Candlelight Collection

Woman raising her skirts to scare off the devil. Perretta flashing the devil. The devil of Pope-Fig Island. Le diable de Papesiguiere

Two Young Jewish girls play cards - Christmas Eve - Russia
Two Young Russian Jewish girls spend christmas Eve (Epiphany Evening) playing cards. With Torah study off the table for the evening, a number of traditions developed as to how to spend ones night

Christmas Morning by Margaret Tempest. circa 1910s

King Henry VI of England married to Margaret of Anjou at Titchfield Abbey, 23 April 1445. The mad king was 24 and the queen 15

The Eternal Song by Marcel Rieder (1862-1942) - French Painter. Rieder's paintings became notable for their peaceful and intimate interior scenes of rooms lit by oil lamps or electric lighting

Advertisement for Nell Gwynn
An image from an advertisement for Nell Gwynn'. Delights of dining by candlelight Dining by Nell Gwynn candlelight is the vogue. Date: circa 1929

Facey Romford hands his candle to a footman
English gentleman in formal clothes attending a dinner, 19th century. Facey Romford hands his candle to a footman at the bottom of a staircase. Lucy Somersville in yellow crinoline dress follows him

A formal ball dance in the 17th century. Men and women dancing in a circle at right, and men lining up in front of women across the hall at left

Home Sweet Home -- happy domestic scene, How sweet it is to sit beneath a fond fathers smile. (1 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Blackout, meal by candlelight, 1949
Once again the victims of an unofficial strike: the long-suffering public. Recalling the inconveniences of the long wartime blackout

Blackout. Fuel-crisis shopping in London, 1947
The Candlelights of London: business as usual in the capital. Fuel-crisis shopping with department store lighting - modern style

SOCIAL / US SEAMSTRESS 19C
A girl sews by candlelight in her apartment while a man drinks at the table and another person lies (ill?) in bed in the same room Date: 1872

MISER EXAMINES LOOT
An old miser checks his hoard by candlelight Date: 19th century

GIRL SEWS / NEW YORK / 1872
A girl sews by candlelight in her apartment while a man drinks at the table and another person lies (ill?) in bed in the same room. Date: 1872

FAMILY / READING
Father reads by candlelight to his wife and their six children in a well- to-do household Date: 1783

By Candle Light, a comedy, Hippodrome, Margate
By Candle Light, a modern comedy, at the Hippodrome, Margate, presented by Lionel Bute. 20th century

The Abbe Liszt by Mervyn Suart
FRANZ LISZT Hungarian musician (1811-1886) - an unusual composition showing Liszt deep in thought, bathed by candlelight, while a couple dance in a romantic clinch, presumably to his music. Date: 1938

La Poupee by Ernest Hubbard
A young woman in a slip admires herself in front of a mirror. Close by a poupee or boudoir doll sits with its arms outstretched looking up at its owner. Date: 1929

Santa Claus by Charles Robinson
Illustration of Santa Claus reading his Book of Good and Bad Children by candlelight, surrounded by toy dolls. Date: 1906

Candles on stairs, North Guni Temple, Bagan, Myanmar
Candles on stairs at North Guni Temple Pagoda on the Plain of Bagan, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) Date: 2016

Tatler cover - Christmas Shopping Number 1959
Front cover of The Tatler magazines Christmas Shopping Number featuring a model wearing a 9000 diamond tiara and 2000 diamond and pearl drop earrings, both from Wartski of Regent Street

Rich Japanese Woman aided with her dressing by a housemaid, stood before a large full-length mirror. Date: circa 1910s

Fairies and sleeping girl on a Christmas card
Fairies with gifts, hovering round a sleeping girl on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Girls Dress / Candlelight
If ladies be but young and fair, they have the gift to know it. Mother holds up a candle while her daughters dress. Date: 1821

Thomas Jefferson / Decl In
THOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809) writing the Declaration of Independence Date: 1743 - 1826

H. L. Oakley cutting the silhouette of a fellow officer
Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley, the famous silhouette artist, pictured cutting the silhouette of a fellow officer in what looks like a dug-out during World War One. Date: 1920s

His Christmas Gift to Her by Fred Pegram, WW1
Illustration by Fred Pegram depicting a British officer in a dug-out somewhere on the Western Front, carefully crafting a ring by the light of a candle as he smokes a pipe

Reading by candlelight
Beautiful illustration of a young boy and girl reading a book Date: 1926

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