Friend Collection (page 4)

Itaian postcard praising Kind Edward VII
An Italian postcard, fullsome in its praise for King Edward VII (1841-1910) during his first official visit to the country in 1903 (to aid the then-poor Anglo-Italian relations)

RMS Titanic - letter and envelope from W T Stead
RMS Titanic - a one page typed letter, with envelope, from W T Stead to his friend and biographer Edith K Harper, on The Review of Reviews headed notepaper, dated 13 November 1891

Music cover, Hum Your Troubles Away, fox-trot song, composed by Cliff Friend and Harry Woods Date: 1926

Antilochus takes news to Achilles - Rafael Tegeo
Rafael Tegeo (1798-1856). Spanish painter. Antilochus takes to Achilles the news of the fight on the body of Patroclus. Oil on canvas, 1831. Detail. Private collection. Date: 2019

Victorian Scrap, Clown with Banjo, Our Old Friend Date: late 19th century

Jack's Visit to Greenwich II - the Anson Room, model of Portsmouth Dockyard extension, something like a chest, an old friend, a queer vessel

Robert, London Policeman, Rab and His Friends
Robert, a London Policeman, in Rab and His Friends. Date: 1893

Suffragette Rose Lamartine Yates
Portrait photograph of Rose Lamartine Yates (1875-1954). She joined the Wimbledon branch of the W.S.P.U in 1908, becoming its secretary in 1910

Lazarus of Bethany or Saint Lazarus. Jesus restores him to life for days after his death. Martyrdom. Engraving by Cibera Ano Cristiano, 1853. Colored

John Keats Grave Graves Death Burial Headstone
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Pasternak, Mayakovsky, Eisenstein and others, Moscow
Group photo, from left to right: Boris Pasternak (Russian writer), Vladimir Mayakovsky (Russian writer and actor), Tomizi Tamiji Naito (Japanese writer), Arseny Voznesensky (Soviet diplomat)

Front cover of The Sketch featuring King George VI (1895 - 1952), with his wife and consort, Queen Elizabeth (1900 - 2002), and one of their pet dog Corgis. Date: 1941

Identification Silhouettes of Aircrafts WWI
Double page spread showing on the left-hand page silhouettes of British military aeroplanes including fighters and bombers seen from underneath

Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, writers
Keith Spencer Waterhouse (1929-2009), English novelist, journalist and writer of TV series. Seen here (left) with his friend and co-writer Willis Hall (1929-2005). Date: 1960

Karl Marx with Friedrich Engels and family members
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary (right)

The Teetotal Angler, by H. M. Bateman
An angler happily unaware of his friend's desperation for a drink. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Crucifixion kiss
A friend climbs steps to kiss a woman who is enduring death by crucifixion. Date: 1929

DEATH OF EPAMINONDAS
Epaminondas, Theban general, dies fighting the Spartans at the battle of Mantinea risking his own life to save that of his friend Pelopidas. Date: 362 BCE

THE TOMB OF PHAETON
After his fatal drive, Phaeton's tomb is flanked by his sisters, changed into poplars, while his friend Cygnus, bitterly mourning his death, becomes a swan. Date:

GEORGE IV AND FRIEND
George, prince of Wales (later George IV) drives his friend Mrs Q in his carriage to Brighton. Date: 1810s

CLEO DE MERODE French actress and her friend Leopold II of Belgium are interrupted by his daughters, who would like her clothes when she's finished with them Date: 1904

LEOPOLD II King of Belgium with his friend Cleo Merode: his daughters ask, can they have her clothes when she's finished with them? Date: 1835 - 1909

THE SIRENS (BRIOT)
To help them seek their friend Persephone, the daughters of Achelous ask the gods for wings and tails ; they become sirens, enticing sailors to death with their singing

THE SIRENS
To help them seek their friend Persephone, the daughters of Achelous ask the gods for wings and tails ; they become sirens, enticing sailors to death with their singing

BOOK IS OUR BEST FRIEND
The Provincial Council of Valencia, a pro-republican city during the civil war, encourages workers to educate themselves with the slogan: the book is our best friend Date: 1936 - 1939

Violet Friend, reclining on a crescent moon Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Two women and a little boy Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy with donkey on beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken husband arrives home Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman with twin beds Date: 20th century

Postcard design artwork - Posting Birthday wishes
Postcard design artwork - With lots of love, my wish I send - For a Happy Birthday Little Friend! A child posting a letter into a tall red postbox. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Woman with four children getting divorced Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl with Reserved chair for a friend Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl weighing herself Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Cats and kittens
Comic postcard, Cats and four kittens, two with missing tails Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women chatting - one of them in tears, confiding in her friend Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women and a little boy - His father was one of the nicest men I ever met. I d like to meet him again! Date: 20th century

Children on a birthday postcard Date: circa 1918

Birthday Gifts
Children with birthday gifts for their friend

Road Accident
We ran across an old friend here the other day. A happy holiday postcard depicting the scene of an accident. Artist: BH Smale Date: 1905

John Gower (1340-1408) was an English poet, a contemporary of William Langland and the Pearl Poet, and a personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer. Date: 1875

Sir Richard Steeles House
View of Sir Richard Steeles house on Haverstock Hill, London. Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729) was an Irish writer, playwright, and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison

English gentleman consulting a somniloquist, 18th century
English gentleman consulting a somniloquist in his chambers, 18th century. The sleeping fortune teller lies in a bed in a room decorated with crocodile skin, Egyptian figures and incense burners

A man offers his friend his beautiful slavegirl. Two friends watch a woman sleeping in a four-poster bed. Les deux amis. After Athenaeus

Bus House CWGC Voormezeele, Belgium
Marking places on battefields is always a tricky business. hence the use of simple identifiers such as Lone Tree, Railway Corner etc. Our old friend Rose Coombs told how this cemetery got its name

Horse and foal grazing
A foals best friend. Artist: Eileen Hood. Date: circa 1920

Cartoon, A Friend at Court (John Bright)
Cartoon, A Friend at Court -- a satirical comment on the radical Liberal MP John Bright, a Quaker (hence the friend pun), who had recently obtained a Cabinet position (President of the Board of Trade)

Cartoon, A Dress Rehearsal (John Bright)
Cartoon, A Dress Rehearsal -- a satirical comment on the radical Liberal MP John Brights expectation that he might obtain a Cabinet position in the next Liberal government

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