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Lover Collection (page 3)

Background imageLover Collection: British Ballad, The Demon Lover

British Ballad, The Demon Lover
THE DEMON LOVER (also known as James Harris, James Herries, or The House Carpenter) Popular British Ballad telling the story of a man (the Devil), who returns to a former lover after an absence

Background imageLover Collection: Rudolph Valentino with his Dogs 1926

Rudolph Valentino with his Dogs 1926
RUDOLPH VALENTINO film actor, exercising his two dogs. His tragic early death resulted from peritonitis after an emergency operation for appendicitis and gastric ulcers

Background imageLover Collection: The Lipstick by A. Davis

The Lipstick by A. Davis
A woman applies her lipstick at a dressing table while being kissed by her lover. 1930

Background imageLover Collection: Scene from Molieres play, Les Amants magnifiques

Scene from Molieres play, Les Amants magnifiques, first performed in 1670. 17th century

Background imageLover Collection: Scene from Molieres play, Le Sicilien

Scene from Molieres play, Le Sicilien ou l Amour peintre, first performed in 1667. 17th century

Background imageLover Collection: Nurse Cavell, Dog lover

Nurse Cavell, Dog lover
The front cover of the publication " Nurse Cavell, Dog Lover" by Rowland Johns, produced in association with the National Canine Defence League

Background imageLover Collection: London Trade Card - Thomas Sandby, artist

London Trade Card - Thomas Sandby, artist
London Trade Card - Thomas Paul Sandby (1753-1832), artist (son of Thomas Sandby), St Georges Row, Oxford Street, offering drawing lessons

Background imageLover Collection: Girl at a spinning wheel

Girl at a spinning wheel
Young girl sitting at her spinning wheel clutching a bunch of roses from her lover. Date: 1902

Background imageLover Collection: The end of love

The end of love
The Honourable John Maler Collier (18501934) - Pre-Raphaelite Painter and one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation

Background imageLover Collection: WW1 - The advantages of using Quinine to treat illness

WW1 - The advantages of using Quinine to treat illness
WW1 - Soldier! Take your daily quinine - the advantages of using Quinine to treat illness, due to its antipyretic (fever-reducing), antimalarial, analgesic (painkilling)

Background imageLover Collection: Cleo de Merode - Dancer

Cleo de Merode - Dancer
Cleo de Merode (Cleopatra Diane of Merode) (1873-1966) - French actress and dancer who became the mistress of Leopold II, King of the Belgians - photograph from a run of performances at the Alhambra

Background imageLover Collection: Edwardian couple embracing

Edwardian couple embracing
Edwardian lady parting from her lover with her cases and baggage. Date: circa 1904

Background imageLover Collection: Cervantes reads his La Galatea to his wife Dona Catalina

Cervantes reads his La Galatea to his wife Dona Catalina
Miguel de Cervantes, a famous Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, sits reading to his lover, Dona Catalina, his La Galatea, of which she was his inspiration. Date: 1585

Background imageLover Collection: Louis XIV and his mistress Madame of Montespan (1640-1707)

Louis XIV and his mistress Madame of Montespan (1640-1707)
Louis XIV (1638-1715). King of France. Louis XIV and his mistress Madame of Montespan (1640-1707). Engraving. Colored

Background imageLover Collection: Baroque. Rembrandt Harmenszoom van Rijn (1606-1669). Hendric

Baroque. Rembrandt Harmenszoom van Rijn (1606-1669). Hendric
Baroque. Rembrandt Harmenszoom van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter and etcher. Hendrickje Stoffels. Portrait. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Background imageLover Collection: Iseult of Ireland. Engraving. Colored

Iseult of Ireland. Engraving. Colored
Iseult of Ireland. Irish princess. Engraving after a painting of Teodoro Biris by A. Schurufter. The Illustration, 1884. Colored

Background imageLover Collection: Roman sarcophagus. About 180 AD. The moon goddes Selene

Roman sarcophagus. About 180 AD. The moon goddes Selene
Front side of Roman sarcophagus. About 180 AD. The moon goddes Selene and her lover Endymion. Chariot and horses of Selene Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Background imageLover Collection: Middle Ages. Lovers. Miniature. Chantilly Castle. France

Middle Ages. Lovers. Miniature. Chantilly Castle. France

Background imageLover Collection: Rubin in a castle sending a message to his loved with a cros

Rubin in a castle sending a message to his loved with a cros
Rubin, Tyrolean ministerial from 12th century, in a castle sending a message to his loved with a crossbow. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 169v

Background imageLover Collection: Pteffel, poet of the 13th century, fishing for his beloved

Pteffel, poet of the 13th century, fishing for his beloved. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 302r. University of Heidelberg. Library. Germany

Background imageLover Collection: Cartoon, Getting Ready for the American Market

Cartoon, Getting Ready for the American Market. Showing the English actress and theatre manager Henrietta Hodson (1841-1910) helping Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) prepare for a theatre tour of America

Background imageLover Collection: Romaunt, Arrows of Love

Romaunt, Arrows of Love
The Three Arrows of Love: the god of Love shoots arrows into the Lover Date: First published:late 14thC ?

Background imageLover Collection: Oxford Bags 1920S P. C

Oxford Bags 1920S P. C
Girlfriend too shy to sit on lovers lap sits on his Oxford bags instead. A joke on the voluminous trouser style popular at the time. Date: late 1920s

Background imageLover Collection: Margherita Turned Out

Margherita Turned Out
Margherita di Cortona, when her noble lover is murdered, goes home but is turned away by her mother, together with her fatherless son. (She will become a nun and a saint) Date: 1273

Background imageLover Collection: A Lover of Shakespeare

A Lover of Shakespeare
An artistic young woman sits with a book in her hand surrounded by evidence of her other creative hobbies including a harp and an unfinished sampler. Date: circa 1850

Background imageLover Collection: Lovers Well, Italy

Lovers Well, Italy
This pretty well, with its ornate ironwork, is the aptly named Lovers Well, Italy. Date: early 1930s

Background imageLover Collection: Henry Hastings (110)

Henry Hastings (110)
HENRY HASTINGS second son of the Earl of Huntingdon, noted animal lover but also keen hunter till in his 80s : his eyesight perfect to the end of his days. Date: 1550 - 1650

Background imageLover Collection: Abelard / Heloise / Burney

Abelard / Heloise / Burney
ABELARD & HELOISE Abelard has climbed the garden wall to see his lover Heloise Date: 1079-1142; 1101-1164

Background imageLover Collection: Dionysos & Ariadne

Dionysos & Ariadne
Dionysos is carried in procession with his wife Ariadne, whom he married after finding her on the island of Naxos, deserted by her lover Theseus

Background imageLover Collection: Elegant Rose-Lover 1904

Elegant Rose-Lover 1904
A lady in a white lacy dress admires some red roses

Background imageLover Collection: Heloise

Heloise (1101-1164) French nun, lover of Abelard

Background imageLover Collection: Old Maid Cooks for Pets

Old Maid Cooks for Pets
A spinster cooks food for her pets. Date: 1885

Background imageLover Collection: Lovers Leap, Buxton, Derbyshire

Lovers Leap, Buxton, Derbyshire. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageLover Collection: A Womans Keepsake by Alfred Parsons

A Womans Keepsake by Alfred Parsons (1847-1920), engraved by E Schladitz (dates unknown). Date: 1884

Background imageLover Collection: Study for Frontispiece by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Study for Frontispiece by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Study for Frontispiece to The Early Italian Poets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), engraved by James Davis Cooper (1823-1904). Date: 1884

Background imageLover Collection: Shy by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Shy by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), engraved by Theodor Knesing (1840-?). Date: 1884

Background imageLover Collection: Fashionable lady

Fashionable lady
A fashionable young lady enjoying the fragrance of flowers sent from her lover. Art Deco style.Date: 1920s

Background imageLover Collection: His Excellency the Governor by R Marshall

His Excellency the Governor by R Marshall
Promotional postcard for His Excellency The Governor by R. Marshall. First produced at the Court Theatre, 8th June 1898. In Government House on an Indian Ocean colony, the Governor, left

Background imageLover Collection: Herb Paris, True-lovers knot, Paris quadrifolia

Herb Paris, True-lovers knot, Paris quadrifolia.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780

Background imageLover Collection: A World War I soldier and his sweetheart

A World War I soldier and his sweetheart
A World War I soldier embraces his sweetheart as he prepares to fight For King and Country. Date: 1914-18

Background imageLover Collection: Can t Help Lovin that Man! by Helen McKie

Can t Help Lovin that Man! by Helen McKie
A red-haired woman staring into the eyes of her lover - a magnetic but dangerous looking Apache man, an allegedly savage member of the Parisian underworld haunting areas such as Montmartre

Background imageLover Collection: Light and Shadow by Laurie Tayler

Light and Shadow by Laurie Tayler
A couple leave a hotel after a night out at a supper cabaret. As the monocled and top-hatted gentleman helps his female companion with her coat or shawl

Background imageLover Collection: Pataman jari raigini (First spring bloomed branch)

Pataman jari raigini (First spring bloomed branch). In a palace court, a princess is given a lotus flower, the symbol of her lover. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Background imageLover Collection: LORRIS, Guillaume. Roman de la Rose

LORRIS, Guillaume. Roman de la Rose
The Romance of the Rose. s.XIV. The young lover, redeemer of the garden of delight, reaches a source and finds an inscription saying that there brother Narcissus died. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Background imageLover Collection: GARNELO ALDA, Jos鮠Duel Interrumpted

GARNELO ALDA, Jos鮠Duel Interrumpted
GARNELO ALDA, Jos頨 1866-1944). Duel Interrupted. 1890. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. San Pio V Fine Arts Museum

Background imageLover Collection: Gaby Deslys & her role in the Portuguese revolution

Gaby Deslys & her role in the Portuguese revolution
Portrait of French actress and singer, Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), pictured in The Bystander wearing a particularly frivolous stage outfit

Background imageLover Collection: A Bibliophile

A Bibliophile
A gentleman bibliophile receives his latest books, delivered to him by a servant, the books piled high on a wheelbarrow. Date: circa 1845

Background imageLover Collection: The Refugee A

The Refugee A. Sir William Orpen, Ra, Rws, Rha, Ri, Neac, (1878-1931)



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