Armchair Collection (page 6)

Find the Fault card No. 12 -- man reading. circa 1930s

Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte d Angiviller (1730-1809). Director of the Batiments du Roi. Portrait by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (1725-1802). 1780-1789. National Museum of Denmark

Chief Superintendent Winifred Barker in her office
Winifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960

Bull terrier and dachshund puppy sleeping in a chair
A bull terrier and a dachshund puppy sleeping in a chair -- Turps or Tirpz (short for Tirpitz or Turpentine) finds a new use for bull terriers (Aldins own dogs). Date: 1930

Children by a kitchen hearth
Two children and a dog pictured gazing at the burning embers of a fire in a kitchen inglenook. Other kitchen furniture and equipment include an armchair, bellows and a basket of vegetables

Red Cross canteen, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, WW2
Red Cross canteen at Milwaukee Station (part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

WW1 - What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?
Child: " And is the War really over, Daddy? Father: " Practically, My Boy." Child: " Then may I ask you a question about it which I couldn t ask till it WAS over

Comic postcard, baby delivery -- If you break the engagement off, don t expect the girl to return you all the presents! Date: circa 1900s

The Evening Paper by H. M. Bateman
An old gentleman settles down to read the evening newspaper in an armchair by the fire but the news does not meet with his approval

Driven From Home by Gilbert Hastings Macdermott
Driven From Home by G. H. Macdermott (27 February 1845 8 May 1901). First produced at the Grecian Theatre on 31st July 1871

Hugh Wakefield by Giuseppe Amisani
Portrait of English actor Hugh Wakefield (1888-1971), possessing, according to The Sketch in which this painting was reproduced, a genius for the portrayal of inoffensive inebriates

Happy Families box lid. circa 1920s

The British Lion reading The Times newspaper
The British Lion reading about War in The Times newspaper. mid-19th century

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Mr Giles the Farmer. 1928

The Artistic Smoker by H M Bateman - or, Practice Makes Perfect. This illustration shows an artist teaching himself to blow smoke rings. His easel is abandoned in the background

Trap Door Entrance
Dr. Standing on armchair gazing at ceiling. Part of Box 22 Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Greetings card with medieval style interior, looking very cosy in the firelight. Date: circa 1920s

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Miss Prim. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Anti-snoring machine
The inventor of an anti-snoring machine attaches it to a woman for testing. Date: 1960s

Egyptian art. Tutankhamuns Gold Throne. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom of Egypt. 1332-1322 BC. Egyptian Museum. Cairo

Joan Maragall (1860-1911). Catalan poet. Portrait by Ramon Pichot (1871-1925). Catalans Illustrious Gallery. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Illustration, The Armchair -- two children link arms to carry a smaller child. late 19th century

Cottage Twin Bedroom
A lovely bedroom with twin beds in a country cottage. Note the ceiling beams, latticed windows and comfy armchair. Date: 1930s

Exhausted Housewife
A young overworked housewife or stressed out working woman with a sore neck, lies back in a comfortable armchair and puts her feet up on a leather footstool. Date: early 1930s

Eliza Cook, Writer
ELIZA COOK Author of The old armchair and other popular poems. with her autograph Date: 1818 - 1889

Sulky Little Girl
But I don t want to go to bed yet! A rather sulky little girl sits in an armchair, ready for bed. Date: 1940s

Man Reading 1940S
Grandfather sits in his armchair reading a copy of the Beckenham Journal, keeping up with the wartime news. Lots of public information leaflets, etc. are to hand. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Cartoon, Victim of food. A young French woman is being courted by a baron, but her mother has made her promise to flirt only with the dairymans son. Date: 1919

Eliza Cook 1849
ELIZA COOK Writer of parlour poems, one of her best known being The Old Armchair. Date: 1818 - 1889

Cartoon, young woman reminiscing
Cartoon, a pretty young woman sits in an armchair and reminisces over a box of love letters: Oh, he was so nice that evening! Date: 1918

Fauteuil a LA Reine
Fauteuil a la reine - French armchair named in the queens style Date: 18th century

Reading Newspaper 1951
A woman in a flower print dress reads the Star newspaper (headline Morrison: Arms Drive Comes First ) from the comfort of an armchair Date: April 1951

Reading a Book / Armchair
A woman sitting in an armchair with a rose pattern selects a book from one of the piles on the floor. Date: 1920

George Bernhard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Irish playwright attacks British hypocrisy with " Fannys First Play" Date: 1912

Paul Morand / Fantasio
PAUL MORAND French diplomat and writer, overwhelmed with paperwork Date: 1888 - 1976

Swedish armchair in the rococo style
Armchair in the rococo style, Sweden Date: 18th century

To the Ringlets of 69 by Lewis Baumer
Impression of a young woman of 1869, the year in which The Graphic magazine was first published. This picture, by Lewis Baumer, better known for his pictures of pretty flapper girls

Christmas toast by Charles Robinson
Grandfather raises a glass of red wine in a Christmas toast Date: 1906

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