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Enjoying Handel, 1868Ingenuous Young Lady: " I like the chorsuses best, because they make such a noise that we can talk as much as we like without anyone noticing." A gentleman with a top hat
Matchmaking in Ireland - two old women negotiate a match over a cup of tea as the potential bride and groom look on with keen interest Date: circa 1908
Two gentlemen
Chatting in the SnowGetting the gossip - two people stop for a chat on a snowy winters morning in a country lane in Essex, England. Date: 1950s
Fashionable ladies in designer outfitsA group of fashionable ladies in outfits by various designers. From left to right: a green, red and white outfit by Madeleine et Madeleine, a white
Gentleman with his copy of The Winning PostGentleman racegoer checking the days form (and racing gossip) in his copy of The Winning Post. The paper was run by Roberts Sievier, which he used to attack those he disliked on the turf. Date: 1907
Gentleman holding up The Winning Post PaperA jolly gentleman (" Sir Davy" Stephens of Kingstown)holding up a poster for The Winning Post run by Roberts Sievier. He used the publication to attack those he disliked on the turf
The Winning Post and a Bottle of Port - " My word, what combinations!". The Winning Post was run by Roberts Sievier who mostly used the publication to attack those he disliked on the turf
Paris Fashions 1915The new wartime fashion of short full skirts in bold designs & colours, high Louis heeled boots, loose jackets with belts, V -necklines & hats with vertical feathers. Date: 1915
Gossip central! A telephone exchange in Columbus, Ohio, America
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford Reading the Tatler and EDouglas Fairbanks and his wife Mary Pickford pictured reading The Tatler and its sister magazine, Eve, at a charity dance given in London in aid of the funds of the Disabled Soldiers
If Gossip we MustDouble-page spread relating the social matters of the day. The photographs included show the cast of Little Catherine, as well as Jessie Matthews, the leading lady in Hold my Hand and Olga Lindo
Three maids cleaning potsThree maids take the opportunity to have a gossip while cleaning the pots outside
Reading the papers in the rainThe streets are crowded with top-hatted gentlemen eagerly reading the main story of the day, umbrellas shielding them from the heavy rain
Street Gossip 1926Two women engage in some gossip after passing a young couple on the street
A scene inside a cafeFlo: I say, do you believe that awful story about Doris? Elsie: Of course I do- which one? An illustration of two ladies catching up with the gossip inside a cafe
The New (Y)EarA New Year illustration showing an angelic " 1928" gossiping with a party reveller
Three Women Chat 1910Three young women sit on a round backed bench and chat, maybe gossip, who knows?
The Cocktail Party / FouetAn illustration to accompany a poem on the delights of the cocktail party showing a variety of fashionable guests enjoying a drink and a gossip together
Le The au BoisTwo fashionable ladies, appearing to be enjoying a gossip in a cafe and of course wearing the latest outfits from Paris
At the ClubComic illustration by Lawson Wood showing a club waitress eavesdropping on the gossip of two cigar and pipe smoking club members (monkeys essentially)
Three Girls Talking 19CThree little girls talking in a conspiratorial way
Social / Women Gossip 19CTwo women gossipping, while their daughters look bored
Servants ChattingA kitchen maid and a scullery maid share a well-earned rest and chat at the window of the basement kitchen in an Edwardian country house
Gossip about Fairies 19The Will o the wisp - the French feu follet - is a malicious sprite who lures unwary travellers to a muddy doom in bogs and marshes
Courtiers at VersaillesThere is little for the aristocrats attending the king at Versailles to do except gossip and intrigue
Two Women Talk in StreetTwo elderly women in coats, both wearing headscarves, one in her indoor slippers, exchange news and gossip on the pavement of an otherwise deserted London street
Dogs having TeaTwo old lady dogs sit and have tea and exchange gossip
Two Flappers in a BarTwo flappers gossip at a bar
Advert / Listerine 1926Listerine for the control of dandruff
Family / Comic / My SisterThree women chatting in the street: - You don t have to tell me about Charlotte, I know shes a cow, shes my sister!"
Club Ladies CoffeeThree stylish young women enjoy coffee, and no doubt a little gossip, at their club
Cover of Britannia and Eve, February 1936Front cover illustration for Britannia & Eve magazine showing a fashionable young woman smoking while talking on the telephone. Issue dated 1st February 1936
Chatting at the BarTwo flappers gossip at a bar
French Afternoon TeaA French couple out for afternoon tea: he doesn t seem to be enjoying it very much
Social / Danish Women 1914Two elegant Danish women, one in a feathered hat, chatting on a sofa
Two Girls Talking C1890Two little girls talking: a kitten listens in
Gossip about Fairies 40Sometimes water nymphs and land-based fairies meet at the waters edge for a friendly frolic, which may result in mer-babies or other amphibious offpring
Gossip about Fairies 39When you take a drink from a magical or healing spring, don t forget to say Thank you to the water nymph whose job it is to keep it in good working order
Gossip about Fairies 37Sabrina, a water-nymph who lives in the river Severn, plays a prominent part in Miltons Comus : she is attended by Nereids who share her love of water sports
Gossip about Fairies 34Elves dance by moonlight, around a toadstool
Gossip about Fairies 33Rip van Winkle encounters the Man with the Keg, who entices him to drink too much of his Hollands, sending him to sleep for twenty years
Gossip about Fairies 28Tom Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - is provided with a horse upon which he can perform knightly deeds
Gossip about Fairies 27Tomb Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - is on the verge of becoming a giants breakfast, but fortunately succeeds in avoiding this fate
Gossip about Fairies 26Tomb Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - encounters a cow, whose lunch he almost becomes
Gossip about Fairies 25The original Tomb Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - was fortunate to have a fairy godmother, who protected him from the consequences of being vertically disadvantaged
Gossip about Fairies 21Puck and a Fairy - there is a kind of mutual tolerance between the various denizens of the Faery World, but there is also mutual suspicion
Gossip about Fairies 18Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow, is a mischievous but generally good-natured sprite : he has equivalents in the folklore of most cultures