Couple Collection (#87)

From Dewy Eve to Early Morn
An amusing drawing of two dancers who eventually fall asleep on their feet over the course of an evening

Diamonds are Trumps
Two dancers, the woman is wearing a yellow dress decorated with diamonds. It featured in the Bystander Christmas Number

Cupid Cars cartoon by Stanelli
Motor salesman: We claim for this little sports model of ours that there isn t another car on the road that picks up so wonderfully

The Restaurant
A young boy in a sailor suit, treats his girl to a meal in a fancy restaurant. In the background a suave waiter serves a lidded plate of food to another diner

Road, Rail and Sea - Charles Robinson
Cover illustration by Charles Robinson for the Childrens book Rad, Rail and Sea by Clare Jerrold. A (very young-looking!) couple drive an open car below the imposing buly of a railway bridge

Skirting The Difficulty
I won t marry a man who can t look me straight in the eye Then wear them longer! Woman upset at the affect that her exposed legs are having. Date: 1925

Journeys End
Couple dancing on ice, not aware of the hazard ahead of them

Couple Kissing 1920s
Couple kissing

Fish Sailing Couple 1939
A sailor, with his female companion, find a far more interesting way to sail the seas, on the back of a fish. The steering wheel must be of invaluable assistance

Flying Poster The Puss Moth
A colour advertisement for light aircraft, from the Art Deco period, portraying a couple going on holiday

The Sketch, April 1956
A coloured illustration for the front cover of The Sketch, depicting a couple embracing on a floral background

Leaving a glamorous Party
Art Deco colour illustration showing a couple leaving a glamourous party in a car

Wallis Simpson in 1927
Mrs Ernest Simpson (Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson), pictured in 1927 when wife of Commander Earl Wingfield Spencer of the US Navy, shortly before her divorce

Force of Habit, by D. L. Ghilchik
A comic strip styled illustration showing a couple trying on fake noses, the lady then tries to powder hers

Palm Beach Tailoring - Poster
An advertising poster for Palm Beach tailoring by Goodall depicting a very dapper young gent in a finely cut cream suit chatting to a flame-haired sunbather in pink costume

Sicilian Locals milking a goat
A Sicilian couple milk their goat

The Tatler Spring Motor Supplement
A front cover illustration showing a couple of lovers lit by a heart shaped headlight

Rapide, by Keith Bryant
A colour illustration of a stylish couple on board a train in a railway station

Bystander masthead by Leon Heron, 1930
Stylised design for the front cover of The Bystander showing a well-dressed couple, he in top hat and tails, her in evening dress and fur coat facing each other and staring into one anothers faces

The play, Numa Roumestan by Daudet
Numa Roumestan goes down on one knee, begging forgiveness from his wife

The Fall of the Year
Cartoon, The Fall of the Year. The sort of unfortunate happening that must spoil the efforts of film-makers. A leaf drops between a kissing couple

Wherefore art thou radio
Cartoon, Wherefore art thou radio. It is suggested that 2LO should devote a week to amatory music in the spring. A lovestruck couple listening to the wireless radio

The Write of Way
Cartoon, The Write of Way. Love at first sight as a couple propose and accept by writing in the sky with an plane and on the ground in a car

Portrait of Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), fourth child and second son of Queen Victoria. Married the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia

How the Trains get Delayed
A courting couple are oblivious to the delay they are causing on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Please note

Reforming the Dance
Variations on dancing allowing a better use of ones time. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Spring-Cleaning in Full Swing II
The dis-order of the bath showing a couple decorating and spring cleaning the bathroom. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Curiosity
Group of nymphs watching a couple of lovers embracing under the moonlight. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Numero Un
Glamorous couple stood in front of the gaming tables at a casino

The Show Boat. By Jorgen Myller
Stylised illustration by Jorgen Myller showing a couple punting on a river. The male characters outfit is an exaggerated version of what typical upper class men, particularly students

Bolted by Arthur Wardle
An illustration from Boys Own Paper of two dogs chasing a couple of rabbits through the undergrowth

The East London Childrens Hospital
This is a crowded scene from the East London Hospital for Children and Dispensary for Women, situated at Ratcliff Cross near Stepney railway station

Low lodging house, St. Giles, London
A poor lodging house for women in St. Giles, London. Old and young are crowded in a small room and laundry hangs from the ceiling. A couple of elderly women are having a cup of tea

Young children sitting on a tree stump
Cartoon-style watercolour fantasy painting of two young children in rural costume, sitting atop a tree stump. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

International Peasant Festival at the Royal Albert Hall, 188
Engraving showing a series of scenes from the International Peasant Festival, held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in February 1884

London Zoo, Whit Monday, 1866
Engraving showing the crowd of visitors at the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo) in Regents Park, 1866. On the right of the picture are the cages of the big carnivores (lions)

Dancing Grasshoppers - Russian Postcard
A novelty Russian postcard depicting a green grasshopper couple dancing to the tune of a fellow grasshopper playing a fiddle

Adverisement for Ariel Motorbikes
An advertisement for Ariel Motorbikes. Also produced push bikes, sewing machines and cars (briefly)

Cumberland / Hohenzollern
VIKTORIA LUISE, only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II, pictured with her fiancee, Prince Ernest Augustus of Brunswick- Luneburg, son of the Duke & Duchess of Cumberland

British Frivolity During a Raid
Terrible revelation of British frivolity during a raid on the East coast. A Zeppelin knocks down a vertiginous house revealing a kissing couple

Prussian Royal Marriage
VIKTORIA LUISE, only daughter of the Kaiser, pictured with her fiancee Prince Ernst Augustus of Brunswick Luneburg, son of the Duke & Duchess of Cumberland

The Flower Department, Harrods, London, 1906
Illustration showing a couple shopping the flower department of the Harrods store, Knightsbridge, London, 1906

Receiving the Check
Entitled " We Have Met With A Slight Check in one Quarter" a man displays shock on receiving the bill after dinner with a rather glamorous companion

We are Making Progress
Entitled, " We Are Making Decided Progress-", a young man flirts with his dinner companion as he lights her cigarette. He might be in there. 1 of 2 images

A Christmas Visitor
A woman is interrupted from her Christmas decorations by the sight of her husband returning home from the war. A truly filmic moment

Dalmatian Shepherd and Shepherdess, 1875
Engraving showing a couple of shepherds, minding their animals, in Dalmatia (now Croatia), 1875

Futurist Fiction by Bairnsfather
A prescient view of the future showing two lovers wearing gas masks through which they attempt a romantic kiss. Drawn at the end of World War I

The First Advance
A bashful monkey suitor offers his equally coy sweetheart a coconut in the romantic rituals that go on before marriage

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