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Liebig Beef Extract AdvertisementAn advertisement for Liebig Beef Extract showing a woman in kitchen apron taking a spoonful from a can of the product. A poem entitled Extract of Happiness accompanies the illustration. Date: 1891
A Cake for His Majesty. From Jack and Jill Book of Nursery Rhymes (also in Teddy Bear annual 1979)
Agnes BulmerAGNES BULMER (nee Collinson) English writer of religious verse, Wesleyan convert. Her The Messiahs Kingdom, of 14000 verses, may be the longest poem by a female. Date: 1775 - 1836
C18 Apple OrchardAn 18th century apple orchard in Herefordshire, illustrating a poem by John Phillips in praise of cider Date: circa 1710
Mr Green on horseback with his balloonArticle and illustration, Ascension of Mr Green with his Balloon, on Horseback, on Tuesday from the Eagle Tavern, City Road, with an Account of his Descent at Beckenham in Kent. 1828
Courtesan holding a poem card (Tanzaku). Print shows a courtesan seated with her back against a writing desk, holding a slip of paper (tanzaku) with a poem written on it. Date between 1818 and 1830
Tam O Shanter escapes the devils - Burns PoemTam O Shanter rides with the devils close behind him... " And scarcely had he Maggie rallied When out the hellish legion sallied." Date: 1909
Enoch Arden - the hour of trial. Date c1869
Birthday greetings postcard, featuring a lovely little sentimental poem, two pink roses and a photograph of a pretty girl in an oval cameo insert. Date: 1915
New Year Greetings Postcard " To day within my breast there swells A flood of earnest hope for you, And with the Chiming New Year Bells My greeting speedeth fresh
Christmas postcard from Holy LandA Christmas postcard from a soldier in the Holy Land at the end of the First World War. Printed with a poem by Saddler Smirk of 15 Heavy Battery, RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery)
Good Luck Postcard - WWI era - wishing the recipient a Safe Return from posting to France and Belgium. " When duty caled, you answered and bravely took your stand
Christmas greetings postcard with dance-related poemChristmas greetings postcard featuring an inset photograph of a pretty girl wearing a sheer veil, over a sprig of holly, above the following dance-themed poem: " Like a dance be your Christmas
Customers from The Gin-Shop by CruikshankThese are the Customers, youthful and old, That drink the strong drinks which are sold night and day At the bar of the Gin-shop, so glittering and gay. Illustration no
Satire on art of Aubrey BeardsleyAirs Resumptive. V. - Lilith Libifera (after Rossetti). A satirical drawing and poem published in Punch in 1894 on the art of Aubrey Beardsley
The Three Musicians by Aubrey BeardsleyIllustration by Aubrey Beardsley to his own poem, The Three Musicians, written in 1895, published in The Savoy, volume I, January 1896. Date: 1895
Bedtime by Molly BenatarCharming illustration to accompany a short poem about bedtime, showing sweet children in their pyjamas making their way to bed
The Coiffing by Aubrey Beardsley, an illustration to his poem The Ballad of a Barber which was first published in The Savoy, volume III in July 1896
Harry Hall advertising card - the company specialised in country clothing and hunting attire. The company no longers exists as a retail outfit. Date: circa 1910
New Baby card - humorousHumorous new baby greetings postcard, featuing a screaming little darling, bearing a label featuring the note To the owner - this side up with care - FRAGILE! 1911
Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt, and WW1 poemA portrait of Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt (1853-1917), who ruled from 1914-1917, during the British protectorate. On either side of him is a poem by Sidney Low, entitled The Martyrs
A charm against Fairies by M. ReedA rather alarming illustration (at least to any new parents) depicting a baby being spirited away by fairies who leave a wizened changeling of their race in its place while its mother sleeps
Funny Flossie Fisher silhouette & poemA sequential set of silhouette illustrations accompanying a poem, Funny Flossie Fisher by Helen Nyce depicting a little girl having a series of surprises on Christmas morning. Date: 1911
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT American writer, journalist and educator, known for his poem Thanatopsis. Date: 1794 - 1878
Dunchurch ForgeThe Old Forge, Dunchurch, Warwickshire, England, reputed to be the original smithy on which Henry Wadsworth Longfellow based his poem The Village Blacksmith (1842). Date: 1950s
Bridge over the Brook at Somersby, LincsBridge over The Brook at Somersby, Lincolnshire, with a quote from Alfred, Lord Tennysons poem The Brook : " For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever." Date: circa 1909
News of a fair and a marvellous thing, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell we sing. From a poem by William Morris. 20th century
Bridge over the Brook - SomersbyBridge over The Brook - Somersby, Lincolnshire. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) was born and raised in Somersby " For men may come and men may go. But I go on for ever." Date: circa 1907
Olympic poemA satirical take on the Olympics by Alan Melville. 1948
Dr Syntax Title PageThe Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of the Picturesque, a Poem. Date: c.1812-1821
Making Mattresses - Blind Workers, LondonThe Mattressmakers Song - Postcard produced by the Greater London Fund for the Blind. The charity was formed in 1921 by Sir Arthur Pearson to co-ordinate the raising of funds to improve the lives of
Coty advertisement, Coronation 1953Advertisement for the cosmetics and fragrance brand Coty in the Tatler Coronation Number of 1953 featuring a poem by Ben Jonson
The Sonnet -- a grand lady sits in a garden, her lady-in-waiting standing close by. 20th century
Tell them once more the tale of Bethlehem, the kneeling shepherds and the Babe Divine. From a poem by Charles Kingsley. 20th century
Dr Jephsons HomeDR HENRY JEPHSONs home at Beech Lawn, Leamington, Warwickshire. The panegyrical poem to the good doctor is a marvel of laudatory language. Date: 1842
Baudelaire / DestructionIllustration for his poem DESTRUCTION
Baudelaire / SpleenIllustration for his poem SPLEEN
Richard Lovelace, Cavalier poet and soldierRichard Lovelace (1618-1657), English Cavalier poet and soldier. He got involved in politics as a pro-royalist and spent time in prison. His most famous poem is To Althea, From Prison. circa 1650
Robert Herrick in his Devonshire homeMy maid (my Prue), by good luck sent, to save that little, fates me gave or lent. Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), English poet, in the garden of his home in Devonshire
Not free of unmolested shall the foremans aircraft roam with the vigilant R. N. A. S. to guard the hearth and home, not alone doth length of record fame and glory bring
Hey Diddle Diddle - Nursery RhymeHey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon
A Suffragettes Appeal to John BullAn 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
The Old Labourers Last Job, picture and poemAn old man sits breaking stones while a workhouse looms behind. In the accompanying verse he bemoans his poverty, particularly at the hands of the Tories who have taxed our clothes and bread
Grays Monument - Stoke Poges, BuckinghamshireGrays Monument - Stoke Poges. The inscription reads: This Monument In honour of Thomas Gray was errected A.D. 1788 among the scenes celebrated by that great lyric and elegant Poet
Tam O Shanter Galop, music sheetTam O Shanter gallops across the bridge on his horse to escape the witches, on the cover of this music sheet, containing the Tam O Shanter Galop with music by Thomas Browne
There was an old man with a gongThis photograph is reminiscent of the Edward Lear nonsense poem. An old man with a long beard sits inside a small hut with a gong hanging from the door
A maid and her poem by Florence HardyIf every maid, were of my mind, heigh ho! Heigh ho! lovely sweet, they to their lovers, should prove kind, kindness is for, maidens meet. A maid speaks of how a maid should act
A boy and his poemThe tidings thrill, with right good will, for this is a, frosty morning! A boy tells his friends of the cold and frosty morning outside
