Courting Collection (page 2)

Lepidoptera Dance
Country dancing of anthropomorphised lepidoptera Date: circa 1840

Petticoats, soldiers in kilts, WW1 silhouette postcard
First World War postcard. Petticoats, part of the Camp Silhouette series showing soldiers from a Highland regiment, with their kilts looking very similar to the skirts of their female companions

Albert Courts Victoria
Albert comes courting, Victoria entertains him at the piano while the duchess of Kent and the duke of Sussex look on with approval and even the dog seems to approve Date: 1838

The Discovery -- a middle-aged courting couple are spied upon in a garden. 18th century

Lord Dundreary proposing, Our American Cousin
Lord Dundreary proposing - a scene from the play by Tom Taylor, Our American Cousin, first performed in 1858. The role of this brainless English aristocrat was created on stage by Edward Askew

Hotel Bill - A Setting for Romance. circa late 18th century

American tennis players
Two American couples take to the court for a Love Match ! Date: 1907

Couple courting: The Triumph of Poetry
The Triumph of Poetry. Date: 19th Century

The Pursuit of Happiness by Alan Child and Isabelle Loudon
Promotional postcard for The Pursuit of Happiness by Alan Child & Isabelle Loudon (Avon Theatre, New York, 9th October 1933). First produced in England at the Vaudeville Theatre, 30th May 1934

Posada, The Little Duck with Teresa, Mexico
The Little Duck with Teresa, Mexico. circa 1900

Love Lies by Stanley Lupino and Arthur Rigby
Promotional postcard for Love Lies by Stanley Lupino and Arthur Rigby; music Hal Brody (a team of British song writers trying to seem American). First produced Gaiety Theatre, 20th March 1929

Four stages of growing up
Vom Jungling zum Mann (From boy to man). Depicts the young man courting.Date: circa 1910

Two humanised dogs on a New Year card
Two humanised dogs in a romantic pose on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Cat and hare in moonlight on a New Year card
A humanised cat and hare in a romantic pose in the moonlight on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Five humanised pigs on a Christmas card, with a comic verse. Date: circa 1890s

A Small Objective by Harold Earnshaw, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News by Harold Earnshaw, showing a number of Army and Navy officers vying for the attention of a pretty young woman

Carpet from the early 15th century depicting men and women riding horses outside a castle.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

The opera Philemon & Baucis
Jupiter courting the young Baucis in front of her husband Philemon. Artist: Alan Wright Date: 1912

Japanese / Manchurian / Red-Crowned CRANE - courting dance (Grus japonensis). Japanese Crane

Kenilworth cigarettes advertisement, WW1
One of series of advertisements for Kenilworth cigarettes during the First World War showing a couple on a beach with him halting to light yet another cigarette under the shelter of her umbrella

Business as usual - despite air raids, 1915
Business as usual - despite air raids: an amourous couple carry on regardless during an air raid. Date: 1915

Subaltern stunts by H. L. Oakley
A double page spread of silhouette vignettes by the famous silhouette artist, Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley, featuring scenes during a WW1 subaltern officers ten days leave in England

Pug Peter -- dog watching rabbits
Pug Peter -- This is Rabbitiland. A dog watches two courting rabbits. Date: 1905

Four scenes of men and women courting(?) while riding in balloons captioned with rebuses. Date between 1783 and 1800

An Oar-Some Thought by Leo Cheney
A couple relax together in a boat, despite being oar-less. Date: 1927

Couple walking in the woods
The Lovers Walk. Couple walking in the woods. Date: 1849

Courting wartime couple, 1939
Back view of a couple in a London Park during the early weeks of World War Two. A soldier rests his knapsack, helmet and jacket while he enjoys a quiet moment with his sweetheart. 1939

Courting couple
Magazine illustration. Date: 1923

A Case of Encirclement by Hookway Cowles
An attractive woman in a glamorous pink evening dress is surrounded by male admirers at a party. Date: 1939

Couple taking a walk in top hats
The Morning Recreation. Couple taking a walk in top hats Date: ca. 1847

Couple making up after argument
The Reconciliation. Couple making up after argument Date: ca. 1847

The New Man in the Moon by S. Longley
A demure Columbine sits in the branches of a tree with her Pierrot who stares at her adoringly under a moonlit, starry sky. Date: 1924

Stop your tickling, Jock
A courting couple in evening dress. A small copy of the Venus de Milo statue stands on a table at the side, and a potted palm behind them

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

Curly Locks, Curly Locks! wilt thou be mine? Thou shalt not wash dishes, nor yet feed the swine, But sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam, And feed upon strawberries, sugar and cream! 20th century

E Richards. Two bonny blue eyes
Two bonny blue eyes, a dear little nose, a pretty little mouth, and her name is Rose. A little boy pays court to a little girl who stands watering her garden. 20th century

Wartime courtship by George Ranstead
A young subaltern and his sweetheart flirt with each other across a table. She asks him when he first fell in love with her to which he replies

1960s fashion, courtship wearing John Cavanagh suit
A girl wearing a John Cavanagh suit of soft, feather-weight tweed by Otterburn Mills in a mixture of pale grey and white. The jacket is double-breasted with a rolled collar set away from the neck

The loving couple being chaperoned
A courting couple are being chaperoned, while they take a relaxing ride down the river. Date: 1836

Aurelius and Dorigen, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
Canterbury Tales: The Franklins Tale. The squire Aurelius, and Dorigen, with whom Aurelius is in love

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Courting man - frog
He would a-wooing go. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a rotund man, from a frog. Middle aged

Arms and the Man by Edwin Morrow
Sub-titled - A suggestion for patriotic girls who wish to show their sympathy with the wounded in a practical way. A courting couple during World War I find an ingenious way of walking arm in arm by

Funny Postcard - Urgency
A superb humourous postcard depicting a young man taking a long time over his telegram, which has a lot to do with the pretty young girl behind the counter

Weaver and admirer - Florence Hardy
Weaving a web deeper than friendship. An amorous advance by a young man toward a lady weaver working at her spinning wheel

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

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

Einhard and Emma
A romantic legend tells how Charlemagnes secretary Einhard, secretly courting Emma, fearful of being traced by his footprints, is carried by her after their trysts

Planets - Venus
VENUS (Aphrodite) drives her chariot drawn by two doves over the Earth where people are dancing, wooing, courting, hugging, music-making and love-making

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