Promises Collection

Joy of Perfect Cooking
The Joys of Perfect Cooking promises delicious food for the home. Woman, women, kitchen, advert advertising, advertisement

Card Game - The Game of Suffragette
The Game of Suffragette was devised and produced by the Kensington branch of the Womens Social & Political Union. It was announced in the November 1907 issue of the Unions publication

Mustard Poster
Poster for La Moutarde Pikarome, which promises to bring you old folk the appetite of your youth

Frog Prince (Anderson)
DER FROSCHKONIG The Princess promises friendship to the Frog if he will retrieve her beloved golden ball which has fallen into his pond

Advert in Harness Eye Battery 1886
Harness Eye Battery promises to cure weak eyes and restore failing sight. Date: 1886

Robertson Light Bulbs
Long life bulbs are nothing new - the Robertson incandescent electric lamp promises you long life and a saving of current into the bargain !

Regulus Leaves Carthage
Roman ambassador Atilius Regulus sails from Carthage with a diplomatic delegation, hoping to negotiate peace with Rome; he promises to return if he fails

Easterns Ideal Home Furnishing Advertisement
An advertisement for an Ideal Homes Exhibition stand for Easterns Ideal Home Furnishing. The illustration shows a procession of figures making their way to their stand

Allenbury's Milk Food Advertisement
An advertisement for Allen & Hanburys Ltd. promoting Allenbury's Milk Food, which promises health for your baby. Date: circa 1920

SPIRIT SACRIFICE TO WINE
Man in drunken stupor, surrounded by bacchic cherubs, preferring earthly pleasure of wine to heavenly promises

SPIRIT IGNORED FOR WINE
Man in drunken stupour, surrounded by bacchic cherubs, preferring earthly pleasure to heavenly promises

Uncle Sam figure promises help to Lafayette
In 1778 at Yorktown, the French forces, with whom Lafayette served as a Major-General, helped in the defeat of the British in the War of Independence. Now it was time for America to repay the debt

Advert for Dickins - Jones corsets 1909
The Specialite Guninea corset, available from Dickins & Jones, is ideal for slight figures. It promises not to cause undue pressure to the respiratory organs. 1909

Annie Laurie
ANNIE LAURIE of Maxwelton, beloved by William Douglas of Fingland, to whom the ballad is attributed, but who married Alexander Fergusson of Craig- darroch, promises forgotten... Date: 1680S - 1760S

The Radical Party - their promises are seen as all froth and no substance - a propaganda postcard mocking the ruling government (labelled the Radical Party )

WW2 - MacArthur vows to return to the Philippines
WW2 American Officer Douglas MacArthur who left the Philippines on 11th March 1942, vowing en " I came through and I shall return." - he fulfilled his promise

Telegram mobilising VAD 1914
This telegram, sent to Birchington late in the day on 14 October 1914, was the call to mobilise the local Voluntary Aid Detachments to set up their hospitals

Cartoon, The Great Balloon, by James Gillray. A satirical comment on the subject of Lord Grenvilles installation as Chancellor of Oxford University

WW1 - Germans in Poland
WW1 - Illustrating the reality and irony behind German intentions as they arrive in Poland. The Germans " words and deeds", as seen in the poster displayed by the Kaiser

Satirical ballooning cartoon, Lord Grenville
He Steers His Flight. Satirical cartoon on the subject of Lord Grenvilles installation as Chancellor of Oxford University

Ballad / Yonge Andrew
YONGE ANDREW He lures the earls daughter with false promises, then strips her of her fine clothes and the money she has stolen for him from her father. Date: traditional

Gladstone a Welsher
The Welsher - Gladstone is accused by the electorate of welshing (i.e. going back) on his election promises

Apollo and the Sibyl
Apollo promises his lover Sibyl she may live as many years as she can hold grains of sand; she becomes very aged, no more than a voice - the oracular Sibyl of Cuma

The Woods & the Woodman
THE WOODS AND THE WOODCUTTER The woodman asks the forest for wood to mend the handle of his broken axe; he promises to ply his trade elsewhere but reneges when his axe is fixed

The Sick Lion & the Fox
THE SICK LION AND THE FOX The king of beasts, sick in his cave, commands that all animals must visit; he promises safety but the fox stays away knowing otherwise

Edit De Peronne
Allegorical print in praise of Louis XIII, whose edit de Peronne promises a settlement with Spain - alas, the hopes are premature

Temperance - Two Ways
The Two Ways: a temperance concert exercise by George Thayer promises to guide you away from the evils of drink and towards righteousness

Massacre of Hurons
Betrayed by the false promises of the Jesuits, the Hurons protect their escape from Canada, but are themselves massacred by the Iroquois, their traditional enemies

Spirit Sacrifice to Wine
Man in drunken stupour, surrounded by bacchic cherubs, preferring earthly pleasures in another glass of wine to heavenly promise

Advert / Hair Growth Cap
A remarkable invention for the culture of hair, the Evans Vacuum Cap promises a new healthy growth of hair or your money back

Faust, Marguerite on Film
The beautiful Camilla Horn as Marguerite listens doubtingly to the promises of Wilhelm Dieterle, as Faust, in a German film version of the Faust legend

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig3
Act 3 scene 7 : Bertram, the Devil, summons from their graves the spirits of nuns who failed to keep their vows, and promises to add Robert to their number

Faust - Liebig - 2
FAUST Faust - once again a handsome youth, accosts Marguerite in the market-place : she refuses, but Mephistopheles promises she will yield

Electric Light Comes
Coming events cast their shadows before - and none more so than the electric light, which promises to make all other forms of illumination obsolete

Langleys Model
Samuel Pierpont Langleys model performs well and promises success, but his full-size flying machine will fail his expectations

Verdi / Trovatore / Iv. 1
IL TROVATORE Act 4, Scene 1 Leonora promises to marry the Count di Luna if he will only release Manrico, the man she loves

Albionette Stove 1896
The Albionette stove promises perfectly cooked food for all

Label Czech Hotel
The colourful label of the HOTEL SLOVAN at TABOR, Czechoslovakia (as it then was) promises a warm and friendly welcome

Frog Prince (Goble)
The princess is delighted when the frog retrieves her golden ball, and runs off with it, forgetting about the promises she made to the frog

Sir Henry Vane
SIR HENRY VANE statesman whose support of the Commonwealth cost him his head at the Restoration despite promises of indemnity. with his autograph

Clovis Promises
Clovis, Merovingian king of the Franks, promises his wife Clothilde that if he defeats the Alemanni at TOLBIAC, he will convert to Christianity : he does, and does

Napoleon the Comforter
When Josephine, who has accompanied him to Italy, has difficulty getting back to France and bursts into tears, he promises the Austrians will pay for making her cry

Tsar Promises Reform
In his October Manifesto Tsar Nicholas promises wider powers for the Duma, broader franchise, civil liberties - in the streets of Saint Petersburg, crowds discuss

Communications / Telegraph
The submarine telegraph promises peace and good-will between England and France

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