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Gentleman and lady with portrait in a parlourGentleman and ugly lady with beautiful portrait in a parlour. He flatters her with, It looks like you, but you are more beautiful in the flesh
Lady saying goodbye to a gentleman in a parlour. She says, Bon voyage, and hurry back! She thinks, Good riddance! Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Swiss artist
Two ladies on a sofa in a parlour. She says, You know theres no hurry. She thinks, She won t move! Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Swiss artist Jean Gabriel
Gentleman meeting an old man in a parlour. Good to see you recovered, dear uncle. (It puts back the inheritance, but its fine)
Woman meeting a portly dandy in a parlour with large mirror and sofa. Charmed to meet you! (What an oaf!) Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Jean Gabriel Scheffer
Lady flattering a foppish gentleman in a parlour. Always so intelligent! (You big booby!) Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Jean Gabriel Scheffer from Petites
Gentleman flattering an older woman in a parlourGentleman flattering an older woman in front of a fireplace in a parlour. I d die if you were over 30! (30 years of marriage)
Old woman giving a magic lantern showThe old style. An old woman showing a young dandy and merveilleuses old-fashioned scenes with a magic lantern. The images are artist without pretension, the studious young man
Fashionable people playing the Bridge of LoveFashionable people playing the parlour game of Bridge of Love. For this forfeit, the man kneels on the floor and the lady who nominated him sits on his back
Seated blind mans buff. A dandy in Regency fashion guesses the identity of the woman in muslin dress who provides his chair
Fashionable people playing the Capucine kissing game. The players must sit back to back with their arms entwined and endeavor to give each other a kiss on the lips by their contortions
Fashionable people playing the parlour gameFashionable men and women playing the parlour game called the Statue. When one is condemned to be the statue, she is placed in the centre of the room
Fashionable people playing the memory game of the gentle knight. Players who have made errors have to wear paper horns in their hair. At the beginning, everyone is a gentle knight
Fashionable people playing the game of the candlestick baseFashionable people playing the parlour game of the candlestick base. For a forfeit, one fool kisses a candlestick base which drips hot wax on a woman on a sofa
Fashionable people playing the game of Guess the KisserFashionable people at a party play the game of Guess the kisser, a parlour game where a blindfolded girl has to guess who is kissing her on the cheek
Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Louise nursingNapoleon Bonaparte and Empress Marie Louise nursing their first son Napoleon Francois Charles Joseph Bonaparte, King of Rome, 1811
National Childrens Home, Bethnal Green - Cripples ParlourChildren attending the Cripples Parlour at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Bonner Road, Bethnal Breen. It provided education and other daytime facilities for disabled children in the area
The Dogs Bath Club in Beauchamp Place, London where every imaginable facility was available for pampered pooches. Owners could relax in the cosy lounge with cocktail bar which was decorated with a
Schoolboys Dream of Christmas 1858Victorian Schoolboys dreams of Christmas, including parlour games, mince pies, kissing under the mistletoe, entertainment and presents. Date: 1858
Goblin Tower, once called Pembertons Parlour, after a ropemaker whose works were once beneath the city walls at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1939
FALL / BOSTON / PARLOUR MAIDCHAMPION COURTBARTON PARLOUR MAID Owned by Pepper. Date: 1975
DINNER PARTY / BARNARDGuests indulge in food and conversation at a good-natured dinner party Date: 1885
Three smartly dressed British Caribbean people sitting on beNottingham. Three British Caribbean young people sitting on a bench outside an ice cream parlour. Man in a dark suit and felt hat, sit between two ladies, in white dresses and sun hats
Toasting muffins on the fireCosy scene of an Edwardian interior with women enjoying tea and toasted muffins or crumpets, toasted with a toasting fork on a roaring fire. Lovely. Date: 1906
Lili Damita in The Queen Was in the Parlour (1928)Lili Damita and Harry Liedtke in The Queen Was in the Parlour (1928) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1928
Funerary papyrus of Djedkhonsouefankh depicting Geb and Nut, Third Intermediate Period (papyrus), Egyptian 21st Dynasty (c.1069-945 BC). Egyptian art. Late Period. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum
Tea Table SettingTea table setting. Besides the teapot on a stand, with cups and saucers for the beverage itself, there are plates of bread and butter and an assortment of dainty cakes. Date: circa 1900
Parlour Firework CrackersA colour illustration from a Christmas cracker box
Arriving at RestaurantA monocled gent guides two ladies to their table in a fashionable restaurant, past another monocled gent in dinner jacket with two ladies
Nuts in May by Charles RobinsonIllustration of children playing a party game called Nuts in May. We can see six children playing together all dressed in their party clothes. Date: 1906
Driven From Home by Gilbert Hastings MacdermottDriven From Home by G. H. Macdermott (27 February 1845 8 May 1901). First produced at the Grecian Theatre on 31st July 1871
Bunty Pulls The Strings by Graham Mofatt. Third card by artist E. Chandler of a woman, Susie, standing drinking from a glass.The decanter sits on the table beside her
Lobby and Ice Cream Parlour, Hotel Florida, Havana, Cuba. Date: circa 1930
Scenes from a Parisian Beauty Parlour" One must suffer in order to be beautiful." This page from " The Sphere" depicts the latest treatments being employed in Parisian beauty parlours
Valderbilt interior, New York, USACornelius Valderbilt interior, showing parlour and library, New York, USA. Date: 1890s
American ParlourParlour decoration by Louis C Tiffany and Co. Date: 1884
Eliza Cook 1849ELIZA COOK Writer of parlour poems, one of her best known being The Old Armchair. Date: 1818 - 1889
Englishman of 1415Short belted tunic, long sleeves : jewelled cap, and two-colour hose, more suitable for the parlour than the field of battle Date: circa 1415
Robert Burns / Lord DaerROBERT BURNS Scottish national poet with Lord Daer Date: 1759 - 1796
Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA -- external view, parlour and lobby. Date: circa 1910
The Christmas Tree by J. A. PasquierA Victorian family gather around a Christmas tree. Date: 1858
Students parlour Date: 1903
Sun Parlour of Nueces Hotel, Corpus Christi, Texas, USASun Parlour of the Nueces Hotel, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Date: 1912
Gold ceremonial mask. Calima art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA. CUNDINAMARCA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum
Urn. Biconical ossuary, 8-9th c. BC. Etruscan art. Jewelry. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. National Etruscan Museum of Villa Julia
Heinzs Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USAHeinzs Pier, displaying the 57 varieties sign, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, with a crowd of people in the foreground
Our pleasant parlour games! 1928Children sitting around a table playing cards. Date: 1928
Bonzo does the dirty work! by George StuddyBonzo does the dirty work! He does some parlour tricks with a sugar cube, but the Pekingese Chee-Kee gets the reward, and runs off with the cube