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Background imageCheeked Collection: All dressed up - an the button would go! A little girl suffers a wardrobe malfunction

All dressed up - an the button would go! A little girl suffers a wardrobe malfunction before having to make the choice between her two suitors...! Date: 1954

Background imageCheeked Collection: Contentment - A slightly dishevelled, yet happy, young lady

Contentment - A slightly dishevelled, yet happy, young lady. Date: 1908

Background imageCheeked Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dear Mums - I am thinking of you

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dear Mums - I am thinking of you
The message on the card is My Dear Mum and Dad, I don t think I need write much here, the front explains quite a lot don t you think. Not very nice here at the moment bit showery

Background imageCheeked Collection: Comic Seaside Postcard - I Can t See My Little Johnny

Comic Seaside Postcard - I Can t See My Little Johnny
I Can t See My Little Johnny - Humorous saucy seaside postcard design by Donald McGill (1875-1962). Date: circa 1949

Background imageCheeked Collection: Sparrows, towhee and waterthrush

Sparrows, towhee and waterthrush
White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis 1, eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus 2, white-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys 3, and northern waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis 4

Background imageCheeked Collection: Black-winged red bishop, Euplectes hordeaceus

Black-winged red bishop, Euplectes hordeaceus (Crimson-crowned weaver, Euplectes flammiceps). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his

Background imageCheeked Collection: Brown-headed barbet and common iora

Brown-headed barbet and common iora
Brown-headed barbet, Psilopogon zeylanicus, and common iora (Indian), Aegithina tiphia multicolor. (Yellow cheeked barbet, Bucco zeylanicus and Ceylon black cap)

Background imageCheeked Collection: Orange-Cheeked Waxbill

Orange-Cheeked Waxbill. Date: 1933

Background imageCheeked Collection: Large Hat, little girl - Mabel Luci Attwell postcard

Large Hat, little girl - Mabel Luci Attwell postcard
" It would be nice to see more of each other!" - Large Hat, little girl - Mabel Luci Attwell postcard. Date: circa 1938

Background imageCheeked Collection: Baby Martin - Age 5 months

Baby Martin - Age 5 months
circa 1930s

Background imageCheeked Collection: Mrs Grundy anywhere about? - A young girl checks before emerging from a beach tent

Mrs Grundy anywhere about? - A young girl checks before emerging from a beach tent... Mrs Grundy is a figurative name for an extremely conventional or priggish person

Background imageCheeked Collection: A Jolly Postman invites you to look in his post box

A Jolly Postman invites you to look in his post box
A Jolly Postman invites the recipient of this card to Open his box of tricks and look at the contents - in this case some tiny ()

Background imageCheeked Collection: Miss May de Sousa - EAmerican singer and actress

Miss May de Sousa - EAmerican singer and actress
Date: 1907

Background imageCheeked Collection: Some Tart - WW1 humorous postcard

Some Tart - WW1 humorous postcard
A soldier stares lovingly at a tart which has, by magic, assumed the visage of his favourite girl! Date: circa 1916

Background imageCheeked Collection: Red-cheeked cordon-blue, Uraeginthus bengalus

Red-cheeked cordon-blue, Uraeginthus bengalus.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageCheeked Collection: Habitat of Himalayan Marmot and Red-cheeked Souslik

Habitat of Himalayan Marmot and Red-cheeked Souslik - steppe in late summe ( ). along the river Ural - near Kuvandyk town - Orenburg region - South Russia - end of July

Background imageCheeked Collection: Red-cheeked Souslik - adult near a burrow in steppe

Red-cheeked Souslik - adult near a burrow in steppe (Citellius major Pallas). in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - June

Background imageCheeked Collection: Red-cheeked Souslik - adult - observes surroundings

Red-cheeked Souslik - adult - observes surroundings while feeding on corn, lost during transportation (Citellius major Pallas)

Background imageCheeked Collection: A little Japanese maiden

A little Japanese maiden - A Christmas Greetings card Date: 1905

Background imageCheeked Collection: Kitsch Italian postcard - Young man with floral bouquet

Kitsch Italian postcard - Young man with floral bouquet
A smart (rather sweet-looking) young man stands with rosy cheeks in the photograph used on this fabulously kitsch 1920s Italian postcard. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageCheeked Collection: WW2 - Comic Postcard - Cheerio

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Cheerio
Little girl off on her travels, carrying a hat box, suitcase and violin. Her train awaits. The war will not be stopping her leisure travelling. Date: circa 1942

Background imageCheeked Collection: WW2 - Comic Postcard - Oh What a Beautiful Morning

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Oh What a Beautiful Morning
Oh What a Beautiful Morning! A young girl joins a songbird in a refrain, maintaining an entirely positive mood in a time of war Date: circa 1942

Background imageCheeked Collection: WW2 - Comic Postcard - Why Worry

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Why Worry! Cares of the time are danced away by this young couple, frolicing in the garden without a care in the world. Date: circa 1942

Background imageCheeked Collection: Gladys Cooper - English stage and screen actress

Gladys Cooper - English stage and screen actress
English actress of stage and screen, Gladys Cooper (1888-1971) Date: circa 1916

Background imageCheeked Collection: A sketch in a French Cabaret - Scene at the bar

A sketch in a French Cabaret - Scene at the bar
A sketch in a French Cabaret - A rosy-cheeked chap propping up the bar. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageCheeked Collection: Catharus minimus, grey-cheeked thrush

Catharus minimus, grey-cheeked thrush

Background imageCheeked Collection: Acanthurus nigricans, gold rim tang

Acanthurus nigricans, gold rim tang
Ff. 196. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageCheeked Collection: Pionopsitta barrabandi, orange-cheeked parrot

Pionopsitta barrabandi, orange-cheeked parrot
Plate 53 from Christian Ludwig Brehms Monographie der Papageien (1855)

Background imageCheeked Collection: Amazona dufresniana, blue-cheeked parot

Amazona dufresniana, blue-cheeked parot
Plate 55 from Christian Ludwig Brehms Monographie der Papageien (1855)

Background imageCheeked Collection: Parus spilonotus, yellow cheeked tit

Parus spilonotus, yellow cheeked tit
Plate 40, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Background imageCheeked Collection: Megalaima viridis, white-cheeked barbet

Megalaima viridis, white-cheeked barbet
Plate 1, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Background imageCheeked Collection: Alcippe poioicephala, brown-cheeked fulvetta

Alcippe poioicephala, brown-cheeked fulvetta
Plate 30, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Background imageCheeked Collection: Anas bahamensis, white-cheeked pintail

Anas bahamensis, white-cheeked pintail
Plate 93, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background imageCheeked Collection: Hylobates concolor, crested gibbon

Hylobates concolor, crested gibbon
A portrait of a juvenille crested gibbon. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Background imageCheeked Collection: Bycanistes brevis, silvery-cheeked hornbill

Bycanistes brevis, silvery-cheeked hornbill
Watercolour and pencil by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1940). One of twenty-three species of hornbill found in Africa

Background imageCheeked Collection: Brunette in Boat

Brunette in Boat
Dimple-cheeked brunette model wearing a red & black outfit of strapless, terry towelling sun-top & shorts (or bathing costume) sips orangeade as she sits in a rowing boat

Background imageCheeked Collection: Girl Picks Flowers C1890

Girl Picks Flowers C1890
A pretty, rosy-cheeked young maid in a picturesque costume of black velvet dress & soft hat with pink plumes gathers daffodils (narcissi) in her clean white apron


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