Heart Collection (page 4)

An Aztec priest removes a mans heart in a human sacrifice
An Aztec priest removes a mans heart in a ritual with an obsidian knife on a sacrificial stone and offers it to the god Huitzilopochtli. Several young acolytes hold down the victim

Wild bleeding heart, Dicentra formosa. (Blush fumitory, Fumaria formosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical

Common Bottlenose Dolphin, two facing each other

Music cover, Sanctuary of the Heart, Meditation Religieuse, by Albert W Ketelbey. Date: 1924

Through the Heart by Raphael Kirchner (1876-1917). Cupids arrow pierces a young woman through the heart. 1915

Music cover, Within Your Heart, by H Trotere
Music cover, Within Your Heart, words by G Hubi Newcombe, music by H Trotere. Date: 1901

The Merchant of Hearts. 1919

Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland, with a background of Scottish heather, a Mackintosh tartan and coat of arms. Date: circa 1905

Queen Astrid steamer on the Congo River
Page from The Sphere reporting on the steam Queen Astrid, one of the flagships of the Congo River. It was timber-burning and made two trips up river every month. Date: 1953

Flowers with heart and star on a greetings card -- Best Love. circa 1910s

Blue and mauve flowers on an 11th birthday card with lacy design at the top. circa 1890s

Romantic greetings card in the shape of a harp with mauve flowers, two silver hearts and an arrow. Date: circa 1900s

Cupid and spiders web on a Valentine card
Cupid with net and spiders web on a Valentine card -- Caught in Loves Web. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Spiders web on a Valentine card -- Caught in Loves Web. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Girl at a post box on a Valentine card. Date: circa early 20th century

Travel tickets with comic verse on a Christmas card -- From All Difficulties to Prosperity, Special Xmas Train. Date: 1889

Cupids and flowers on a paper lace romantic card - Happy is the Heart Love That is prized by Thee. Date: circa 1890s

Cupids with hearts and flowers on a German Valentine card in four sections. Date: circa 1890s

Young woman on a heart-shaped Valentine card
Young woman with flowers and ribbons on a heart-shaped Valentine card. Date: circa 1890s

Cupids, red hearts, shoes and flowers on a Valentine card
Cupids, red hearts, shoes and flowers on a cutout Valentine card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl with flowers and verse on a Valentine card. Date: circa 1900s

Cupid with flowers, heart and doves on a Valentine postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy with hearts in an envelope on a Valentine card
Little boy with red hearts and a golden arrow, standing inside an envelope on a Valentine card. Date: circa 1890s

Cupid in a boat on a New Year postcard
Cupid in a boat drawn by two swans on a New Year postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Little girl with a sweet face on a Valentine card
Little girl with a sweet face (literally, a sweet that can be eaten) on a Valentine card, with verse. Date: early 20th century

Santa Claus playing card on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus in the style of a playing card on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Romantic paper lace card with shells -- My Heart Were All Alone But For Its Dreams Of Thee. Date: circa 1890s

Cupids and girl on a paper lace romantic card
Cupids and girl with plate of fruit on a paper lace romantic card -- I live on love for thee. Date: circa 1890s

Pink and blue flowers with dove on a greetings card
Pink roses and blue forgetmenots with green ribbon and dove on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl in a car on a cutout Valentines card. circa 1900s

Valentine card, sailor boy - From one Valentine to another. 20th century

Christmas and New Year card in the shape of a basket, open to reveal a cryptic message inside in the form of a pictogram. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Music sheet - Until You Fall in Love
Romantically-themed music sheet cover with two doves flying over a heart. Date: 1930s

Religious verse 1885
Religious verse, Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart. psalm xxvii 1885

Rudolph Valentino, Italian-American film star. Date: circa 1920

David Frances Barry photo - Hidastas Chief
Hidastas Chief Crow that Flies High, also known as Heart. The son of Likes Eagle of the Hidatsa tribe from Gros Ventres village

Firemens Farm in the Heart of the City WWII
In the centre of London near St. Giles Cripplegate, firefighter members of the N.F.S. which station was damaged in the air raids in 1940 attend a large plot, consisting of vegetable

GERMAN WAR LOAN POSTER
German war loan poster from World War One, featuring a flag forming the shape of a heart torn in two with the slogan Rend Englands might circa 1915

SPANISH SACRIFICED
Spanish conquistadors captured by the Aztecs are sacrificed in their customary way, cutting the heart out of the living body, to the glory of the gods Date: 1519

MEXICAN SACRIFICE
A Mexican priest displays the beating heart which he has just extracted from the body of a sacrifical victim Date: 16th century

Human Sacrifices Thrown from Platform by Priests
Aztecs of Mexico- Priests at Tenochtitlan cut the heart from a still- living victim then fling the carcase from the platform Date: circa 1500

A curious signpost for a village called Egypt, in the heart of Buckinghamshire, England! Date: 1950s

Princess Way, part of the then new shopping centre, Swansea, Wales. The heart of the city centre was severely bombed in 1941, in what is now termed the Three Nights Blitz. Date: circa 1950

Casablanca, Morocco - Eglise du Sacre-Coeur
circa 1910s

Cairo, Egypt - The heart of a Arab House
Cairo, Egypt - The heart of a wonderfully-ornate Arab House boasting some magnificent stonework masonry detailing, wooden furniture, carved doors and columns. circa 1908

Boy and Girl Sitting on Half Moon Valentine Date: 1940

Saint Georges Victory Date: 1915

Assorted Bonbons Date: 1935

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