Kisses Collection (page 2)

Dear Love by Dion Titheradge, Laurie Wylie & Herbert Clayton
Dear Love by Dion Titheradge, Laurie Wylie and Herbert Clayton, with music by Haydon Wood, Joseph Turnbridge and Jack Waller

Christmas card, girl sitting under mistletoe. circa 1905

Christmas card, black cat and china cat, with mistletoe. circa 1905

A Gallant, Gay Lothario in the Days of the Grand Monarque - a barve young gent kisses the hand of his hearts desire as she carefully manouevres her wide gown into a small Opera Box in Paris, France

St Valentines Day bank note from the Bank of Loveland
St Valentines Day bank note (postcard) from the Bank of Loveland, promising to pay ten kisses on demand. Date: circa 1890s

Notes on Etiquette - Greeted with a Kiss. Nothing more readily conduces to a pleasant visit than a kindly, hearty greeting. Date: 1908

She stoops to Conquer, or the Long & Short of it
She Stoops to Conquer or The Long & Short of It - a couple very in love but completely un-matched in terms of height! Date: 1907

A Riviera Recontre by Edmund Blampied
Two elegantly dressed women are approached by a male acquaintance who kisses one ladys hand, on the French Riviera in the 1920s. Date: 1923

SHOPPING PARTY GAME
Each girl represents an item of male apparel, eg. socks in an imaginary shop. The man, blindfolded, asks for socks and the socks girl kisses him and he guesses who she is! Date: 1930s

Tango in Nightclub
He kisses her hand while performing the tango in a nightclub setting - ah, those hot-blooded Latins ! Date: circa 1914

Danny Kaye / Music Sheet
DANNY KAYE American entertainer of stage, screen and television, singing Candy Kisses Date: 1913 -

Mother / Child / Portrait
Cher petit pere ! Dear little papa, morning and evening I blow kisses at your portrait ! Date: 1918

Leopold Weds Helen 1882
LEOPOLD DUKE OF ALBANY Queen Victoria kisses her fourth son Leopolds bride, Helen of Waldeck- Pyrmont, after the wedding ceremony. Date: 27 April 1882

Mama & Child / Knight / 1840
A mother sits with her two children on her knee - the elder daughter fondly kisses her younger sister Date: circa 1840

Charles Kisses the Bible
THE RESTORATION Charles II kisses the bible as power is restored to him, this is witnessed by sixteen barons Date: 1660

So This Is Love! by Stanley Lupino and Arthur Rigby
Promotional postcard for So This Is Love by Stanley Lupino and Arthur Rigby music Hal Brody. First produced at the Winter Garden Theatre, London (now New London Theatre) 25th April 1928

The kiss
Boy kisses his young girlfriend seated on a fence holding her doll. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1914

Charlotte Bingham and Terence Brady
The English novelist Charlotte Bingham (b. 1942) gently kissing her husband, Terence Brady (b. 1939). Date: 1966

Cartoon, the Christmas parcel, WW1
Cartoon, the Christmas parcel. A woman writes a note to go with her Christmas parcel to her husband, away fighting at the Front

Two toddlers under the mistletoe at a Christmas party -- a little boy kisses a little girl on the cheek. Date: circa 1960s

David kisses Barzillai and blesses him. Date: circa late 19th century

Silhouette. Princess & the Swineherd. The princess paying the swineherd 100 kisses for a menial pot. German. Date: circa 1920

Kisses postcard - Valentines
A postcard bearing the single word, Kisses - adorned with roses. See picture numbers 10796397 and 10796397 for two more in the series - Mother and Father. Date: c.1910

Ciss on Rose Day - WWI postcard
Ciss on Rose Day. Won t you buy my pretty flower. Caricature of Ciss. Includes card saying Happy Christmas with pressed leaf and ribbon (one leaf missing). Card on verso reads To Ciss

Gott strafe England (For I can t)
Gott strafe England. (For I can t). France. Censor stamp and signed E. B. K(itching) - see No. 4489, note on Censor. Message verso - From what I read, he is taking London by storm

Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 74, August 1928
Illustration avalanche de baisers et de coussins from Paris Plaisirs number 73, July 1928 Date: 1928

Kissing under the mistletoe, 1865
A mother lifts up and kisses her young child under the mistletoe. 1865

Sharing a loving moment behind The Times
A couple share a loving moment behind The Times ! Date: 1916

WW1 - Cute patriotic British postcard - emulating ancestors
WW1 - Cute patriotic British postcard - a little boy strives to emulate the military feats of our ancestors, or in this case his elders! Date: circa 1916

The Fleet in Japan - Attack Under Cover - A British Naval Officer enjoying the delights of Japan behind a paper umbrella. Date: 1906

Sending a new pipe and a heart of love to the front
France, WW1 - A pretty girl sends her beau a new pipe and a heart of love to the front, where her brave man is fighting. Date: circa 1916

Twixt Love and Duty - WW1 - Soldiers leaving for the front say goodbye to their loved ones at the railway station. Date: circa 1915

Communication - Far easier for the younger generation, even in 1903! The little girl: " Grandmother, Dad said he did not want to kiss you, by phone" - the response is a miserable Granny

Art Nouveau - pretty girl kissing a white dove
Art nouveau postcard design by Nini Hager (Raphael Kirchner using his wifes name for certain works) - A pretty girl kissing a white dove Date: circa 1900

Art Nouveau - pretty girl kisses a green serpent
Art nouveau postcard design by Nini Hager (Raphael Kirchner using his wifes name for certain works) of a beautiful girl kissing a serpent. Date: circa 1900

We are Moving - Humorous Motoring postcard, showing a male driver getting rather over-excited at the wheel, courtesy of the amorous advances of his lady passenger

Kissing in the Kitchen - Finding a nice tart
" I found a nice Tart in the Kitchen today" ! A young man leans across the kitchen table to kiss his girl. Both are sensibly wearing aprons to prevent any unnecessary mess

Couple canoodling on a bench
A couple pose in a photographic studio, the man gently kissing his sweetheart while she looks away a little coyly, but very pleased nonetheless. Date: c.1910

Kissing couple
A couple kissing infront of a giant yellow heart. c.1910

Gentleman kissing the hand of a lady
An beautiful cover design showing a gentleman stooping to kiss the hand of a lady. Both wear impressive wigs, and are surrounded by an intricate patterned border in red, gold and black. 1925

No one can refuse an Honourable Kiss Date: circa 1905

Kissing his daughter goodbye
I love a lassie - a sailor bids a fond farewell to his daughter in this touchingly sentimental card. Date: 1917

Attending the Tulips - Amorous Couple Gardening
Attending the Tulips An amorous couple attending to their two lips (!) whilst working together at their gardening. Date: circa 1906

Italian Kitch Postcard (2 / 3)
Freindship - Italian kitch postcard depicting a loving couple (seemingly separated by a fence?), sharing a kiss at the side of a Lake Date: 1918

Kissing a Ladys Hand
A gentleman kisses a ladys hand through her glove, taking care not to catch his nose on the flap of her built-in wrist watch! Date: early 1930s

Stolen kiss at the balcony - rider and lover
Where theres a will there s..... A handsome rider off to the hunt, snatches a brief emrace and kis with his lady who, whilst leaning over the railing of her balcony

Initiation of the Prince of Jersualem
Wearing pretend beards, the Brothers reward the recipients dedication on a recent mission with kisses and a golden crown made of paper. Date: 1890s

French Lady on Phone
Allo ! Allo ! A French lady sends kisses over the phone to a friend. Date: 1910

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