Mabel Collection

Theres a Long, Long Trail by Mabel Lucie Attwell
" Theres a Long, Long Trail A-Winding into the Land of My Dreams." Knitting themed illustration by Mabel Lucie Attwell showing a cherubic little girl knitting comforts for the troops

The Allies of Santa Claus by Mabel Lucie Attwell
Two little girls slumber on a window sill as the elvish helpers of Father Christmasm sprinkle fairy dust in order that he may deliver presents. Date: 1919

Mabel Lucie Attwell - Wait Til the Cars Roll By Jinnie Date: 1939

Mabel Lucie Attwell - First Disillusions

Group photo, Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, USA
Group photo of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Suggragette Novel Outlawed Charlotte Despard. Outlawed A Novel on the Woman Suffrage Question, by Mrs. Despard (1844-1939) and Mabel Collins (Mrs. Keningale Cook)

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wool without coupons
The Caption is Wool without coupons. Although the card was posted in 1947, the drawing is about wartime clothes rationing which did not finish until 1949. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1947

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m doin me knit
The Caption reads I m doing my knit - a play on the wartime need to do your bit. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941

Mabel Lucie Attwell - The Idea of Fairies

Mabel Lucie Attwell - Christmas Eve

Book cover, Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, A Pocket Guide to British Wild Flowers, by Edward Step FLS, with colour plates by Mabel E Step. Date: late 19th century

Mumler Photo 1870
Photograph of Moses A Dow and the spirit of Mabel Warren

Mabel Lucie Attwell - All dressed up - an the button would go

All dressed up - an the button would go! A little girl suffers a wardrobe malfunction before having to make the choice between her two suitors...! Date: 1954

Ivor Novello and Mabel Poulton in The Constant Nymph (1928) directed by Basil Dean & Adrian Brunel Date: 1928

Mrs Mabel St Clair Stobart, pictured on horseback on the front cover of The Tatler

Mrs Stobart and Serbian orderlies in retreat, WW1
Commandant Mrs St Clair Stobart (Mabel Anne Stobart Greenhalgh, 1862-1954) and Serbian orderlies on horseback as she led the column in the retreat, en route for Petch (Pec)

Mabel Grey, Courtesan
MABEL GREY Victorian courtesan

Feeding the Birds, by Mabel Lucie Attwell Date: 1912

Senecio Jacobaea or Ragwort
Senecio Jacobaea, Ragwort, or St Jamess Wort, or Stagger-Wort, or Stammer-Wort. Date: circa 1909

Oxford Canal Motor Boat
Holidays afloat! The converted narrow boat Mabel, with its crew of happy holidaymakers, on passage between locks, from Braunston to Oxford, Oxford Canal, Napton, Warwickshire. Date: 1960s

Mabel Normand / Lilywhite
MABEL NORMAND American comic actress: she appeared in Keystone films and co-starred with Charlie Chaplin

Mabel Lucie Attwell - WWII Successful Evacuation of School
Mabel Lucie Attwell - W.W.II Successful Evacuation of School Children August 1939 Date: 1939

Mabel Lucie Attwell - Just One Bite - Hovis Bread

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dear Mums - I am thinking of you
The message on the card is My Dear Mum and Dad, I don t think I need write much here, the front explains quite a lot don t you think. Not very nice here at the moment bit showery

Mabel Lucie Attwell designing dolls
Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879 - 1964), artist best known for her pictures of chubby cheeked children and fairies, pictured in her studio designing a group of dolls based on her famous drawings. Date: 1924

Mabel Lucie Attwell, birthday card, age 2 (front). 20th century

Mabel Lucie Attwell, birthday card, age 1 (front). 20th century

Mabel Lucie Attwell - The Working of the Act - National Insurance 6d Stamp

Mercenary Mary, New Theatre, Cambridge
Mercenary Mary, a musical comedy at the New Theatre, Cambridge, previously at the London Hippodrome. circa 1925

Not a word to the boss - I m writing this to you! Date: 1954

RMSTitanic, letter, United Artists Studos
RMS TITANIC: Previously unseen letter, dated 5th May 1938 on United Artists Studio Corporation, Hollywood notepaper to Titanic First-Class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli

Wright's Biscuits drawn by Mabel Lucie Attwell - advertising playing card back

Advert, Heatonex garments, drawn by Mabel Lucie Attwell
Advert, Heatonex guaranteed garments for boys and girls, coat sets, blazers, gym frocks, drawn by Mabel Lucie Attwell

Letter to Laura Francatelli, RMS Titanic survivor
White Star Line, RMS Titanic

Girl posting a letter, by Mabel Lucie Attwell Date: 1927

Diddums with bouquet of flowers, by Mabel Lucie Attwell
Diddums carrying a huge bouquet of flowers, by Mabel Lucie Attwell - These ain't nuffink to what I'd likes to give you! Date: 1936

Diddums, by Mabel Lucie Attwell Date: 1936

Little girl saying her prayers, by Mabel Lucie Attwell
Little girl kneeling on her bed, saying her prayers: Never let Teddy and Dolly be naughty, f'rever amen, by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Date: circa 1930s

Christmas Eve, by Mabel Lucie Attwell Date: 1912

Title page, A Merry Christmas Everybody
A Merry Christmas Everybody - title page, Mabel Lucie Attwell Annual 1923 Date: 1923

Negative of James and Mabel Fenwick on Carpathia
RMS Titanic, Fenwick Archive - negative of James and Mabel Fenwick on the deck of the Carpathia. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. (Positive version of this negative can be viewed as number 13746044.) Date: 1912

RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger Mabel Francatelli. A fascinating letter from Mattison, Davey & Rader of New York to Miss Francatelli dated 17 April 1956

Coming home postcard, Mabel Lucie Attwell
The Nicest Thing About Going Away is to Get Back Home Again Date: circa 1930s

Mabel Terry Lewis, in A Pair of Spectacles, Garrick Theatre
Actress Mabel Terry Lewis, (28 October 1872 ?? 28 November 1957), appearing in the production A Pair of Spectacles, by Sydney Grundy, at the Garrick Theatre, London

Mabel Poulton in film, The Silent House, produced by Archibald Nettlefold, directed by Walter Forde Date: 1929

Mabel Poulton in five Archibald Nettlefold films - Virginia's Husband, Troublesome Wives, Wild Cat Hetty, The Silent House, and The Lavender Lad Date: 1929

Mabel Poulton in film, The Alley Cat
British & Foreign Films, Mabel Poulton in The Alley Cat, directed by Hans Steinhoff Date: 1929

Mabel Poulton and Gibb McLaughlin in film scene
Mabel Poulton and Gibb McLaughlin in Nettlefield Productions mystery film Date: 1929

The Lookout by Mabel Gear

The Gardeners by Mabel Gear

Teatime by Mabel Gear

From the Highlands by Mabel Gear

Friendly Relations by Mabel Gear

Bo-Peep by Mabel Gear

Bath-Time by Mabel Gear

A Place in the Sun by Mabel Gear

A Gentle Hint Dogs Watercolour painting Mabel
A, Gentle, Hint, Dogs, Watercolour, painting, Mabel, Gear, 12022674

A Basket of Mischief by Mabel Gear

Mabel Love, British dancer and actress Date: 1890s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - We have no Coupons
The long Caption blames the patches on the lack of clothing coupons but says what does that matter - to loyal pals like me and you

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whos making the Brave New World
The Caption verse is Whos making the Brave New World - lets see - Whos making the Brave New World

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - When am I goin to see you again
On the back of the card is a plaintive message to David.. Do you still miss us my darling? I will be delighted to have a little card from you

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Now this economy is here
The Caption is Now this economy is here - we ll have to darn the darns Ole dear. They have been darning since 1941 so they probably really are down to the darns

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Smiling - even thro the tears
The rhyme says that things will be nice tomorrow - obviously they were not too good today

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Heres another blue-pencil P. C
The Caption refers to..another blue pencil postcard. In WW2 Bue Pencil referred to the Censor who crossed out in indelible blue any text that he thought might be of use to the enemy

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Takes all sorts to make a world
The caption says It takes all sorts to make a world and I m glad that you re one of the sorts! The postcard was sent one month before war was declared. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1939

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I C I. O. U. A P. C
This is a particularly interesting card. The girl with the pen is writing a message in a simple code. The card was posted from Bletchley - the hub of the code breakers of WW2

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ve gone crackers over a soldier
The Caption is I ve gone crackers over a soldier. Curiously MLA has not drawn in a box of crackers! Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - You Know what men are
The Caption is You know what men are. In previous wars men generally had the desirable uniforms but in WW2 the ladies had uniforms too and that of the WRENS was particularly attractive

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whether you ve gone
Comic cards were much brighter at this stage of the war when the end seemed to be in sight. The little girl is anticipating the return of her loved one whether you ve gone for a year or a day

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m sticking it jus for you
The Caption reads I m sticking it jus for you. It looks as if she is not just going to stick the stamp but also is putting on lipstick. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Every nice boy loves a sailor
The Caption reads Every nice boy loves a sailor - a take on the popular song. This lass has pictures of soldiers and airforce men on the wall behind her. Busy girl

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Sun is Out
The verse on the card contains the lines Coupon trouble grows - shes naught to dry - but pegs. Clothes rationing began in June 1941 and did not end until 1949

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - England expects
The Caption reads - England Expects presumably evoking the Nelsonian flag signal to his fleet. It was everymans war. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wats doing
The Caption reads W.A.Ts Doing? Women were called up from early in 1941 and this little lass may well be in the Womens Auxiliary Territorial Service. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1941

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Johnny get your gun
The Caption is Johnny get your gun

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot won t we do
The Caption reads Wot won t we do - when I gets you home! Most such captions are more frequent towards the end of the war when one could look forward to the soldier boys coming home

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m Missing You Somefing Orful
The Caption is Missing you somefing orful! If her love is in the Forces the War has another 5 months to run in Europe, and demobilisation was slow for many.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Don t mind the black-outs
The Caption is Don t mind the black-outs, you can always stay the night! This card has a coded message

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Happy Birthday
The ration book is clearly drawn, and cancelled coupons can be glimpsed. Petrol was the first to be rationed after the war began and eventually practically all commodities were

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot a fing to have
The Caption is Wot a fing to have to go to bed wif. The message on the card begins Hello Darling and later continues What do you think of this card? When I saw it I just had to get it

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dear Darlin Mine
The Caption is Dear Darlin Mine - I m feeling fine! The romantic message on the back emphasises the first three words.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1944

A sketch by costume designer Mabel E. t for a
A sketch by costume designer Mabel E. Johnston for a spanish themed dress, New York, 1929 Date: 1929

All products are expertly crafted, using premium materials, tailored to your specifications and promptly shipped