Oval Collection (#12)

Assorted flowers on a two-part romantic greetings card with ornate gold and white border. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Lady in a garden on a romantic greetings card with verse and ornate border. Date: circa 1890s

Pink roses on a romantic greetings card with ornate white and gold border. circa 1890s

Children in a garden on a greetings card decorated with flowers. Date: circa 1890s

Roses and forgetmenots on a Christmas card
Roses and forgetmenots in an oval shape on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

New Year card made from cork, with ornate border
New Year card made from cork, with ornate gold and white border. Date: circa 1890s

Girl with flowers on an ornate greetings card with ornate gold edging. Date: circa 1890s

Children with a wreath of roses on an ornate greetings card
Children with a wreath of pink and yellow roses on an ornate greetings card with white, green and gold ornate border. Date: circa 1890s

Paper lace card in white, silver and blue -- IHS, With United Kind Regards. Date: circa 1890s

Flowers and leaves on a paper lace greetings card
Flowers and leaves in gold and pale blue on a paper lace greetings card with verse, Hope. Date: circa 1890s

Cupid with flowers on a paper lace romantic card -- I love thee dearly. circa 1890s

Cherubs with flowers on a paper lace greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Waterside summer scene on a Christmas paper lace card. Date: circa 1890s

Waterside summer scene on a New Year paper lace card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink roses on an ornate greetings card
Pink roses and ivy leaves in an oval shape on an ornate greetings card with a white and gold border. circa 1890s

Two cherubs with flowers on a Christmas card
Two cherubs with pink roses and blue forgetmenots on an ornate Christmas card. circa 1890s

White flowers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Arrangement of flowers on a greetings card -- Happiness and Pleasure. Date: circa 1890s

Garden scene on an ornate greetings card
Garden scene with pink and blue flowers on an ornate greetings card. circa 1890s

Fruit and foliage on a German New Year card with an ornate white and gold edging. Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a birds egg. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a lemon. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Rural scene with ornate edging on a greetings card
Rural scene with ornate white and gold edging on a greetings card. circa 1890s

Insect carrying a stump on a New Year card
Insect carrying a stump on a comic New Year card -- A Cricket Stump. Date: circa 1890s

Two pigs in the snow on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Robin hatching from egg on a New Year card
Robin hatching from a egg with holly in its beak on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Two robins pulling crackers on a New Year card -- Popping the Question. Date: circa 1890s

Robin smoking a pipe on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Five robins with pie on a New Year card
Five robins investigating a large pie on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Robin with present on a Christmas and New Year card
Robin carrying a present in its beak on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Five robins with pie on a Christmas and New Year card
Five robins investigating a large pie on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Robin with egg on a Christmas and New Year card
Robin balancing an egg on its beak on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Two robins dancing on a Christmas and New Year card
Two robins dancing the Grand Pas de Deux on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the form of a fan, with snow scene and holly, blue background and peacock feathers. Date: circa 1890s

George Lacy Hillier, English swimmer and cyclist
George Lacy Hillier (1856-1941), English swimmer, racing cyclist (including the pennyfarthing) and all-round athlete. late 19th century

Invitation, Queen Victoria Jubilee Reception, Glasgow 1887
Invitation to a Reception to celebrate Queen Victorias Jubilee, St Andrews Halls, Glasgow, 16 June 1887. 1887

Illustration to Venetian Air, a poem by Thomas Moore
Illustration to a poem, Venetian Air, by Thomas Moore -- dearest Ninetta... beneath thy mask shrouded, I ll know thee afar. From a publication entitled National Airs (6 volumes, 1818-1827)

Zelica, a character in Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore
Zelica - But there was one, among the chosen Maids, Who d blush d behind the gallerys silken shades - a character in The Veiled Prophet, Lalla Rookh, a long narrative poem by Thomas Moore

Lalla Rookh, long narrative poem by Thomas Moore
She found that the short dream of happiness was over -- the title character of Lalla Rookh, a long narrative poem by Thomas Moore, first published in 1817. 19th century

Hinda, a character in Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore
Hinda - Tis she, the Emirs blooming child, All truth and tenderness and grace - a character in The Fire Worshippers, Lalla Rookh, a long narrative poem by Thomas Moore, first published in 1817

Princess Beatrice dressed as a bridesmaid
Princess Beatrice (1857-1944), later Princess Henry of Battenberg, youngest child of Queen Victoria. Seen here dressed as a bridesmaid for the marriage of Princess Alice

Velodrome and city of Luanda, Angola, West Africa
Velodrome and city of Luanda, capital of Angola, Portuguese West Africa. Date: circa 1910s

King George V and Queen Mary visit India
King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) visit India - 1905-1906 - travelling on the HMS Renown. Date: circa 1906

Kaiser Wilhelm II - Turkish WW1 Propaganda Postcard
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) - a very interesting Turkish WW1 Propaganda Postcard of their Central Powers ally, set in an oval with a laurel wreath-style border above three lines of Ottoman script

Arles, France - view over the ruins of Roman amphitheatre
The Arles Amphitheatre, built in 90AD, could seat 20, 000 spectators in Roman times. When the Roman Empire fell, the theatre was transformed into a fortress with the four towers added

Cover design, Signs of Autumn by Wilton Williams. 1922

Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821-1885). Colored engraving
Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821-1885). Danish archaeologist and historian. Engraving by A. Perea of The Spanish and American Illustration, 1870. Colored

Statue of the goddess Artemis, perhaps Artemis Bendis wearing a Phrygian cap. Limestone. Made in Cyprus. 300-200 BC. From the Sanctuary of Apollo at Pyla. British Museum. London. England

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