Delight Gallery

Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beef

Market Reports illustrated (Postcard series):
MEAT: "English beef was in fine condition."
This report on English beef (as a commodity traded on the Stock Exchange) is illustrated by a ruddy and rotund Eglish Country Squire taking great delight in the serving of probably the largest joint of beef you can imagine! Thankfully it does not appear it is all destined for his luncheon as there are other plates to be filled...!
1903

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

LORRIS, Guillaume. Roman de la Rose

The Romance of the Rose. s.XIV. The young lover, redeemer of the garden of delight, reaches a source and finds an inscription saying that there brother Narcissus died. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Valencia. Valencia University Library

© J. Bedmar/Iberfoto/Mary Evans

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Domestic Servants Insurance Act - Comic Postcard

Domestic Servants Insurance Act "I don't care how often I get hurt now, I am insured." A bandgaged housemaid shows her delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants Insurance Act, which would make them exempt from contributions toward beneficial health insurance.The Liberal welfare reforms (19061914) were acts of social legislation passed by the British Liberal Party after victory in the 1906 General Election. The pain of of her injuries has been quite alleviated! Date: 1907

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection