Personification Collection (page 3)

Repeating Pattern - French girl in Tricolore scarf / hat (green background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern

Paris Exposition of 1900 and inset portrait of Marianne
Paris Exposition (Exposition) of 1900 - The Monumental Gate (La Porte Monumentale) and an inset portrait of Marianne Date: circa 1901

Montevideo, Uruguay - Liberty Statue on Plaza Cagancha. The honour guard of three ceremonial horseman seem to have been added later, or else are very, very small specimens.... Date: circa 1907

The Swiss Cantons around a personification of Switzerland
The Swiss Canton flags around a personification of Switzerland Date: circa 1910s

Personification of Hope - Turns a Moan into a song
Hope makes the careworn heart grow strong - And turns a moan into a song. Date: circa 1910s

Personification of Charity - Sweet Sunshine to the Flower
Charitys transforming power - Is like sweet sunshine to the flower. Date: circa 1910s

Joseph Chamberlain leading John Bull deeper
Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) leading John Bull (representing the British populace as a whole) inward into the deeper waters of his new Fiscal Policy

John Bull coming to the aid of Victims of Messina Earthquake
John Bull coming to the aid of the personification of Italy (Italia Turrita) following the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 27-28th December 1908 at Messina, Sicily

Noblesse oblige - Swiss caring for injured soldiers
Noblesse oblige - Whoever claims to be noble must conduct himself nobly. Despite neutrality in world conflict, the Swiss recognise their obligations due to their status to care for those injured in

John Bull disagreeing with Joseph Chamberlains Policies
Mr Bull: " What have you gor there Joe?" Joe: " Protection." Mr Bull: " Put it away or you ll hurt yourself." John Bull alarmed by Joseph Chamberlains dangerous policy

Rule Britannia - Britannia Rules the Waves - WW2 era propaganda greetings card Date: circa 1943

Patriotic French postcard - WWI era
Patriotic French postcard, featuring a rather non-plussed model as French Heroic Archetype Marianne, sending glorious good wishes for swift military victory to French forces in the early years of

Smart gentleman raises a toast to the moon / personification of nightime Date: circa 1904

Uncle Sam. US World War Two propaganda postcard
The Personification of the United States of America - Uncle Sam leaning against a large letter v on this US World War Two propaganda postcard. Date: 1941

Russian Bear trapped up a pole by the Japanese
Dudley Hardy - Stuck; Humorous postcard relating to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. The sender has added the comment " Good Old Japs" onto the pole. Date: circa 1905

Adam and the serpent. circa 18th century

Liberty Statue - Plaza Cagancha, Montevideo, Uruguay Date: 1920

Britiannia Bides Her Time
" Britiannia Bides Her Time.", Alick P. F. ritchie, The Bystander front cover, 19th August 1914. In 1914, Britannia really did rule the waves

The Proclamation of Argentinian Independence in 1810. Postcard dating from the centenary of the revolution in 1910. Date: 1810

Exhibition of the Old Art Towns, Bruges
Poster design by L Beyaert for the Exhibition of the Old Art Towns - July-October 1932 at Bruges, Belgium. Date: 1932

Italian Patriotic postcard - WWI - Irredentist Movement
In Gorizia we are! To Trento and Trieste, we re going.. Italian patriotic postcard from World War One urging Italy to rise up and reclaim Trieste and Trento (having already captured Gorizia)

Ventimiglia, Italy - Greetings card
Greetings card from Ventimiglia in Liguria, northern Italy, in the province of Imperia on the Mediterranean coast close to the border with France

Montenegro - Depicted as one of the Allied Butterflies Date: circa 1914

Time, gentlement, please! - anti-jazz music, 1913
The personification of Time drops her lyre in horror and covers her ears against the latest American import: Jazz. Date: 1913

Casino Interior, Monte Carlo, Monaco - The Salle de Jeu (Games Room). This card also features two personifications of differing stages of the gambling process - Good Luck, shown by the wealthy

Ptolemy at Work
The 2nd century Egyptian astronomor Ptolemaius is guided by the personification of Astronomy. Date: 2nd century

Sanitas - destroys all disease germs
An advertisement for Sanitas brand disinfectant fluid, as recommended by medical journal The Lancet. Hygiea, Greek goddess of health

A Suffragettes Appeal to John Bull
An illustrated postcard from around 1910 depicts a suffragette, shackled and in a prison cell. She is making an appeal to John Bull - a personification of England - with some lines from The Princess

Charles, 1st Baron Beresford
Charles William de la Poer Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford (1846 - 1919), known as Lord Charles Beresford until 1916. British Admiral and Member of Parliament."

Britannia as a patriotic Butterfly - WWI
A World War One era postcard from a French series Les Allies - Britannia depicted as a patriotic butterfly, with red ensign wings

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey and Crete
In this cartoon postcard, John Bull, and personifications of France, Austria, Germany, Italy and Russia watch on, as Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) wields a knife in a dispute over Crete

Patriotic American Stage Show
A highly patriotic stage show (possibly a musical?) featuring lines of majorette dancers holding the Star Spangled banner and figures representing a Civil War soldier

Switzerland - Bern - Cantons
The canton shields of the different regions of Switzerland displayed on a tree and the embodiment of Helvetia the female personification of Switzerland

Fortune and the Child
FORTUNE & THE CHILD or Traveller: A boy sleeps on the brink of a deep well; Fortune wakes him, not wanting the blame for the boys folly if he should fall

Fortune & the Schoolboy
FORTUNE & THE SCHOOLBOY or Child or Traveller: A boy sleeps on the brink of a deep well; Fortune wakes him, not wanting the blame for the boys folly if he should fall

Blonde with Lace & Roses
A blonde woman, the human personification of the Babycham deer, wearing white lace & holding a bunch of red & yellow roses, smiles uneasily

Aimee Desiree Republique personified

Various Sorts of Mill
Various sorts of mill including a water mill over a river and two windmills

Entertainer Personified
The personification of entertainment - a one-man band, dressed as a jester with cap and bells

Pantagruel & Gargantua
Gargantua & his son Pantagruel are influenced by the fruits of the vine from an early age... Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans

Britannia / Corbould
Britannia/Corbould

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