Licking Collection

Barbara Woodhouse & Dog
Famous dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse (1910 - 1988), seen here with Junia the Great Dane doggie film star, who must have her grey mouth hairs darkened with special make-up! Date: late 1960s

Boy Licking Stamps
A young boy licks a stamp before putting it on an envelope

Boxer dog and Piglet
Unusual Friends - Boxer dog and Piglet. 1950s

Siamese Cat Gets Cream
A spoilt Siamese kitten sits in its wicker basket and laps up the cream from the top of a milk bottle!

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman and cow Date: 20th century

Cover design, Imagination, Stories of Science and Fantasy, pulp fiction science fiction magazine, January 1952 Date: 1952

Comic postcard, Woman waiting in a car - and a horse! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man, girlfriend and cow Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy with ice cream on the beach. Say, Boys, I don t mind a good licking when its like this! Date: 20th century

A pet cheetah in Paris, 1909
A pet cheetah affectionately licking the head of its young owner. The Sketch magazine reports that cheetahs are supposed to make excellent pets and are very fond of children. Date: 1909

National Health Insurance Stamp - Take a bit of licking
This Stamp will take a bit of licking - the introduction of the National Health Insurance stamp under the 1911 National Insurance Act

Lloyd George Card
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE depicted as responsible for introducing unemployment insurance, requiring the licking of stamps

Tabby cat with bulldog. 1950s

Susi - licking the spoon. 1950s

A Jolly Jack Russell licks the Moons nose
Comic Postcard - A Jolly Jack Russell licks the Moons nose! Date: circa 1907

Tabby cat and kitten in basket
Unusual Friends - tabby cat and kitten in basket. 1950s

Two kittens with jug of spilt milk
Unusual Friends - two kittens with jug of spilt milk. 1950s

Small puppy licking tabby kitten
Unusual Friends - small puppy licking tabby kitten. 1950s

Little boy and his dog
Unusual Friends - little boy and his dog. 1950s

Tabby and white kitten with empty saucer
Unusual Friends - tabby and white kitten with an empty saucer, probably hoping for more milk. 1950s

Tabby kitten, mouse and saucer
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten, mouse and saucer. 1950s

Tabby kitten with drinks tray
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with drinks tray. 1950s

Man at a zoo receives unexpected attention
Unusual Friends - a man at a zoo receives unexpected attention from one of the animals. 1950s

Coming out of the Post Office by Charles Robinson
Illustration captioned Coming out of the Post Office. The scene shows a young girl holding a letter and licking the stamp as she leaves a crowded post office. Date: 1906

Susi - licking a window on a rainy day. 1950s

Kitten and mouse with saucer of milk
Unusual Friends - kitten and mouse with saucer of milk. 1950s

Teddy bear eating honey from Cliftonville, by Lawson Wood. Date: circa 1900s

Lion cub with kitten on a sofa. circa 1960s

Dog with a large bone
Oscar the dog, having collected a large, juicy bone from a local butchers shop in Eastbourne, Sussex, pulls it home on a roller skate. He is seen here at home, holding the bone and licking his lips

Mice Making the Pudding
Mice Making the Christmas Pudding. circa 1920s

Claudian, Latin Poet
CLAUDIUS CLAUDIANUS Boot-licking Latin poet, born in Alexandria, went to Italy where panegyrics honouring royals and propaganda verses earned their due rewards. Date: ? - CIRCA 370

Illustration, female fox with cubs. Date: 1912

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Puss Puss, in the Letter Book Series. Showing a white kitten licking its paw. Date: 1921

European Bison - adult female - cleaning its nostrils (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

Lion - Male (Panthera leo). Ndutu - Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Tanzania - Africa

Mouse Lemur Licks Tree Bark

Hungry Peter as a piglet makes friends with a dog
The Best of Friends -- Hungry Peter as a piglet makes friends with a dog in the farmyard. Date: 1912

Shall I Call Him?
A young woman decides who to call, or perhaps shes licking the receiver! Date: 1960s

Big Game hunter sending his last postcard
A big game hunter who has (what rotten luck!) become a lunchtime snack for his intended victim (a very jolly lion) sends his last address which is: In Red Lion, Timbuktu !!!!!!! Date: 1906

Delilah Kissing Keeper
A big kiss greets keeper David Flower every morning when he arrives at work, from the other woman in his life, a giraffe called Delilah! Date: 1960s

Railway Sleeper - Downham Market Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Farmer at Downham Market Station awaiting his return train back north of the border. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

David Lloyd George - postcard
The Stamp that wants a lot of Licking. David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1916-22). This card comments on the National Health Insurance Act of 1911

Churchill / Kladder / 1941
WINSTON CHURCHILL Licking Roosevelts boots as the USA enters the war

Licking River Kentucky
Twenty miles up the Licking. A view down river looking towards two log cabins

Man Escapes Fire C17Th
A man takes a running jump, flames licking his heels, as he makes a bid to return to a ship that awaits him below. His musket & pike lay on the ground

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