Chivalrous Collection

Bayeux Tapestry. 1066-1077. Battle of Hastings (1066). Detail. Romanesque art. Tapestry. FRANCE. Bayeux. Archaeological Museum

Tennis Chivalry 1930S
A chivalrous gentleman tennis player bows as he shakes the hand of his attractive female opponent over the net!

Gentleman assists a lady to board a small rowing boat
Chivalry - A Gentleman assists a lady in boarding a small rowing boat - 1900s America. Date: circa 1900s

Cover design, Monsieur Beaucaire, opera by Andre Messager
Cover design, musical score, Monsieur Beaucaire, a romantic opera by Andre Messager, with lyrics by Adrian Ross, based on the story by Booth Tarkington

Medieval tournament
Medieval knights on horseback about to receive their jousts, while heralds blow their trumpets

Refreshment Break - bringing the ladies drinks. circa 1898

Lady Changes Wheel
A lady driver changes a wheel, dismayed at what it may do to her dress and hoping some chivalrous gent may come along... Date: 1930

Medieval tournament. Great Chronicles of France. Miniature. Chateau of Chantilly. France

Codex Capodilista, 1443. Knight
CAPODILISTA, Giovanni Francesco (15th c. - 15th c.). Capodilista Codex. 1434. Carlotto Capodilista or Henricus Forzate dei Transelgaldi. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. ITALY

Comic German postcard -- The Cavalier
Comic German postcard by Arthur Thiele -- The Cavalier -- a grossly overweight man with two grossly overweight women, in the rain with a small umbrella. Date: early 20th century

Medieval tournament. Colored engraving. 19th century

Stepping on a red carpet, 1920s couple in evening dress
A gentleman in full evening dress including a top hat, offers his hand to a female companion who alights gracefully from a car onto a red carpet. Date: 1928

Misfitz - Don Quixote. early 20th century

Fairies with flower and insect on a Christmas card
Two fairies with a pink flower and an insect on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Good night
Chivalrous young boy helps girl with her cape at the end of the dance. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1910

Monsieur Beaucaire by Frederick Lonsdale
Promotional postcard for Monsieur Beaucaire by Frederick Lonsdale, based on the play; music Andre Messager. First produced at the Princes Theatre, 19th April 1919. For the Princes Theatre

WW1 - French airborne chivilary, 1915
WW1 - Two French pilots seated in their aircraft called Lorraine as it prepares to set off to pay tribute to one of their dead comrades

LUNA, Alvaro de (1390-1453). Spanish politician, Constable of Castile. Engraving for L. Noseret. Engraving

Scene of a tournament. 17th century. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library

BOIARDO, Matteo Maria (1434-1494). Italian Renaissance poet. Engraving

CLISSON, Olivier de (1336-1407). French constable. Engraving

Saluting the Vanquished Foe, WW1 in the air by C Clark
A German monoplane, forced to descend with the British lines on the Western front. The plane was forced to alight owing to the tactics of the British aviators in the neighbourhood where the aerial

An unmilitary salute in silhouette, WW1
Professor Miggs, of the Volunteers, takes his first walk in uniform and gives a very unmilitary salute. An academic type takes to khaki but isn t yet familiar with military etiquette. Date: 1915

Advert for Mandleberg & Co. waterproofs 1890
Mandleberg, patent coats made from rubber and " free from odour", for men and women. 1890

SPAIN. Covadonga. ASTURIAS. Covadonga. Statue of Don Pelayo

Spain. Peninsular War (1808-1814). Scenes of the war. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Museo de Historia

SAN PEDRO, Diego de (15th century). Spanish writer. Prison of Love. Illustration depicting a battle

CHARLES MARTEL (688-741). Frank prince and king
" CHARLES MARTEL (688-741). Frank prince and king. " Chronicles of France". French school. Miniature. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Italy (15th c. ). Duchy of Milan. Milan: tournament
Italy (15th c.). Duchy of Milan. Milan: tournament held under Ludovico Sforzas government. Painting

Capodilista Codex. 1434. Falconer. Drawing. ITALY. Padua. Biblioth豵 e Municipale (Municipal Library)

Statute of the Order of the Holy Spirit. Rules for the investiture of knights. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Battle. Illustration from Chroniques (15th
" Battle. Illustration from " Chroniques" (15th century). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Tournament. Miniature of Ogier le Danois, by
" Tournament. Miniature of " Ogier le Danois", by Antoine Verard (Paris, 1498). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. National Library of the Turin University."

Illustration of Le Jouvencel. Batte at the
" Illustration of " Le Jouvencel". Batte at the "

The revengeful and chivalrous elephant of Africa

Patriotic World War One postcard
A dashing naval officer offers a deckchair to a young lady wearing a complementary sailor dress. The scene is given a patriotic flavour with a Union Jack cushion and a bulldog standing by

Poster advertising hats: a hat makes all the difference! A fashionably dressed young woman in a stylish orange hat turns a few heads on the underground, and is offered a seat by a chivalrous gent

Crinoline in the Rain
Another sacrifice made in the name of fashion. The breadth of poor Kittys crinoline prevents her and Adolphus, her chivalrous beau, from gaining shelter inside a carriage

Paris Restaurant 1906
An immaculately dressed couple sit down to dinner in a Paris restaurant, the waiter helping madame with her shawl

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