Affectionate Collection

Twist / Affecionate Pals
Oliver is claimed by his affectionate friends

Mother and child wearing traditional Thai hats, or ngobs
Mother and child both wearing traditional Thai hats, or ngobs, Bangkok, Thailand Date: 2000

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Harland and Wolff employee
White Star Line, RMS Titanic, rare bookpost real photo postcard of Titanic in Belfast written by a Harland and Wolff employee

Couple standing by Keston Ponds, Kent
Affectionate couple standing by Keston Ponds, Keston, Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Older girl helps her younger sister read a book - formal studio portrait taken on 17th May 1930. The girls are Vera and her sister Doris Dingley

A pet cheetah in Paris, 1909
A pet cheetah affectionately licking the head of its young owner. The Sketch magazine reports that cheetahs are supposed to make excellent pets and are very fond of children. Date: 1909

Portrait of a young woman in a studio photo, signed Your Affectionate Nell. Date: 1910s

Edwardian young women and their pet dog
Two Edwardian young women pose for a studio portrait with their pet dog. Date: c. 1910s

A PARTING KISS C1840
When your friend bids an over- affectionate farewell to your wife, you begin to wonder - and suddenly hes not so much of a friend as before... Date: circa 1840

A Jolly Jack Russell licks the Moons nose
Comic Postcard - A Jolly Jack Russell licks the Moons nose! Date: circa 1907

Royal princes return on H. M.s Bacchante, 1880
Welcome Home! The Princess of Wales(Alexandra of Denmark, later Queen Alexandra, consort to King Edward VII of Britain)(1844 1925)

Prince George giving homage to King Edward at coronation
The church paids its homage and then came the turn of Prince George (future King George V). Prince George knelt, and then the King raised him and kissed him on the left cheek

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

Wm. Hamilton Maxwell - 2
WILLIAM HAMILTON MAXWELL Irish writer with his dog - but not the same dog as in our other portraits, though equally affectionate... Date: 1792 - 1850

The Language of Hats
A French postcard describing the Language of Hats !! Date: circa 1908

London Blitz 1941
A mother smiles with her children amid the ruins of a typical working class home, following a bombing raid overnight and in the early morning on 20th March 1941. Date: March 1941

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

Mind improvement / W H Robinson
Generations of men and women have thought of dancing primarily as a means of propulsion, or an excuse for affectionate embrace

Girl / Dogs Welcome C1890
A little girl is welcomed home by her two affectionate dogs

Gipsy Boys & Dog
Two scruffy little gipsy boys, one wearing an old school blazer and both wearing wellies. One of the boys strokes a dogs head and it laps up the affection

Gipsy Camp 1973
An old gipsy woman, with either her daughters or grand-daughters, at a gipsy camp at Charlwood, Horley, Surrey

French Bride & Groom
A happy groom touches his bride affectionately on her nose next to a fountain underneath the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

A Parting Kiss C1840
When your friend bids an over- affectionate farewell to your wife, you begin to wonder - and suddenly hes not so much of a friend as before

Father & Daughter 1884
An affectionate daughter kisses her father

Girl and Puppy 1909
A little girl is licked under the chin by her affectionate white puppy

Vanity Fair / Miss Crawley
Miss Crawleys affectionate relatives

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