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Embracing Collection (page 3)

Background imageEmbracing Collection: A World War I soldier and his sweetheart

A World War I soldier and his sweetheart
A World War I soldier embraces his sweetheart as he prepares to fight For King and Country. Date: 1914-18

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Hovis advertisement

Hovis advertisement
Advertisement for Hovis bread with a young daughter embracing her mother who is holding a nourishing looking loaf. Date: 1922

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Suffragette Votes for Women Hooks & Eyes

Suffragette Votes for Women Hooks & Eyes
A tiny cardboard box, packaging for Votes for Women (Trademark!) hooks and eyes. Guaranteed rust proof. An absolute necessity for the dressmaker in keeping garments closed

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Christmas Leave by A. C. Michael, WW1

Christmas Leave by A. C. Michael, WW1
Scene on the platform of a British railway station as a troop train arrives bringing with it officers and men back from the Front for a period of leave over Christmas. Date: 1916

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Couple embracing

Couple embracing
Front cover of Pan magazine, featuring a couple in fancy dress, holding each other close about to kiss. Date: 1920

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Suffragette Cats Embracing Words Fail Me

Suffragette Cats Embracing Words Fail Me. A cat exclaims, Words fail me. We will never get our votes this way! In the background, two more cats are sitting

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Plimsoll line stops coffin ships, 1873

Plimsoll line stops coffin ships, 1873
Comment in Punch magazine on the lifesaving introduction of the Plimsoll line. Overcrowded coffin ships are portrayed literally in the background as floating coffins with masts and rigging. Date: 1873

Background imageEmbracing Collection: 18 pounder shell case made into a vase

18 pounder shell case made into a vase
An 18 pounder shell case made into a vase with embossed background, decorated with a flower and engraved with an Officer embracing a young lady.. Trench Art

Background imageEmbracing Collection: When Three ARE Company by A. K. Macdonald

When Three ARE Company by A. K. Macdonald
An amorous couple sit entwined in a boat on a river at nightime while a cupid watches over them to ensure the romance goes smoothly. Date: 1922

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Bystander Summer Number front cover, 1919

Bystander Summer Number front cover, 1919
Front cover of The Bystander magazines summer number for July 1919, featuring a back view of a couple in their bathing costumes, embracing as they gaze out to sea. Date: 1919

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Children kissing

Children kissing
Charming photograph of two children, perhaps a brother and sister, sitting in a wicker chair in a garden and exchanging a friendly kiss. Date: c.1925

Background imageEmbracing Collection: A soldier and his sweetheart

A soldier and his sweetheart embrace. Date: 20th Century

Background imageEmbracing Collection: The Fleet in Japan - Attack Under Cover

The Fleet in Japan - Attack Under Cover - A British Naval Officer enjoying the delights of Japan behind a paper umbrella. Date: 1906

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Gentleman not at all aghast about the Harem Skirt

Gentleman not at all aghast about the Harem Skirt
" Everyone is up " in arms" against the harem skirt" ! This very contented Gentleman certainly is, although not in the way one may initially read! Date: 1912

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Back from the Boer War - Scene at a London Terminus

Back from the Boer War - Scene at a London Terminus of a wounded soldie returning to his relieved family after his tour to Southern Africa. Date: circa 1901

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Coster Cockney couple embracing on a park bench

Coster Cockney couple embracing on a park bench on Hampstead Heath. Date: 1890s

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Couple canoodling on a piano

Couple canoodling on a piano with the caption, Try this on your piano ! c. 1920

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Embracing couple looking out to sea

Embracing couple looking out to sea
A couple cuddle-up near the sea, watching a ship sail past. 1908

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Spending money 1918

Spending money 1918
Various scenes of women and men spending money. Date: 1918

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Couple holding hands and gazing at one another

Couple holding hands and gazing at one another
A man interrupts his lover from her reading, so that they can spend some quality time together, holding hands and gazing at one another. c.1910

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Couple canoodling on a bench

Couple canoodling on a bench
A couple pose in a photographic studio, the man gently kissing his sweetheart while she looks away a little coyly, but very pleased nonetheless. Date: c.1910

Background imageEmbracing Collection: A couple gaze longingly at each other

A couple gaze longingly at each other c.1910

Background imageEmbracing Collection: A couple gazing longingly at one another

A couple gazing longingly at one another c.1910

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Kissing couple

Kissing couple
A couple kissing infront of a giant yellow heart. c.1910

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Carol Day in Florence by David Wright

Carol Day in Florence by David Wright
Illustration by David Wright showing the character of his Daily Mail strip cartoon, Carol Day, in a bedroom in Florence. c.1962

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Couple embracing in library

Couple embracing in library. Date c1909

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Women in ball gowns and men in military uniforms observing e

Women in ball gowns and men in military uniforms observing embracing couple at foot of staircase. Date c1900

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Man wearing military uniform, holding rifle, and embracing w

Man wearing military uniform, holding rifle, and embracing woman with troops in background. Date c1898

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Embracing couple

Embracing couple Date: 1958

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Old French Cannons

Old French Cannons
Two of the oldest and most interesting cannons in a collection in Paris, France, the upper of them called The Snake, covered with sculptures of men and women embracing. Date: 16th century

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Stolen kiss at the balcony - rider and lover

Stolen kiss at the balcony - rider and lover
Where theres a will there s..... A handsome rider off to the hunt, snatches a brief emrace and kis with his lady who, whilst leaning over the railing of her balcony

Background imageEmbracing Collection: French soldier saying farewell to sweetheart, WW1

French soldier saying farewell to sweetheart, WW1
A French soldier saying farewell to his sweetheart on the outbreak of the First World War, with a battle raging in the background

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Moonlight Romance

Moonlight Romance
The first buss and the last bus - a back-to-earth tragedy. A couple kiss in the moonlight having floated away from the earth in a mist of romance

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Kissing on a Steamroller

Kissing on a Steamroller
We are coming on a slow train ! A couple share a lingering kiss on their transport of choice - an enormous steamroller!

Background imageEmbracing Collection: The Sketch, April 1956

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

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Curiosity

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

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Pierre Loti / P Journal 22

Pierre Loti / P Journal 22
PIERRE LOTI alias Louis-Marie-Julien VIAUD French naval officer and novelist receives the Legion d Honneur grand cross

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F. A. Cup Final, 1904

Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F. A. Cup Final, 1904
Series of illustrations from the Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F.A. Cup Final at the Crystal Palace ground, London, 23rd April 1904

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Embracing lovers

Embracing lovers
In a room draped with exotic curtains a couple kiss passionately

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Tennyson / Locksley Hall

Tennyson / Locksley Hall
Scene from the poem: the lovers part

Background imageEmbracing Collection: French Couple Dancing

French Couple Dancing
A happy French couple dancing in each others arms

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Mother / Child / Hug 1905

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

Background imageEmbracing Collection: ROUSSEAU CONFESSIONS

ROUSSEAU CONFESSIONS
Jean-Jacques embraces M de Luxembourg in a transport of tenderness ( transport d attendrissement )

Background imageEmbracing Collection: Greek Banquet, Courtesan

Greek Banquet, Courtesan
A banquet with a courtesan



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