Comforting Collection

Mr Peggotty and Little Emily - David Copperfield, Dickens
Mr Peggotty and Little Emily - David Copperfield, Charles Dickens. Date: circa 1910s

Advert / Eppss Cocoa
Eppss Cocoa and chocolates: Grateful and Comforting

Match Girl (Hey) 1921
The little match girl, dead of cold, is carried by an angel to heaven, where it is warmer without going to the extreme of the other place

Old man comforting crying woman, 1903
Painting by Louisa Starr Canziani (1845 - 1909) depicting an elderly man comforting a crying young woman after seemingly having read a devastating report in a newspaper about an overseas battle

WW2 - The Girls Of Today, Bus Conductress
A WW2 children's book illustration from The Girls Of Today. The image shows a cheery and comforting wartime bus conductress welcoming her passenger. Date: circa 1940s

A bedchamber : an elderly man lies in bed, while his wife reads to him some comforting scriptures and a maidservant prepares to bring him some even more comforting hot soup Date: circa 1470

Apparitions: angels & the ghost of a lover comforts woman
The spirit of a dead man, accompanied by two angels, returns to Earth to comfort his surviving lover. Date: circa 1810

Missionary Pedro de Alcala in Formosa
Pedro de Alcala baptises three Formosan criminals, comforting them as they die slowly and painfully on the scaffold Date: circa 1685

Comic postcard, Girl comforts crying boy Date: 20th century

GRANDPARENTS 1940S
A grandmother gives her young grandson a comforting hug, during the uncertainty of the war years. Grandfather carries on reading his book, regardless. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Cartoon, Oscar Wilde and William Wilde
Cartoon, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), poet and playwright, comforted by his brother William Wilde (1852-1899) in the face of American criticism of his play, Vera

Little girl in large fancy dress hat, being comforted by a woman. Perhaps she didn t win the competition! Date: 1970s

Domestic interior: an old couple by the fireside, 1878
An old couple by the fireside. Date: 1878

The Old Folks at Home by J A Campbell
Promotional postcard for The Old Folks at Home by J. A. Campbell. First produced at the Junction Theatre, Manchester 30th September 1907 and the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 5th October 1908

Advert fo J. Foot & Son, convalescing in comfort 1915
WW1 - A product advertisment promoting The Burlington Rest-Chair, an adjustable recling chair. The product is advertised as the ideal chair for the sick and wounded

Georgy Porgy
Hand coloured. Two crying girls, one standing and one sitting. There are also three boys, two of whom are comforting the girls and one who is peeking around a wall. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes

Pug Peter -- vultures, dog and rabbit
Pug Peter -- The Vultures smiled disagreeably. A dog comforts a rabbit in the face of four predators. Date: 1905

A rest between duty in the trenches
A British officer resting in a billet in France. A photograph can be seen standing on the shelf, acting as a comforting symbol of home. 1915

Sheil & O connell
RICHARD LALOR SHEIL Irish politician and writer, with his colleague Daniel O Connell seemingly comforting him about the miserable state of Ireland... Date: 1791 - 1851

John Bull coming to the aid of Victims of Messina Earthquake
John Bull coming to the aid of the personification of Italy (Italia Turrita) following the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 27-28th December 1908 at Messina, Sicily

Gas Fire Nibbles
Ladies in dinner dresses and stilettos share a nibble and a tipple beside the comforting glow of a Sugg Caprice gas room heater! Date: 1960s

Vision of Jeanne D arc
Jeanne d Arc, in prison, receives a comforting vision of Saint Denis. (This incident from Voltaires La Pucelle may not have occurred in real life...) Date: 1431

Consoling Madonna by Bouguereau
The Consoling Madonna (Vierge Consolatrice) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) -- the Virgin Mary, seated on a throne, comforts a distressed woman. Date: circa 1870s

Orang Utan Pals
A pair of Orang Utans, one with its arm affectionately draped over the other, Chester Zoo, England

Mothers & Upset Child
Mother comforting her upset child

Comforting a Crying Girl
An older woman comforts a crying little girl as she sits on her knee

Mother / Child / Hug 1905
Mother gives her little child a big hug

Mother by Sick Sons Bed
I have sinned, she repeated several times, by her sons bedside

Two Women Read by Fire
A young woman reads aloud by the fire while an older woman listens attentively

Evacuees & W. V. s. Nurse
A Womens Voluntary Service (W.V.S.) nurse looking after two little boys at an evacuation hotel

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