Morality Collection (page 2)

Hemline Regulations
A female swimmer having the hemline of her bathing costume inspected at Palm Beach. Date: circa 1925

Graham Greene, English writer, in old age
Graham Greene (Henry Graham Greene, 1904-1991), English author, playwright and literary critic, best known for his novels focusing around Roman Catholicism and morality: Brighton Rock

Cartoon, EDITOR SEEKING DIRT
Cartoon, a penny press editor rakes for sensational claptrap in the muddy stream of twaddle and mock morality, oblivious of the angel who bids him search for Truth. Date: 1867

Awkward encounter with a prostitute, London
An awkward encounter in Regent Street, London - a man's wife says to him: That girl seems to know you, George ! Date: 1871

Comic postcard, Drinking man and vicar outside a pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Women chatting about a show Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Vicar and drunken man Date: 20th century

The night patrol of the London streets, 1853
The night patrol of the London streets. The figure of Death on horseback rides out of an overcrowded cemetery full of cholera victims

Comic postcard, Vicar and housewife Date: 20th century

A Country Girl in London by Frank Price, an entirely new and original drama of modern English life in town and country (original title: A Woman of Shame). Date: 1900s

Kitsch French Postcard with a representation of Charity. Date: circa 1910s

Representation of Charity - Money for a poor crippled boy
A moral postcard depicting Charity as two smartly-dressed young girls offer some coins to a poor, crippled young boy with crutches, sat at the side of the street. Date: 1909

Kitsch French Postcard with a representation of Hope. Date: circa 1910s

Rev Theobald Mathew administering Temperance Pledge
The Very Reverend Theobald Mathew administering the Temperance Pledge. 19th century

Joke notice, Lost Hours
Joke notice, Lost, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, Two Golden Hours, each set with Sixty Diamond Minutes. No Reward is offered, for they are Lost For Ever. early 19th century

Music cover, A Very Different Place, words by W Pink, music by F Aylmer, sung by G H MacDermott. 19th century

Music cover, Sister Ria, sung by Miss Lizzie Fletcher
Music cover, Sister Ria, written by A J Mills, composed by Arthur Lennard, sung by Miss Lizzie Fletcher. 1895

Cartoon, Mr Poland to Notorious Person
Cartoon, Mr Poland (a lawyer) to Notorious Person (Arthur Roberts, music hall performer) - Now, my dear Arthur, I consider myself responsible for your good behaviour; so - be careful! 1884

Cartoon, Miss Mary Anderson, actress - The good girl who would give up her play to go to church. 1885

Cartoon, The Coming Rosalind, Violet Vanbrugh and F C Burnand - Shall I be safe in these, Mr Burnand? Burnand is holding a copy of the Fortnightly Review

Cartoon, Two Obadiahs, the morals of the stage
Cartoon, Two Obadiahs. " Why don t you write an article on the morals of the stage? You ought to know something."

Cartoon, The Bishop of London and The Ballet, showing Frederick Temple, Bishop of London, and the ballerina Martha Wooldridge, who had recently been performing at the Alhambra

A Painted Chinese Actor in Turkestan
A painted Chinese actor in a native morality play in Turkestan. Troops of the actors visited the country and were popular with Chinese officials and traders living and working there. Date: 1932

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- Canons Yeomans Tale
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Canons Yeomans Tale, a two-part story about alchemists. Showing the Canon announcing his secret to the Priest, the Canon stirring the crucible

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Nuns Priests Tale, a mock heroic story about a cockerel named Chanticleer (Chauntecleer), his wife Pertelote, and a wily fox. Date: 1845

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Franklins Tale, a romantic story set in Brittany, about a couple, Dorigen and Arveragus, who decide that their marriage will be an equal one

Victorian morals - punctuality is important because it subserves the peace and good temper of a family. 19th century

A disorderly man is always in a hurry - he has no time to speak to you, because he is going elsewhere. 19th century

Cartoon, Logic! by Bert Thomas. Daughter to mother: Well, I hardly ever go to bed here. I must take my clothes off sometimes. Date: 1933

My Mothers Bible -- man kneeling in prayer, And I seek to do His will. (4 of 4) Date: circa 1890s

My Mothers Bible -- open book in window, Blessed book, precious book. (2 of 4) Date: circa 1890s

My Mothers Bible -- mother and son, When I stood at mothers knee. (1 of 4) Date: circa 1890s

Easter Greetings postcard - Faith hanging on to her belief
circa 1905

German Wild Man
Schembartlaufer The Wild Man, character in a medieval German morality drama Date: circa 16th century

Ladies bathing at Margate, Kent, are reproved by the local constabulary for unseemly behaviour. Date: 1871

Neither Wife Nor Maid, Grand Theatre, Doncaster
Neither Wife Nor Maid, by Ada C Abbott, at the Grand Theatre, Doncaster, Yorkshire. 1910s

Strip tease card game - Joker card, featuring the four heads of the Theatre Manager, the exotic peformer, the prosecution barrister and the prude, Miss Prim

Workhouse dining hall, Oliver Twist film, 1948
A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean. The religious mottos reminded the inmates that due gratitude was in order for the care they were receiving

Maud Jeffries and Wilson Barrett in The Sign of the Cross
Maud Jeffries (1869-1946) as " Mercia" and Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) as " Marcus" in " The Sign of the Cross" an 1895 four-act historical tragedy

French Theatre -- Les Trois Galans
Les Trois Galans [Galants] (The Three Gallants or Suitors), a farce. Showing one of the gallants sitting on a chair, holding up a glass of wine. Date: 16th century

Shrine of Plebeian Chastity set up by Virginia
A shrine of Plebeian Chastity is set up by Virginia, who had been refused access to the shrine of Patrician Chastity because she had married Volumnius, a plebeian

The night has a thousand eyes
Decorative Art Nouveau style illustration depicting a a young lady caressing her long tresse, illustrating the familiar morality poem by Bourdillon. Date: circa 1907

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Mrs Grundy. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Prohibitionist. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Sour-puss. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Prude. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Wowser. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Prig. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

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