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Heart Collection (page 15)

Background imageHeart Collection: Lucky charm mascots worn during WW1

Lucky charm mascots worn during WW1
Two lucky charm mascot pendants worn by servicemen during the First World War. One is in the shape of an anchor, the other in the shape of a heart with a cross in the middle. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHeart Collection: Measuring a childs height

Measuring a childs height. Artist: Helen Jackson. Genre image entitled As High as Ones Heart Date: circa 1910

Background imageHeart Collection: Label, Hotel Meran, Salzburg, Austria

Label, Hotel Meran, Salzburg, Austria
Luggage label from the Hotel Meran, Salzburg, Austria. Date: 20th century

Background imageHeart Collection: Heart and flowers on a birthday postcard

Heart and flowers on a birthday postcard
A heart-shaped scene on a lake, with three pink roses below, on a birthday postcard. Date: early 20th century

Background imageHeart Collection: Advertisement for Black & White Whisky

Advertisement for Black & White Whisky
Advertisement for Black & White Scotch Whisky, featuring a fine silhouette of the Old Laird of Dumbiedikes passing advise to his son Jock (and also to Mr Novit)

Background imageHeart Collection: Young woman with sweeping brush

Young woman with sweeping brush

Background imageHeart Collection: Initiation to the Master of Prefects

Initiation to the Master of Prefects
The recipient is assisted by a Brother, who has been given the name Scherebiah, the title Captain of the Guards, and is dressed in a biblical costume

Background imageHeart Collection: Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Havana, Cuba

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Havana, Cuba Date: circa 1910s

Background imageHeart Collection: Rouen Cathedral, France - Misericord in the Choir

Rouen Cathedral, France - Misericord in the Choir stalls. A stange female creature with the wings and tail of a Chimera and a crows feet, holding up a heart in her right hand. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageHeart Collection: Johns submission to King Richard

Johns submission to King Richard
King Richard forgives his younger brother John, who had rebelled while Richard was away on the Third Crusade. John was named as heir to the throne and succeeded his brother in 1199 Date: 1194

Background imageHeart Collection: Longchamp arrests Hugh de Puiset

Longchamp arrests Hugh de Puiset
William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely, arrests Hugh de Puiset (Hugh Pudsey) at Tickhill Castle. Longchamp, a favourite of Richard I

Background imageHeart Collection: Durnstein Castle and town

Durnstein Castle and town
The town of Durnstein, on the river Danube, Austria. On a rocky hill above the town sits Durnstein Castle, where Richard I of England was held captive from December 1192 to March 1193 following his

Background imageHeart Collection: King Richard enters London

King Richard enters London
Following his release from captivity in Austria on his way back from the Third Crusade, King Richard makes a triumphant entry into London Date: 1194

Background imageHeart Collection: Xmas. Girl with holly by Ethel Parkinson

Xmas. Girl with holly by Ethel Parkinson. " Accept that Greeting dear to friends, The welcome of the heart" - A Macfarren. circa 1902

Background imageHeart Collection: King Richard forgives his assassin

King Richard forgives his assassin
Mortally wounded, King Richard nevertheless pardons the crossbowman, Bertrand de Gurdon, who had shot him from the battlements of the castle of Chalus-Chabrol Date: March 1199

Background imageHeart Collection: A Modern Dreadnought

A Modern Dreadnought
A Servicewoman of the pre-First World War years, titled as A Modern Dreadnought. Perhaps she served as part of the British Royal Navy (in an unofficial capacity as the Wrens were only formed in 1917)

Background imageHeart Collection: Servant Guidelines

Servant Guidelines
Servants, be obedient to them that are your Masters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembling in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Background imageHeart Collection: Anatomy of the Heart

Anatomy of the Heart
ANATOMY OF THE HEART (interior) according to Jean-Baptiste Senac Date: Circa 1760

Background imageHeart Collection: Heart & Chest Arteries

Heart & Chest Arteries
The HEART and the CHEST ARTERIES of the human body according to the anatomist Haller. Date: Circa 1760

Background imageHeart Collection: Rayon Ballgown

Rayon Ballgown
Love-in-a-mist coloured rayon gown with a long skirt, & heart (en coeur) shaped pleated corsage with narrow shoulder straps & worn with a triple belt trimmed with roses Date: 1938

Background imageHeart Collection: Bird on Nellies Hat

Bird on Nellies Hat
A fashionable hat of the period trimmed with a stuffed bird worn by May Ward - the dainty little comedienne. Date: 1906

Background imageHeart Collection: Japanese Tea and Saki

Japanese Tea and Saki
Japanese tea ceremony (Sado); a custom strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism, in which the many rituals must be learned by heart Date: circa 1860

Background imageHeart Collection: Ballad / Lord Randal

Ballad / Lord Randal
LORD RANDAL O yes, I am poisoned, mother, make my bed soon, for I m sick at the heart, and I fain wald lie down (His true love gave him eels boiled in broth.) Date: traditional

Background imageHeart Collection: M-M. Alacocoque

M-M. Alacocoque
SAINT MARGUERITE-MARIE ALACOCQUE French nun and visionary; canonised in 1920 Date: 1647 - 1690

Background imageHeart Collection: Female Type / Remembrance

Female Type / Remembrance
An elegant young woman. Date: 1909

Background imageHeart Collection: Paramount Hotel Grill, New York

Paramount Hotel Grill, New York
The interior of the Paramount Hotel Grill just west of Broadway at 46th Street, New York. The Worlds most luxurious restaurant located in the heart of the theatrical

Background imageHeart Collection: Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott
Front cover of The Queen of Hearts illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, showing the Queen of Hearts walking upon a carpet of playing cards and proudly displaying one of her famous jammy treats

Background imageHeart Collection: Mrs Balchristie

Mrs Balchristie
Fancy dress costume idea from 1884 for Mrs Balchristie, a character from Sir Walter Scotts Heart of Midlothian. The costume comprises a dark dress, plain skirt, low square bodice

Background imageHeart Collection: Angel of Love by Millicent Sowerby

Angel of Love by Millicent Sowerby
A cheery little angel smiles against a backdrop of a love heart and roses

Background imageHeart Collection: Music sheet cover for I Would Not Have Thee, Call Me Back

Music sheet cover for I Would Not Have Thee, Call Me Back, a ballad with words by H Tolkien and music by G Tolkien. A lady of the Restoration period is depicted in a garden with her King Charles

Background imageHeart Collection: The language of the legs

The language of the legs
The Language of the legs! - charting the development of a relationship through body language - from Timid to Ecstacy !

Background imageHeart Collection: An Andean Harpist with his harp

An Andean Harpist with his harp
The harp migrated from Europe to Mexico and South America with the Conquistadores and Missionaries. The South Americans adapted it and it sometimes called the Highland Harp

Background imageHeart Collection: Madhya Pradesh, Central India

Madhya Pradesh, Central India
Scene in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India -- a rather barren looking landscape. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageHeart Collection: Fraulein Urta Bohn

Fraulein Urta Bohn
Undated photograph of Fraulein Urta Bohn, who took the past of the " maiden pure in heart" at the black magic experiment conducted by Harry Price on the Brocken

Background imageHeart Collection: Morocco, Casablanca - The Rue Deify Dieude and Cathedral

Morocco, Casablanca - The Rue Deify Dieude and Cathedral
The Rue Deify Dieude and Cathedral of the Sacred Heart at Casablanca in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of the Greater Casablanca region

Background imageHeart Collection: Ayasofya, Istanbul - Fountain

Ayasofya, Istanbul - Fountain
Ablution Fountain in the courtyard in the heart of the Ayasofya Mosque Complex, Istanbul

Background imageHeart Collection: Tea Dance Paris 1926

Tea Dance Paris 1926
A raucous tea dance, somewhere in the heart of swinging Paris

Background imageHeart Collection: Burns / Lass O Ballochmyl

Burns / Lass O Ballochmyl
THE LASS OF BALLOCHMYLE With careless step I onward strayed, My heart rejoiced in natures joy, When musing in a lonely glade, A maiden fair I chanced to spy

Background imageHeart Collection: Burns / Second Epistle

Burns / Second Epistle
SECOND EPISTLE TO DAVIE A Brother Poet Hale be your heart, hale be your fiddle; Lang may your elbow jink an diddle

Background imageHeart Collection: Lear / Nonsense / Cow

Lear / Nonsense / Cow
There was an Old Man who said, how shall I flee from that horrible cow? I will sit on this stile, and continue to smile, which may soften the heart of that cow

Background imageHeart Collection: The Tatler Spring Motor Supplement

The Tatler Spring Motor Supplement
A front cover illustration showing a couple of lovers lit by a heart shaped headlight

Background imageHeart Collection: Elections held at Greek Church, Constantinople

Elections held at Greek Church, Constantinople
Elections held in the heart of the Greek Church of St Trinity, Constantinople in the Taksim District. Church also known as Aya Triyada

Background imageHeart Collection: The Crazy Gang

The Crazy Gang
Bud Flanagan (1896-1968) with the Crazy Gang in Young at Heart

Background imageHeart Collection: Bud Flanagan

Bud Flanagan (1896-1968) with the Crazy Gang in Young at Heart

Background imageHeart Collection: Germany Bernbastel

Germany Bernbastel
Berncastel on the Moselle, in the heart of the wine district

Background imageHeart Collection: Lombard Street

Lombard Street
Two Morris Minors drive down Lombard Street in the heart of Londons financial district

Background imageHeart Collection: THE HEART IN HAND INN

THE HEART IN HAND INN
The striking inn sign of The Heart in Hand at Bourne End, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

Background imageHeart Collection: Chekhov with Family

Chekhov with Family
ANTON CHEKHOV at the age of 17, with his family. (he is the tall youth in the back row with his hand on his heart...)



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