Courtship Collection

An illustration of a courtship
A scene by Marcus Stone (1840-1921) of a young Regency couple relaxing together on a summers evening

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Play Boy. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (2 / 4)
Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (2/4) Burmese courtship - a young man wearing a headscarf holding a large cigar chats up a coy young Burmese girl, leaning against a palm tree

Male Lyrebird - huge tail fanned out in courtship display
Male Lyrebird in full display - a ground-dwelling Australian bird most notable for their superb ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment

The Merry Wives of Windsor - title page - Anne Page and Slender, an inept and unsuccessful suitor. 1862

London Romance
A couple shelter from the rain under a red umbrella during a romantic walk beside the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, central London. Date: 1960s

Flowers for the Millers Daughter by Florence Hardy
A young Dutch boy climbs the steps of a windmill to deliver a bouquet of flowers to a young millers daughter

At Eve I Bring Thee Roses by Florence Hardy
A young Dutch girl sits by a spinning wheel while her suitor peers through the window having presented her with a bouquet of red roses

Comic postcard, Couple at seaside - letter from wife Date: 20th century

Cartoon, The Picture of Modesty, a Jack Tar sailor and a black woman Date: early 19th century

A Pair of Love Birds, HMS Triumph sailor and his love Date: 19th century

The Love Thermometer
Picture postcards were used as one of the early expressions of the Surrealist movement. This couple seem oblivious of each other and the thermometer above their heads

DONATI, ngelo (16th century). Comfortable life may slow Death but it can not escape'. Illustration of the manuscript The Courtship of Death (Il Corteggio della Morte) by Abbot Angelo Donati

Comic postcard, The Price of a Kiss Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple in an armchair Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple on a sofa Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Elderly couple emerge from Tunnel of Love Date: circa 1961

Comic birthday postcard, Girl and boy Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Girl and boy sitting on a bench Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Girl and boy courtship scene Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple at seaside sitting on a bench - Skegness pier Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple kissing in the countryside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple on a sofa. Holding you like this brings out the animal in me! - Never mind, I m not afraid of mice! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple on a sofa. I ve never felt this way for a woman before! - Oh, well, I can show you lots of other ways!! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple in the blackout, WW2. Aren t you afraid to sit here and hold my hand in the blackout? - No - I should be afraid to leave go of it!! Date: 1940s

Comic postcard, Couple chatting by a country gate - cut out the rude stuff Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple sitting on a fence Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, cockerel and hen flirtation Date: 20th century

A Hurried Courtship by John Hassall
A Hurried Courtship - Perfect Strangers Meet He: Ain t that a swagger marriage? She: Don t I wish it were moine! He: Don t I wish it were moine! She: Don t I jes wish it were both ours

English grocer entering a dining room and surprising his family, 19th century. Mr. John Jorrocks enters to find Mrs Jorrocks in red and gold turban

English grocer giving a lecture on hunting in a large room in the Dragon tavern, 19th century. The wall is decorated with hunting cap, leather breeches and three fox tails. Mr

English gentleman riding a horse on his way to a picnic
English gentleman with whiskers in tam o shanter cap riding a horse on his way to a picnic in the country. A carriage with ladies behind him, and a peasant in smock in the foreground. Mr

Bystander masthead by Gordon Conway, 20 May 1931
Masthead design for The Bystander magazine front cover by artist and designer Gordon Conway featuring an elegant couple fishing by a river while spring lambs gamble joyfully among the flowers behind

Cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship
Part-work cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship and all that came of it, by Frank E Smedley, illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), Part 1, Price one shilling. 1854

Their eyes met - Nanki Poo and Yum-Yum
Their eyes met, Nanki Poo and Yum-Yum - The Story of the Mikado by Ws Gilbert. 1921

He saw Yum-Yum enter the garden - The Story of the Mikado by Ws Gilbert. 1921

Music cover, I se A-Waitin For Yer, Josie, words by Frederick W Leigh, music by Henry E Pether, sung by G H Elliott. Date: 1900s

Victorian scrap, the love letter. 19th century

Victorian scrap, the floral gift. 19th century

American Racial Stereotypes - Wooing. 19th century

The Incident at the Ball

Dickens scrap - Mr Tupman, Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens scrap - Mr Tupman paying court to a spinster aunt in the novel, The Pickwick Papers, Chapter 8. 19th century

Dickens scrap - Little Dorrit and John Chivery
Charles Dickens scrap - Little Dorrit and her lover, John Chivery, in the novel Little Dorrit, Chapter 18. 19th century

SOCIAL / NORWAY COURTSHIP
A country courtship. Date: circa 1851

A Courtship Cake Date: 1935

TWO AMONG THE REEDS 1879
A couple moor among the reeds, with only a donkey to chaperone them - but if he becomes too pressing, she can hold him at bay with her parasol... Date: 1879

Bottlenose dolphins - pair dancing underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Greetings card in the shape of a dustpan and brush with a picture of a housemaid and her suitor. Date: circa 1890s

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