Marry Collection (page 3)

Couple getting engaged
Popping the Question. Couple getting engaged with man asking shy woman to marry him Date: 1847

Bribing Caroline
Queen Caroline is offered an annuity of fifty thousand pounds to stay out of England and leave her husband (George IV) free to marry again. Date: 1820

Abdication crisis: front cover of the Saturday Review
Front cover of the Saturday Review from December 1936, referring to the abdication of King Edward VIII. Edward chose to give up the throne to marry the twice-divorced Wallis Simpson

Susan and Dunderpate sitting on the fence. He is sad that he can t find anyone to marry him. She offers to marry him herself. Date: 1938

Abdcation crisis: sloganed car
Sloganed car in support of King Edward VIII during the Abdication crisis of December 1936. The kings desire to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson split the government

Front cover of ILN coronation number for Edward VIII
Front cover from the special number of the Illustrated London News, prepared in advance for the coronation of King Edward VIII

Gretna Marriage Room
The Horseshoe Marriage Room at Gretna Green, Scotland. Established in 1830; a haven for young English couples wanting to marry quickly without parental consent. Date: established 1830

Dunderpate tells Susan he plans to marry
Dunderpate tells Susan that if the tailors daughter won t marry him, he will ask the pastrycooks daughter. He asks Susan to come with him in case he needs help. Date: 1938

J Hassall. Needles and pins
Needles and pins, needles and pins, when a man marries his trouble begins. 20th century

Victoria Proposes

Edward VIIs wedding, Windsor
Edward, Prince of Wales, (the future Edward VII) marrying Alexandra, daughter of Kristian IX of Denmark at St Georges chapel, March 10th 1863 Date: March 10th 1863

Edward Weds
Edward and Alexandra marry in St Georges chapel, Windsor castle. Date: 10 March 1863

British Ballad, King Estmere
KING ESTMERE. British ballad. King Estmere and the King of Spain fight for the hand of King Adlands daughter. Despite threats from the King of Spain, she agrees to marry King Estmere

The road to Gretna-Green
A couple look anxiously behind them, fearful that they may be pursued, as they make their way speedily to Gretna Green to be married

A Malay Bride in South Africa in all her finery for the Big Day. A lot of immigrants fro South East Asia and India came to South Africa at the end of the 19th century

Skirting The Difficulty
I won t marry a man who can t look me straight in the eye Then wear them longer! Woman upset at the affect that her exposed legs are having. Date: 1925

Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson at Chateau de Cande
A smiling Duke of Windsor poses for photographers with Mrs Wallis Simpson at the Chateau de Cande, near Tours, France in May 1937

A scene in Downing Street during the Abdication crisis
A cyclist sympathetic to the dilemma of King Edward VIII in December 1936, talks to a policeman in Downing Street, London

Abdication crisis: front cover of the Daily Mirror
Front cover from the Daily Mirror, 11th December 1936 depicting the new king, George VI arriving at his home at 145, Piccadilly, London

Wallis Simpson in 1927
Mrs Ernest Simpson (Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson), pictured in 1927 when wife of Commander Earl Wingfield Spencer of the US Navy, shortly before her divorce

Abdication front cover headlines
Front cover headlines from the Daily Mirror announcing that King Edward VIII had chosen to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson in December 1936

Edward, Prince of Wales with Albert, Duke of York
Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor with his younger brother, Albert, Duke of York (1895-1951), later King George VI

The Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson
A photograph of the Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson near Split, during the royal cruise down the Damatian coast in 1935

Duke and Duchess of Windsor wedding souvenir postcard
Souvenir postcard celebrating the wedding of the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII to Wallis Simpson on 3rd June 1937

A Fantasy by Edwin Morrow
A young woman imagines a rich suitor in her hands, and thinks, " He loves me, he loves me not..." as coins and money notes fall to the ground instead of petals

Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg
Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg (1876-1936) in 1909 with her children by her second husband, Grand Prince Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia; Maria (standing) and Kira

Isabeau De Baviere 2
The triumphal entry of Isabeau de Baviere (Isabella of Bavaria) into Paris to marry the teenaged Charles VI - who, sadly, will go mad while she will become a traitor

Prince Napoleon Weds
Napoleons cousin, Prince Napoleon, son of Jerome, sails to Italy to marry Clotilde, daughter of Vittorio-Emanuele

Abelard Instructs Helois
Abelard falls in love with Heloise while instructing her in theology; she falls in love with him while being instructed; they marry in secret, but he is castrated

Prince of Wales at Nairobi station
The Prince of Wales in his safari kit. The Prince returned early from an African trip, when he received news of King George Vs illness in 1928. Edward, born in 1894, was Georges eldest son

Pygmalion & Statue
Although he detests women on principle, the sculptor Pygmalion falls in love with his statue, and Aphrodite brings her to life, they marry, have a child Paphia

Astrid Embraced
Astrid, Swedish princess and niece of king, arrives in Belgium in 1926 to marry prince Leopold, later Leopold III king of Belgium

King Edward VIIIs letter of abdication
A photograph of the letter of abdication signed by King Edward VIII and his brothers. Edward VIII abdicated from the British throne in 1936 in order to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee

Ye Olde Coffin House at Brixham, Devon. When a father declared that he would rather see his daughter in a coffin than marry her young man, the young man built this house

Penelope Spinning
Penelope, wife of Odysseus, has promised to re-marry when she finishes her weaving : so each night she undoes what she has done during the day

Thomas Seymour
THOMAS, LORD SEYMOUR Baron of Sudeley. A diplomat who tried to marry off both Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey, leading to a charge of treason

Ruth and Boaz
She goes to Boaz in the fields, and convinces him that he should marry her

Jacob Serves Laban
He serves Laban for seven years in order to marry his daughter Rachel

Scott / Kenilworth / Q Eliz
Queen Elizabeth visits Kenilworth Castle where she is entertained on a grand scale by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who wanted to marry the Queen

Duel with Whips
Two Parisian cab-drivers fight for love of a laundress, using whips, the tools of their trade : but after the fight she says she wouldn t marry a man who uses a whip so well !

Edward & Lady Grey / Doyle
Lady Elisabeth presents Edward IV with a letter, her sons follow behind. She is said to have given into Edwards advances only if he agreed to marry her

Belfast Family Photo
A rather severe looking mother and children from Belfast. They ll never marry that daughter off!

Tom Thumb Wedding Group
TOM THUMB and LAVINIA WARREN on their wedding day, with their best man G W M Nutt and bridesmaid Minnie Warren who were themselves to marry

Inca Marriage, Peru
The Incas of Peru must marry someone of their own royal blood

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 1
Faone repulses Saffo, believing that she has betrayed him, and decides to marry Climene instead

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib2
Act two - Ines, in love with Vasco da Gama, delivers him from imprisonment by the Inquisition but only by consenting to marry Don Pedro

Borodin - Igor - 9
Khan Kontchak, though a Tartar bent on attacking Putivl, turns out to be very decent chap who allows Vladimir to marry his daughter and respects Igors gallantry

Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, marry have I, Three bags full; One for my master

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