Hugging Collection

English Rose Corsetry advertisement
Advert for the new corselette from English Rose corsetry, exquisitely styled and entirely without bones. It is described as a corselette with wired

Tennessee Williams
TENNESSEE 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 1931
Multiform 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 Three
A 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 Enab
Blonde 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 postcard
Two 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, WW1
Two 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 leader
Nikita 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-dling
A 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, 1940s
Four friends pose for a photograph together. Date: c.1948

Woman hugs Daily Herald war correspondent, WW2
On 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, 1950
Advertisement 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 Fidus
circa 1910s

The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paul by Sassetta (1392-1450) - Sienese - painted on wood panel Date: circa 1450

GRANDPARENTS 1940S
A 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 situation
Our Honeymoon - mid-channel - Making the best of a bad situation... A kiss before disaster. Date: circa 1910s

Country woman and child. Portugal
A 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 Sandys
Winston Churchill greeting his grandson Julian Sandys (son of Diana Churchill). circa 1940s

Boy home on Leave
THEREs 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

Couples in a club on Granny Night -- don t ask! Date: 1970s

My Dolly by Susan Beatrice Pearse
A 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, Cornwall
Simon 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 kissing
A little girl and boy kissing. Date: 1920s

Greta Garbo witha young boy
Greta Garbo (1905-1990) with a young boy Date: circa 1930s

Little girl and boy hugging each other
A 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 cat
Unusual Friends - boy hugging a large tabby cat. 1950s

Advert for Charles Lee & Son dressmakers 1909
Gorgeous figure hugging eveing dress with fishtail train. 1909

Susi - with doll in chair
Susi - hugging a doll in a chair. 1950s

Two cute kittens on a circular Christmas card. Date: circa 1900s

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