Lourdes
The scene at the Grotte de Massabieille when Bernadette Soubirous, gathering firewood with friends, sees the figure of a young female, later identified as the Virgin

Poe and Friends
EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer (on the right) with friends from the University of Virginia, Miles George and Thomas Goode Tucker, probably taken about 1840

Shakespeare / Falstaff
Falstaff and his friends

Voltaire with Friends
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET known as Voltaire Dining with a group of friends including Diderot, D Alembert and Condorcet

Mediums in Stocks
Mediums should be put in the stocks until they are released by their friends the spirits

Friends Visit Milton
JOHN MILTON, blind in old age, visited by his friends

Wassailing at the Manor
Poor old man and musical friends beg WASSAIL-BOWL from Lord of the Manor

Mermaid and Friend
A mermaid makes friends with a fisherman

Water Babies / Sealife / Tom
Tom & his marine friends on the seabed: We float out our life in the mid-ocean, with the warm sunshine above our heads

Beaumarchais / Lavreince
PIERRE-AUGUSTIN CARON de BEAUMARCHAIS French clockmaker and writer depicted reading his works to some friends

Ancient Romans celebrating the Saturnalia
An Ancient Roman noble and his friends celebrate the Saturnalia, 17-19 December

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