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Comic postcard, men gossiping about young woman Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, gossiping neighbours Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, evacuee baby? WW2 Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, the vicar sponges his aspidistra Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, the vicars stipend cut down - two women gossiping Date: 20th century
(conversation over the garden fence) - "The War ll be over in a fortnight now(conversation over the garden fence) - " The War ll be over in a fortnight now, cos my ole mans joined the Army an I know e never keeps a job longer n that!" Date: circa 1944
A portrait of Walter Winchell, the Boswell of Broadway, 1930 Date: 1930
Two women chatting at the fireside. 1926
Scandal in Paris by Edgar de Saint-Pierre de Montzaigle
A group of society ladies enjoying a cup of tea and biscuits together. Date: 1910
Have you heardcirca 1910s
2 WOMEN WHISPER IN CAFEWomen in Paris cafe; afraid to make themselves conspicious, propose to look as if they are waiting for someone. Date: 1903
18TH CENTURY GARDENPARTYA garden party on an aristocratic estate - dancing on the lawn for some, gossip and flirtation for others Date: circa 1740
EMBROIDERING LADYA lady is seated at her embroidery frame, while sharing the gossip of her two visitors Date: circa 1840
FOUR LADIES TAKE TEAFour ladies enjoy a cup of tea, while they compare ribbons and exchange gossip Date: late 1840s
TWO OLD MAIDS 1842Two old maids gossip over a pot of tea, while the poodle and the parrot try to attract their attention Date: 1842
ENGLISH DINNER PARTYAn extended family dinner in an English country home : gossip over the dessert Date: circa 1830
POINTING FINGERS 1933Villagers suspect a girl of sin : Cast off by the husband she loved, Margaret stumbled past the prying eyes of the neighbours : they, too, believed the wicked lies Date: 1933
THE KITCHEN GARDENA Morning Gossip Two girls working in a rural kitchen garden. Date: 1888
The Light Side of Nature - Three older working class women wrapped-up well in shawls and aprons standing chatting alongside a sign for the Fair Women exhibition at The Grafton Galleries. Date: 1894
Old ladies on corner of Rue de la Cite in Cergy PontoiseThree old ladies and a dog chat on the corner of Rue de la Cite in Cergy Pontoise, northern France 1994 Date: 1994
Penkridge market, StaffsMen talk in the rain outside the market office at Penkridge market, Staffordshire Date: 1990
Three men Etel, FranceThree men talk in Etel street, Brittany, France, beneath town information map. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988
Newly Engaged couple at a large Dinner Party. Date: circa 1905
Happy New Year card - turning over a new leafHappy New Year greetings postcard - turning over a new leaf and do a bit of washing for a change! Rather than idle chit chat on the doorstep, get the washing done...!!! Date: circa 1910s
Public learn of Constitutional Crisis in the British RoyaltyDecember 3rd, 1936 - A group of women discuss the Constitutional Crisis in the British Royalty they have been reading about in their newspaper Date: 1936
Mrs Charles Sweeny with Prince Bernhard of NetherlandsSocialite Mrs Charles Sweeny, formerly Miss Margaret Whigham and later the infamous Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993), pictured with Prince Bernard of the Netherlands (1911-2004)
1920s cocktail party gossip" I wonder why one always has a cherry in a cocktail?" " So that one shall not drink on an empty stomach" Witty exchanges at a well populated, glamorous
Eve, columnist for The Tatler magazineEve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine who was the alter-ego of Olivia Maitland-Davidson. Eve first appeared in The Tatler on 20 May 1914 (pictured here)
Luxurious Cafe 1744A typically luxurious cafe is the venue for the socialising and gossip of the bourgeousie. Date: 1744
Careless Talk Costs Lives - World War II posterA poster instructing civilians to " Keep it under your hat" and not to gossip, in case vital information is inadvertently passed to the enemy
Oliver Fry, editor ofOliver Armstrong Fry, editor of Vanity Fair, pictured in his office surrounded by the famous caricatures by " Spy". Born in Tasmania, he was educated at St. Johns College, Cambridge
USA BOSTONChildren play games while their mothers gossip on Boston Common
Gossip about Fairies 38Scylla, a beautiful water nymph, is beloved by Glaucus, but a jealous rival, Circe, will turn her into a monster with six heads, each with three rows of teeth
Gossip about Fairies 36Children should be warned not to accept rides from strange magic horses - these unhappy kids are riding, alas, to a home neath the waves whence they are unlikely to return
Gossip about Fairies 35Water nymphs are the companions of Neptune (Poseidon) and frolic around him as he rides his chariot through the waves
Gossip about Fairies 31Idle Inny and the Dwarf - an Irish variant on the German tale of Rumpelstiltskin
Gossip about Fairies 30Many dwarfs work underground, often in the mining industry, notably in the Harz mountains of Germany : but they generally come up at nights. as in the story of Snow-White
Gossip about Fairies 8Fairy dance - three very conventional fairies perform a simple pas de trois with the moon as spotlight
Dr Johnson / ChesterfieldDR SAMUEL JOHNSON In the ante-room of Lord Chesterfield, awaiting an audience, 1748
A Weighty Reason by H. M. Bateman" He seems happy, but what on earth did her marry her for - her money?" " Oh dear no - her house" On seeing a chap walking in the park with an older, somewhat voluptuous
Dorothy Compton, Movie Humor magazineDorothy Compton, performer, appearing in an elaborate costume at the French Casino (probably the one in New York City), in Movie Humor magazine, November 1937. Date: 1937
Cover design, Movie Humor magazine, November 1937 -- Hollywood Girls and Gags! The pigskin you love to touch. Showing a scantily dressed woman holding an American football 1937
The Gossip - How the Devil does She know all that? early 19th century
Mr and Mrs Claud Allister reading The TatlerClaud Allister and his wife (Barbara Fisher) pictured reading The Tatler magazine. Date: 1931
Gossip at the fountain - PortugalWomen gossip at the fountain - Portugal Date: 1909
Caricature of Edmund Yates and ? BeckerCaricature of Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894), British novelist and dramatist, editor of The World society journal, and ? Becker. 1882
Cartoon, Bad Neighbourhoods. Two women stop in the street to pass the time of day, and comment on a nosy neighbour. Date: 1918