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Sapphic loversTwo women, barely clad in diaphanous classical togas embrace each other, while a statue of pan plays pipes in the twilight
A portrait of Jacques Cartier, July 1925, as the Harlequin in Carnival presented by the Rasch dancers at Carnegie Hall. He has also appeared in concert with the Alberti Pantomime Company Date: 1925
Governess looks after child - couple head off for a walkGoverness looks after child as couple head off for a romantic walk along a bubbling stream. Date: circa 1890s
WW1 - Italian soldier and his sweetheartA quite extraordinary postcard showing a glamorous Italian soldier and his equally glamorous girl in a very close and loving embrace - drawn in a fantastic stylistic, soft and rather kitsch style
WW1 - Keep a Brave Heart, Darling! A girl in a pretty pink dress gives her beloved a final embrace before he headed off to the horrors of the Western Front. Date: 1914
The Lipstick by A. DavisA woman applies her lipstick at a dressing table while being kissed by her lover. 1930
Scene from Molieres play, Les Amants magnifiques, first performed in 1670. 17th century
Art deco sketch by G. Peres titled November of a fashionably dressed women in an embrace with a man behind a curtain at a dance venue, London, 1922 Date: 1922
Forget Me Not -- lovers parting. early 19th century
Mexican dating - Lovers chat through a barred windowMexican dating ( Novios Mexicanos ) - A pair of lovers chat through a barred window - it doesn t look as if she is going to shutter him out of her life any time soon.... Date: 1906
Kitsch New Years Greetings postcard featuring a young couple. Date: circa 1925
The League of Nations Union - Children of Italy. The LNU was an organisation formed in October 1918 in the United Kingdom to promote international justice
Dorothy Jordan and Ramon Novarro in In Gay MadridRamon Novarro (Ramon Samaniegoes) (1899-1968) - Mexican actor in American silent films, later a character actor in talkies
Somebody on the wire - A Romantic Telephone conversationNew York, USA - Somebody on the wire - A couple share a romantic Telephone conversation - The Line is engaged ! Date: 1907
Cupids and flowers on a romantic Victorian scrap. circa 1890s
Nursery Rhymes - The LoversThe Lovers - young couple walking beneath trees. Part of Box 52 Boswell collection. Nursery Rhymes. Date: circa 1890s
River Dargue at Lovers Leap - a view of a cascading waterfall in a leafy glen. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Wicklow). Date: circa early 1900s
Jan Preisler (1872-1918). Czech painter. Lovers, 1905. National Gallery. Prague
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
The Sleeping Beauty. Engraving. ColoredThe Sleeping Beauty. The miracle of love. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1885. Colored
Codex 98 by Henricus of Segusio (c. 1200-1271). DetailCodex 98. By Henricus of Segusio, Hostiensis (c.1200-1271). Detail of a page depicting two noble lovers taking fruit from a tree. Miniature, Book 4. Folio 216. Chapter Archive of Tarazona. Spain
Couple. Red Figures. Greek pottery. 4th century BCPelike italote pottery depicting a couple. Detail. Red figures. 4th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Paestum. Italy
Italy. Pompeii. The House of Loreius Tiburtinus. Aedicula wiItaly. Pompeii. The House of Loreius Tiburtinus (also called the House of Octavius Quartio). Aedicula with decorative frescoes painted by Lucius with the myth of Narcissus (left)
Middle Ages. Lovers. Miniature. Chantilly Castle. France
Troubadours singing and reciting a poem, written in Occitan. 12th and 13th centuries. Colored engraving
Rubin in a castle sending a message to his loved with a crosRubin, 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
Two lovers in the garden. Miniature. Chantilly castle. France
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
Eternal fire, giant iron pot (Dai Chagama), Mt. Misen, JapanKiezu no Hi (the eternal flame), the holy fire which Kobo Daishi used as part of his religious training is burning even now after about 1200 years in Reikado Hall
Upper Class Pranks C17Attack and Defence Fun and games at the Manor House. Date: 17th century
Robert Burns / PayneROBERT BURNS the Scottish national poet, surrounded by scenes from his poems, including Tam O Shanter running away from the fairies Date: 1759 - 1796
Music sheet: I m knee deep in daisiesMusic sheet cover for I m knee deep in daisies and head over heels in love. Two lovers embrace in a beautiful countryside backdrop. Date: 1925
Music sheet: How long has this been goin on?Music sheet cover featuring the new style comedy chorus fox-trot, How long has this been goin on? with Billy Childs. Two lovers kiss in the back of a taxi. Date: c. 1925
Lovers Leap, Buxton, Derbyshire. Date: circa 1910s
A Womans Keepsake by Alfred Parsons (1847-1920), engraved by E Schladitz (dates unknown). Date: 1884
The Millers Courtship by Robert Walker Macbeth ARA (1848-1910), engraved by Octave Lacour (1855-1921). Date: 1884
Study for Frontispiece by Dante Gabriel RossettiStudy for Frontispiece to The Early Italian Poets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), engraved by James Davis Cooper (1823-1904). Date: 1884
Shy by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), engraved by Theodor Knesing (1840-?). Date: 1884
Song of the Sea by Arthur Wimperis & Lauri WyliePromotional postcard for Song of the Sea by Arthur Wimperis & Lauri Wylie from the German musical Lady Hamilton; music Eduard Kunneke (Schauspielhaus, Breslau, 25th September 1926)
His Excellency the Governor by R MarshallPromotional 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
A Single Man by Hubert Henry DaviesPromotional postcard for A Single Man by Hubert Henry Davies. First produced at the Playhouse, 8th November 1910. A middle-aged man attracted by a young woman, at first avoids, then falls for, her
Winged postman with letters on a New Year card -- May New Year bring from lovers true, Lots of Valentines for you! Date: circa 1890s
St Valentines Day bank note from Lovers Banking CompanySt Valentines Day bank note from the Lovers Banking Company, Temple of Hymen, promising to pay the entire love of the suppliant, signed by the Governor of the bank, Cupid. Date: circa 1860s
Oliver Messell and his sister Mrs Armstrong-Jones, 1927sOliver Messell and his sister Mrs Armstrong-Jones, as Bacchus and Ariande in the Pageant of Great Lovers of Romance at the New Theatre, London 6 May 1927 Date: 1927
Glass paintings showing coats of arms with lute player and lovers.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes
Lovers Seat, Fairlight, SussexLovers Seat, Fairlight, near Hastings, Sussex, England. Date: 1920s
Suspension bridge, Columbus Junction, Iowa, USASuspension bridge, known as the Swinging Bridge, at Columbus Junction, Iowa, USA. A notice forbids people from running, jumping or swinging on the bridge
Island Love - front cover by Reginald HeadeFront cover of Island Love by Catherine Whitby showing a couple on a balcony gazing (a little stiffly) into each others eyes. Date: c.1950