Joy Collection (page 4)

Jump for Joy! Date: 1960s

Cigars de Joy
An advertisement for Cigars de Joy, marketed here as offering immediate and complete relief in cases of asthma, cough, bronchitis, hayfever and shortness of breath. Date: 1881

Ornaments - German Internees - Knockaloe Internment Camp
A pair of carved bone ornaments with raised foliate decoration with inscriptions - one saying Zur Freud (In Joy) and one saying Im Leid (In Sadness)

Kissing under the mistletoe, 1865
A mother lifts up and kisses her young child under the mistletoe. 1865

The Sphere Christmas Number 1924 The Joy of Christmastide
Front cover illustration by Millar Watt showing an elegantly dressed lady gathering holly in the snowy countryside, accompanied by a small girl who is making snowballs. Date: 24th November 1924

The Joy Ride Lady - a theatre poster banned on the Tube
A poster, designed by William Barribal, for the show, The Joy Ride Lady at the New Theatre, St. Martins Lane. Though passed by the Bill Posters Censorship Committee

Joyous Easter - Maiden carrying Eggs and spring fronds
Joyous Easter. A European Easter Maiden with a yolk; on one side hangs a large basket of colourful eggs, on the other a large broken eggshell, holding some spring branches with cherry blossom buds

Why Get Married?
" Why Get Married?" The Joys of Bachelor Life illustrated quite clearly in this humorous German postcard illustration! Date: circa 1910s

Joy Riding in Bermuda! A young Bermudan Couple out for a spin in their bijou donkey cart. Date: 1930s

John Gray valve gear by David Joy

Piston, drawing by David Joy (?)

The Four seasons of life: childhood The season of joy /. Children and sheep. Date c1868. The Four seasons of life: childhood The season of joy /. Children and sheep. Date c1868

A joy ride. Illustration shows a woman piloting an airplane with a frightened female passenger. Date 1913 January 29

Sheet music cover, Reconciliation by Felix Godin
Sheet music cover, Reconciliation, a Melodie by Felix Godin, composer of Valse Septembre, Joy of Spring, Valse, etc. Depicting an 18th century garden scene with a silhouetted couple

Ward & Vokes, the men of joy presenting a second whirl of The floor walkers. Date c1900

The Peace Illuminations - A Street Scene by G. Thomas, 1856
A crowd gathers in the street to marvel at the peace illuminations in celebration of the end of the Crimean war. Date: 1856

J is the Joy you always feel
Advertising for Simple Simon Soap. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

Peace with Spain ?
An allegorical print showing the people of France celebrating peace with Spain - but alas, their joy is premature, the two countries will soon be at it again. Date: 1633

The Joys of Spring 1930S
An outdoor girl wearing a wide see-through chiffon dress and flowers in her hair, jumps in the air, full of the joys of spring... 1930s

Milton / Comus by Rackham
The wonted roar was up amidst the Woods, And fill d the Air with barbarous dissonance. Date: First published : 1634

Joy Wheels, Festival of Empire Exhibition, Crystal Palace
Joy Wheels and Maxim Flying Machine at the Festival of Empire Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: 1911

Fulness of Joy Plate 2
Floral accompaniment to Psalm 16.11: a garland or swag, in the shape of a horseshoe, composed of daisies & grass. Date: circa 1880

Barefoot in the Dew
The joy of running barefoot in the dew... Date: 1912

Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried promises delivery from Rotbart
Siegfried promises to deliver the swans from the evil spell of Rotbart and they all dance for joy. He invites Odette to the ball his parents are giving

Jumping woman at a gravel pit
A middle aged woman in a flowery dress jumping for joy, near a gravel pit. What has made her so happy is anyones guess!

High Tide by Muriel Dawson
A child in a striped bathing suit and large green straw hat, has fun in the sea playing with a bucket. Date: c.1930

Little Miss Frolic by Muriel Dawson
Charming illustration showing a little girl from the back wearing a green smock dress with matching bloomers and a white sun bonnet

Hoopee by Muriel Dawson
A happy little girl in a blue coat with mittens holds up a colourful hula hoop

The Spring of Love
Two young lovers almost literally spring into each others arms, eager as they are, to embrace - in the Spring

KdF poster for childrens gymnastics
Poster advertising childrens gymnastic activities with the Third Reich leisure organisation Kraft durch Freude - Strength through Joy

What the Angler Saw by A. K. Macdonald
An angler, coming to fish at a salmon pool at dawn is astonished to see a group of lithe and naked nymphs cavorting above the water to a tune played on pipes by Pan

The Spirit of Flight - 1
This watercolour image from H. Seabright is entitled The Private Owners Joy - away into the air

Burns / Lass O Ballochmyl
THE LASS OF BALLOCHMYLE With careless step I onward strayed, My heart rejoiced in natures joy, When musing in a lonely glade, A maiden fair I chanced to spy

Twelfth Night Entertainment at the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
Inmates of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, a pioneering institution for the Victorian age which operated a non-restraint policy

Belgian people kissing the Union Jack
Illustration by Lascelles, of a crowd of Belgian people gathered outside the British consulate in Ostend, kissing the Union Jack

Koldewey / Northern Lights
The crew of Koldeweys expedition in Germania hail the Northern Lights

Man Dances for Joy
Lady Waverley! Ten thousand a year! Mr. Macwheeble dances a jig, knocking his best wig out of the window, and throwing his cap in the air. Waverley looks on with a smile

Sir Henry Morton Stanley and his men exit a forest, Central
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre with walking stick), the Anglo-American journalist and explorer, and his companions leaving a dense forest, Central Africa

Phaetons Fatal Accident
He goes joy-riding in his father Phoebus (the Sun)s chariot, but can t handle it; he causes widespread damage before Zeus brings his trip to an end with a thunderbolt

Fulness of Joy Plate 10
A mixture of leaves, ferns & flowers including wisteria used as a visual accompaniment to a prayer

Fulness of Joy Plate 24
A decorative, visual accompaniment to a prayer which includes church bells & English Holly with berries & mistletoe

Fulness of Joy Plate 31
A floral vignette used as a decorative, visual accompaniment to a prayer, depicts English holly with berries & flowers

Leaving Factory at Run
A young man leaves the shipyard at a run

Plants / Clematis Vitalba
Travellers Joy

Letter from De Gaulle
Writing from Algiers, De Gaulle praises the Resistance, promising that the end is near and they ll soon be weeping tears of joy

Fairs / The Joy Wheel
The Joy Wheel ride at the Festival of Empire, held in the grounds at Crystal Palace

Shepherds and a false Star in the East
Once again, the Shepherds see a star in the East -- only this time its a motor car bringing neither comfort nor joy

Corsets at home 1925
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