Marrying Collection

Little Girl playing with her Sailor Doll, 1888
Illustration showing a little Victorian girl playing with her doll, which was dressed as a sailor. This image was originally entitled Now Geraldine Maude

The Chocolate Soldiers, Chumpie Gets Married
A wartime children's story book illustration which shows Chumpie the trumpeter, of the Chocolate soldiers, marrying Charlotte, the General's daughter, who finally approves of their union

GIOVANNA DI NAPOLI
15-year old Giovanna (Joanna) cedes her dominions to pope Clemens VI ; in return he crowns her queen of Naples which she rules till her death, marrying frequently. Date: 1343

Horemheb Pharaoh Egyptian Royalty Reigned 1321
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Olive May (nee Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda (1886 - 1947)
Olive May (ne Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda (1886 - 1947), Actress; former wife of Lord Victor Paget, and later wife of 10th Earl of Drogheda

English gentleman marrying his bride in a stately home before family and staff. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combes The Dance of Life

English gentleman carried in a sedan chair for an election
English gentleman carried in a sedan chair through the rotten borough of Grapple Town during an election for parliament. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Sheila Kaye-Smith marrying Rev. Theodore Penrose Fry
Novelist Sheila Kaye-Smith marrying the Rev. Theodore Penrose Fry, curate of Christ Church, St. Leonards, and eldest son of Sir John and Lady Fray, at St. Paul s, St. Leonards in October 1924

Marriage of Victoria and Albert
Queen Victoria marrying her cousin Prince Albert, son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, in the little Chapel Royal, St. Jamess, London. Date: 10 February 1840

Money no object. Satire on marrying for money Date: circa 1850s

Wedding of Emperor Franz-Joseph I Austria to Elisabeth
Wedding of Emperor Franz-Joseph I(1830-1916) of Austria to Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria(1837-1898), in the church of the Augustins at Vienna. Date: April 1854

Margaret Whigham, Duchess of Argyle
Margaret Whigham (1912-1993), British society figure, debutante of the year in 1930. Later Mrs Charles Sweeney, after marrying an American golfer and then Duchess of Argyll

Wedding procession of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
The grand procession of Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria(1837-1898) into Vienna on the occasion of her marriage to the Emperor Franz-Joseph I of Austria. Date: 23rd April 1854

Leagues of Nation with silhouettes by H. L. Oakley
A page from The Bystander (its regular Bystander in Occupation column) with silhouettes by Captain H. L. Oakley showing an English soldier marrying a German woman

Father and suitor on a postcard -- Why do you object to my marrying your daughter? -- Because you can t support her in the style shes been accustomed to all her life

A Weighty Reason by H. M. Bateman
" He seems happy, but what on earth did her marry her for - her money?" " Oh dear no - her house" On seeing a chap walking in the park with an older, somewhat voluptuous

Betty, by Frederick Lonsdale and Gladys Unger
Betty, a play by Frederick Lonsdale and Gladys Unger, with music by Paul Rubens. Betty, shown here carrying a tray, is a maid who ends up marrying an aristocrat

Abies Irish Rose by Anne Nichols - The Jewish and Irish fathers do not like their children marrying out. Rosemary, the Irish girl, is seen here with Solomon, the Jewish father

The Threatened Slump in Husbands: post WW1 polgamy imagined
The Bystander takes a humourous look in 1915 at the marriage problems that may arise after the war is over. C.E Peto imagines the social consequences of polgamy becoming permissable in the wake of

Robert Earl Nugent
ROBERT EARL NUGENT statesman and writer with a proclivity to marrying wealthy widows. Date: 1702 - 1788

Loyson (Col)
LOYSON (PERE HYACINTHE) Controversial French churchman who defied his church by marrying... Date: 1827 - 1912

Loyson Caricatured
LOYSON (PERE HYACINTHE) Controversial French churchman who defied his church by marrying... Date: 1827 - 1912

The Wedding of Princess Maud and Lord Carnegie. 1923

Marriage Connaught Fife
ARTHUR PRINCE OF CONNAUGHT Marrying his second cousin, Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, granddaughter of Edward VII. The wedding couple are accompanied by a yeoman. 1883 - 1938

Marie Lloyd marrying Alec Hurley
Marie Lloyd, born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (1870 - 1922), British music hall singer, entertainer and comedienne pictured at her wedding to her second husband

The Duchess of Kent as a Leader of Fashion
A montage of illustrations showing the various elegant and fashionable outfits which formed part of the Duchess of Kents (formerly Princess Marina of Greece) trousseau on marrying, Prince George

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 VIIs wedding day

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

Deborah Freeman-Mitford
Photograph of Deborah Freeman-Mitford as a debutante in 1938. She later became the Duchess of Devonshire after marrying Andrew Cavendish in 1941

Duff Carnegie Wedding
MAUD DUFF, daughter of the Duke & Duchess of Fife, marrying Charles Alexander Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks

Girl and Coronet
CONTEMPLATIONS UPON A CORONET - an actress at her dressing-table aspires to better her condition by marrying a peer. (Many did.)

Erik XIV of Sweden marrying Catharina Mansdotter
King Erik XIV of Sweden (son of Gustav Vasa, Gustav I) marrying his commoner mistress, Catharina (Karin) Mansdotter, after which he goes mad and is deposed

Battenberg / Prince Henry
HENRY PRINCE OF BATTENBERG German royal, who became son- in-law to Victoria by marrying her daughter Beatrice in 1885

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