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English Rose Corsetry advertisementAdvert for the new corselette from English Rose corsetry, exquisitely styled and entirely without bones. It is described as a corselette with wired
Tennessee WilliamsTENNESSEE WILLIAMS American playwright, hugging a bulldog
Two fairies clasping each other, from The Password to Fairyland -- Then they flew together and clasped in a tight embrace. 20th century
Odysseus returns to his wife, Penelope
Two cats by Louis Wain on a romantic postcard -- He loves me! He loves me not! He loves me! Date: circa 1900s
Advert for Ribana pure wool bathing suits 1931Multiform and multicolour for a multitude of tastes.... Ribana swimming suits for women, men and children are finely woven from soft Austrralian wool in a wide variety of styles and colours
Mother of ThreeA mother of three has been out shopping, and kisses her children on her return. Date: 1932
You d be tickled pink if you could see me now by Merlin EnabBlonde pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979). wearing a figure-hugging pink swimsuit Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist
Two cats by Louis Wain on a French postcardTwo cats by Louis Wain on a romantic French postcard -- Beaucoup. Date: circa 1900s
Comic postcard, couple viewed through a keyhole Date: 20th century
Gas drill in Australia, two people in gas masks, WW1Two people wearing gas masks hug each other after a successful gas drill at a Military Training Camp in Australia during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet leaderNikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Russian Soviet leader, seen here hugging a little boy who has just presented him with a bunch of flowers, surrounded by happy, smiling people. Date: circa 1950s
Comic postcard, Young couple near the bandstand Date: 20th century
Canoe-dlingA spot of Canoe-dling! Date: 1906
Comic postcard, Couple in an armchair Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Drunken man with pillar box Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Girl and boy sitting on a bench Date: 20th century
The Fanatics, by Miles Malleson, A Play for the Broad-Minded, at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, directed by Clifford Hamilton, produced by Arthur Gibbons, from the Queens Theatre
Comic postcard, Couple at seaside sitting on a bench - Skegness pier Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Courting couple on the beach Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Little boy and girl in love. Someone I love - loves me! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple on the beach Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, couple with wartime rations, WW2 Date: circa 1940s
Toque or Bonnet Monkey (Cercopithecus radiatus)Toque or Bonnet Monkey (Cercopithecus radiatus, Toque macaque, Macaca sinica). Date: 1842
Artwork by Florence Auerbach, children walking, dancing, etc. Date: late 19th century
The Prettiest Doll in the World by Muriel Dawson. 1926
Friendship - four girls, 1940sFour friends pose for a photograph together. Date: c.1948
Woman hugs Daily Herald war correspondent, WW2On 28 August 1944 a half English and half French woman, overcome with emotion, flings her arms around the Daily Herald war correspondent, Emery Pearce, at Marseilles, France. 1944
Matita advertisement, 1950Advertisement for clothing brand, Matita featuring a model wearing a tailored, fitted jacket with a matching pleated skirt and a hat by Erik. 1950
Mutter Nacht by Fiduscirca 1910s
The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paul by Sassetta (1392-1450) - Sienese - painted on wood panel Date: circa 1450
GRANDPARENTS 1940SA grandmother gives her young grandson a comforting hug, during the uncertainty of the war years. Grandfather carries on reading his book, regardless. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)
Honeymoon - mid-channel - Making the best of a bad situationOur Honeymoon - mid-channel - Making the best of a bad situation... A kiss before disaster. Date: circa 1910s
Country woman and child. PortugalA country woman hugs a small girl. Both sit on the shafts of an old wooden cart and wear traditional straw hats in a field near Viana do Castelo in Portugal
Winston Churchill with grandson Julian SandysWinston Churchill greeting his grandson Julian Sandys (son of Diana Churchill). circa 1940s
Boy home on LeaveTHEREs A BOY COMING HOME ON LEAVE A soldier embraces his sweetheart as he arrives home
Cupid with girlfriend on a Valentine postcard decorated with red hearts and blue flowers. Date: circa 1890s
Susi - with her best friend at the seaside. 1950s
My Dolly by Susan Beatrice PearseA little girl sits in a comfortable looking floral upholstered armchair and cuddles her baby doll. A toy cradle stands by her feet. Date: c.1915
Simon Hick and Leslie Loaf, Penwith, CornwallSimon Hick, Penwith 83 Rock Festival organiser and Managing Director of Artina, with Leslie Loaf (Leslie G. Edmonds), wife of Meat Loaf
Little girl and boy kissingA little girl and boy kissing. Date: 1920s
Greta Garbo witha young boyGreta Garbo (1905-1990) with a young boy Date: circa 1930s
Little girl and boy hugging each otherA little girl and boy kneeling face to face hugging each other on a birthday postcard. He is in a sailor suit. 1920
Boy hugging a large tabby catUnusual Friends - boy hugging a large tabby cat. 1950s
Advert for Charles Lee & Son dressmakers 1909Gorgeous figure hugging eveing dress with fishtail train. 1909
Susi - with doll in chairSusi - hugging a doll in a chair. 1950s
Two cute kittens on a circular Christmas card. Date: circa 1900s
Susi - with kitten and record player. 1950s
Burst out crying - Woman hugging grieving mother. Part of Box 79 Boswell Collection. Timothy Crab. Date: circa 1900
Teddy bear with a large red heart on a Valentine postcardTeddy bear hugging a large red heart on a Valentine postcard -- Heartily Yours, by Lawson Wood. Date: circa 1900s
Snowman and snow woman on a Christmas postcard, with a little white snow dog. Date: circa 1900s
Man and tiger by swimming poolA man and a tiger by a swimming pool. (3 of 3) Date: circa 1970s
Reliefs depicting a kneeling woman and man with a childReliefs depicting a kneeling woman with a child and carrying on her head a shield with two arrows (female Ka), and kneeling man with a child and worn the male ka. Duality. Temple of Hatshepsut
Caricature of Ledger, Scott and SampsonCaricature of Edward Ledger (18??-1921), editor of The Era theatrical newspaper, commenting on a reconciliation between Clement William Scott (1841-1904), influential English theatre critic
Wedding gown 1912An exquisite example of a wedding gown in peau de soie interwoven with silver leaves and true-lovers knots. The train is veiled with tulle
Cartoon, Georges Clemenceau post-WW1Cartoon showing the French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) kissing and hugging his people, relieved that the war is over. Date: 1919
Return of hostages at end of first Afghan WarThe return of military and civilian British hostages towards the end of the first Afghan War. They had been held by Akbar Khan. Date: 1842
Cartoon, The Reconciliation, by James Gillray, with a quotation from the parable of the Prodigal Son. Showing a reconciliation between King George III and his son, the Prince of Wales
Royal princes return on H. M.s Bacchante, 1880Welcome Home! The Princess of Wales(Alexandra of Denmark, later Queen Alexandra, consort to King Edward VII of Britain)(1844 1925)
Woman at seaside holding a babyWoman at the seaside holding a baby. Date: circa 1960s
Little girl with a large puppy in a gardenLittle girl hugging a large puppy in a garden. The caption reads: I ll Let You Off. Date: circa 1930s
Studio portrait, little girl with her dog, FranceStudio portrait, little girl hugging her terrier dog, France. Date: circa 1910s
Trade card for Dr Zed syrup, girl with pug dogTrade card for Dr Zed syrup, showing a little girl in a pink dress hugging her pug dog. Date: circa 1900s
WW2 birthday card, couple on a stileWW2 birthday card, couple hugging on a stile. Date: circa 1942
WW2 birthday card, home on leaveWW2 birthday card, a soldier home on leave hugs his wife, as his slippers warm in front of the fire. Date: circa 1942
Shirley Kellogg & dogMiss Shirley Kellogg (Mrs Albert de Courville), born 1888, actress, music hall and revue artiste, pictured cuddling a canine friend at the time she was about to appear in Push & Go at the Hippodrome
Bystander Summer Number front cover, 1919Front cover of The Bystander magazines summer number for July 1919, featuring a back view of a couple in their bathing costumes, embracing as they gaze out to sea. Date: 1919
Cartoon, After the Battle of Meaux, WW1Cartoon, After the Battle of Meaux, in the early stages of the First World War. The only occasion on which the British Tommy was known to quail -- not during the battle itself
Night reconnaissance by Merlin EnabnitDark-haired pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a black, figure-hugging trouser suit and hood, holding a torch
Fashion for summer 1934Both women have three quarter length frocks made from printed crepe, frock on right has cowl-like drapery to the edge with knife-pleats. Light weight coats with frills to edging. Date: 1934
COUPLEA woman in her partners arms. Date: late 1960s
Advertisement for Remington shavers -- three models posing as a happy family (J Fenton, Sarah Branch and Jane Hancock). 1959
Concert in aid of Great Ormond Street Childrens HospitalDrawing done by Phil May to be used to publicise a Flower Concert to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital Date: circa 1890s
Parisian beauty in figure-hugging dress Date: circa 1910s
Couple kissing
Santa and childChristmas. Santa dressed in traditional red robes hugging young child.Date: circa 1908
Lamourettes KissThe abbe Lamourette seeks to reconcile all factions in the assemblee legislative : much hugging ensues, but Lamour- -ettes kiss becomes a byword for a hollow reconciliation. Date: 7 July 1792
Societys 3 OrdersA cleric, a noble and a peasant represent the three strata of French society before the Revolution. Sadly, mutual hugging will soon change to lethal recrimination Date: eighteenth century
Greetings from EgyptA Happy New Year card sent from a British man stationed in Egypt to a friend in Westminster. The message on the back includes the line
Dunderpate and his mother at home. He tells her that he will work at school and work at home, work for his living and marry Susan when hes old enough. Date: 1938
1960s fashion, wearing Ronald Paterson for the poloA girl hugs her polo player boyfriend wearing a casual dress by Ronald Paterson in brilliant turquoise shantung. The dress is sleeveless
Two gipsy girls in a field, one with a feeding bottleTwo gipsy girls sitting in the long grass in a field. The younger girl is holding a feeding bottle to her mouth
Comic holiday postcard, Haverfordwest, South WalesA comic holiday postcard from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. It shows a young couple enjoying themselves, with the caption I ve dropped on a good thing here
