Chat Collection (page 10)

European lady attended by a servant using a hand punkah
A European lady and guests attended by a servant using a hand punkah (or fan). (Plate 16 of 20). Date: 1813

Three Kurdish chiefs talking
A group of three Kurdish chiefs talking. One of them holds a spear, another has a sword and two pistols at his side. 1818

Tales out of School by Webster Murray
A young flapper with a feather fan enjoys a conversation with a parrot. Date: 1927

Scouting and Sea Scout leaders, London

Art deco sketches by Fish - a social dilemma: what to do with a husband? Date: 1922

Advertisement for Selfridges tobacco products

Metropolitan Police officers with boys on slide
A Metropolitan Police officer chats with three boys who are sitting at the top of a playground slide. Date: circa 1980s

Two men at a door
A frail man extends his hat in the hope that a stranger on his doorstep may have pity on him and offer a few pennies. 1925

Enjoying Handel, 1868
Ingenuous Young Lady: " I like the chorsuses best, because they make such a noise that we can talk as much as we like without anyone noticing." A gentleman with a top hat

Metropolitan Police officer in school playground
A Metropolitan Police officer chats with girls and boys in a school playground. Date: circa 1980s

Normandy, France - Elderly couple chatting
An elderly couple having a chat on a set of steps, Normandy, France. The old lady carries a large water or milk jar/pail, whilst the straw boater-wearing gentleman carries an umbrella

Butchers boy and bakers boy
A butchers boy and a bakers boy having a chat. first published 1879

In an Apple tree
Two young girls chat while sitting in an apple tree. 1885

Chatting in the Snow
Getting the gossip - two people stop for a chat on a snowy winters morning in a country lane in Essex, England. Date: 1950s

Lovers chat using a string telephone
A courting couple chat over the telephone, while cupid listens in. The dapper gentleman attributes his robust health to the taking of Enos fruit salt

Three boys chatting at a water pump. first published 1879

Poster advertising War Savings Certificates. One workman tells another that its worth while. 1940s

Dutch boy and girl
A Dutch boy and girl, Hans and Gretchen, have a conversation over a washtub. circa 1910s

Air Scouts with their Commissioner
Headquarters Commissioner for Air Scouts talking with Air Scouts from Cheltenham with a de Havilland Chipmunk in the background. circa 1950s

Wartime poster warning against careless talk. A man wishes an RAF pilot " Good luck tomorrow", he is overheard, and there are unfortunate repercussions. Careless Talk Costs Lives. 1940s

Mongolia - Men chatting outside a yurt Date: circa 1920s

Two little girls sitting on a log

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Pot and Kettle
The pot calling the kettle black. A coal-man and chimney sweep stop to chat in the street. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow

Oh! Lucky Jim! - Lawson Wood Postcard
Oh! Lucky Jim! A young lad is less than delighted for his pal, who is seemingly having more success in wooing the object of both boys affections

Reception of the corps diplomatique at St James
A reception of the corps diplomatique at the royal court of St James Palace. Ambassadors and ministers mingle and chat in their official costumes

Three maids cleaning pots
Three maids take the opportunity to have a gossip while cleaning the pots outside

Three Tired old Turkish Men
Three Tired old Turkish men sitting outside, having a chat

CAR TALK 1929
A gentleman in thick rimmed specticles and his travel companion stop chat to a couple of friends from their car

Back-chat by Webster Murray
Colour illustration by Webster Murray depicting a stage actress engaging in some humorous banter with the audience, or conductor in the orchestra pit

Home Chat magazine cover by David Wright
A front cover illustration from a womans magazine by artist David Wright. Wright regularly contributed to The Sketch during the 1940 s

Modern Chat magazine cover by David Wright
A front cover illustration from a womans magazine by artist David Wright. Wright regularly contributed to The Sketch during the 1940 s

Arabian street Cafe scene - Cairo, Egypt. Men sit and drink and chat on the street and in the alcove recess behind the coffee / tea stall

Hampton Court Tennis
Lawn tennis in Hampton Court Tilt Yard: some are playing, some hold racquets and chat, others watch and walk by the courts

Three Women Chat 1910
Three young women sit on a round backed bench and chat, maybe gossip, who knows?

Riders in Hyde Park
Gentleman riders in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, stop for a chat, while a couple ride past - the lady, of course, riding side-saddle

French Girls Scooter
A small girl takes her scooter to the Bois de Boulogne, where maman meets a friend : while they chat, the girl goes scooting on her own

Exotic Pipe 1845
Fashionable French gentleman leans against the stone urn of a chateau to have a chat with his friend and a smoke from his extemely long pipe

Servants Chatting
A kitchen maid and a scullery maid share a well-earned rest and chat at the window of the basement kitchen in an Edwardian country house

STREET CAT
LE CHAT DE GOUTTIERE The gutter cat

Napoleon III & Bismarck
Napoleon III and Bismarch chat amiably on the terrace of the royal Villa Eugenie at Biarritz : five years later, Bismarcks realpolitik will destroy the French empire

Two Elderly Ladies & Tea
Two elderly ladies chat at a pensioners tea party

Braughing, Herts
The village of Braughing, which nestles among the chalk hills of East Hertfordshire. Two little girls chat and play beneath a huge tree

Lichfield Cathedral
A young couple enjoy a relaxing chat in the walled gardens of the grounds of Lichfield Cathedral. The catheral was built between 1195 and the 1330s

Chat in a Village Store
A shopkeeper chats to one of his customers in a village store

Tube Station Shelter
A group of ladies chat on the platform at Aldwych underground station, sheltering from the danger of German bombs

Shopping on Oxford St
Two ladies pause to chat on a sunny day on Oxford Street

Two Flappers in a Bar
Two flappers gossip at a bar

American Sewing Circle
An American sewing circle. Ladies chat while they sew and are entertained by a few gentlemen callers

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