Proposals Collection

Miss Edith Day in Irene by Kate Carew
Irene Day, caricatured by Kate Carew in the play Irene playing at the Empire Theatre, London in 1920. Date: 1920

Beauty / Beast (Anderson)
Anne Anderson gives us a truly monstrous beast : no wonder Beauty rejects the marriage proposals he makes every night at the supper-table

Comic postcard, wartime alcohol and fuel restrictions - ensuring a good supply! Date: circa 1916-1918

Sir John Dineley-Goodere (1729 - 1809), 5th Baronet, English eccentric of Windsor, Berkshire, who delivered many printed proposals of marriage but was unsuccessful in obtaining a wife

Bee-Alley Gardens, Dunfermline, Proposals
The top image shows the large palace at Bee-Alley Gardens in Dunfermline, Scotland, with a crude white smithy building in the foreground, the bottom picture shows the same view

The Serbo-Bulgarian War Winds Down
Scenes from the ending of the Serbo-Bulgarian War

Michael Hicks Beach (1837 - 1916), statesman, chancellor of the exchequer, introducing his financial proposals. Date: 14 April 1902

Proposals for Charing Cross Bridge by G. H. Davis 1926
Proposals for Charing Cross Bridge. Date: 1926

OLD-FASHIONED PROPOSAL
A proposal in the good old- fashioned style down on his knees, hand more or less where his heart is... Date: circa 1860

Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919
Diagram showing a map of London and the movement of commuters by different travel means from Greater to Central London

Henry Winter Davis
HENRY WINTER DAVIS American statesman who opposed Lincolns reconstruction proposals. Date: 1817 - 1865

tapping Telephone Line
French soldiers tapping telephone wires and listening into conversations at Geneva Junction to hear how disarmament proposals will affect them. Date: early 1920s

Proposal 1799
Oh! Listen to the voice of love A suitor, on bended knee, speaks of undying love to his red haired lady friend. Date: 1799

Disestablishment Fought
E W Benson, archbishop of Canterbury, thunders at the Albert Hall against proposals for disestablishment (the separation of church and state) Date: 16 May 1893

A Heartfelt Proposal
When a gentleman goes down on his knees, places his hand on his heart, and assures her of the intensity of his feelings, how can a girl doubt the sincerity of his affection ? Date: circa 1860

A Romantic Proposal
A romantic German sits on a stool while he proposes marriage, but at least he takes off his hat and his gloves Date: circa 1820

Illustration by Millicent Sowerby in the Tatler
Black and white illustration by Millicent Sowerby in the Tatler of 1st December 1909

Projects for a road & rail link between Britain & France
A double page spread from The Illustrated London News demonstrating a number of rival proposals for building a road and rail link between France and Britain

Jacques Necker Profile
JACQUES NECKER Swiss-born French financier and statesman, whose unadopted reform proposals might have prevented the Revolution. Date: 1732 - 1804

Joseph Chamberlain - Coat of Many Colours
In a picture postcard, Radical politicial Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) is pictured wearing a coat of many colours

Proposing on Knee 1867
PROPOSAL - A gentleman proposes on bended knee

A Post-Prandial Proposal
A post-prandial proposal!

Proposal on Shipboard
A shipboard romance leads to a proposal on deck

Susanna & the Elders
This chaste young lady is washing her feet when a pair of lecherous old men make indecent proposals to her : when she refuses, they accuse her of adultery

SALAMANCA
Columbus states his proposals to the Royal Commission at Salamanca

Lorgues / Salamanca
Columbus states his proposals to the Royal Commission at Salamanca

Proposal / She Accepts
Anticipation: he proposes, she accepts

Appius Claudius
Though old and blind, Appius Claudius convinces the Senate that they should reject the peace proposals offered by Pyrrhus

CARL Vs INTERIM
Carl V presents his Interim proposals in an attempt to reconcile Catholics and Protestants. A brave try, but the two are still at odds five centuries later

Wallace / Cambuskenneth
William Wallace rejects the English proposals at Cambuskenneth

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