Regret Collection

WW2 Memorabilia - Damaged Cafe informing suppliers
WW2 Home Front Memorabilia - Damaged Cafe Colette of Swallow Street, London sending information on a printed card to inform suppliers that (likely due to Bomb damage)

Maud Muller, poem by John Greenleaf Whittier
Maud Muller, the title character in a poem of 1856 by John Greenleaf Whittier (18071892). circa 1856

If I Were Only There
A portrait oil painting of an old man, sitting on a chair by the edge of a woodland, looking thoughtfully up from his newspaper, as if enjoying a memory, or experiencing regret. Date: circa 1918

RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger Mabel Francatelli. A fascinating letter from Mattison, Davey & Rader of New York to Miss Francatelli dated 17 April 1956

Penitent Magdalene, 1654, by Juan Carreno de Miranda
Juan Carreno de Miranda (1614-1685). Spanish painter. Penitent Magdalene, 1654. Detail. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Spain. Burial. Engraving. Colored
Spain. Burial. Engraving by Sadurni after a painting by Fernando Cabrera titled Earth. 19th century. Colored

Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, WW1
Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, showing Emperor Franz Josef of Austria lying in state (although he was still alive at the time)

Old Maid / Coquette Dream
The Old Coquettes Dream: an old maid remembers how nice it was to be the centre of attention... Date: circa 1835

General Kuropatkin, Russia
ALEXEI NIKOLAIEVICH KUROPATKIN Russian general. Below are the words: I regret to report... (after losing the Battle of Mukden during the Russo-Japanese War). Date: 1848 - 1921

Cartoon, Regrets, WW1
Cartoon, Regrets. An elderly man is sorry to see that he has a rival for a ladys affections -- he can t win against a young soldier in uniform with a wounded hand. Date: 1916

Cartoon, The civilian husband, WW1
Cartoon, The pacific (ie civilian) husband. He says after the war he will regret not having seen anything. His wife replies that he will regret not having done anything. Date: 1915

Matthew Pole
MATTHEW POLE Churchman about whom we know nothing, I regret to say. Date: 18TH CENTURY

Robert Dudley Leicester
ROBERT DUDLEY, earl of LEICESTER Statesman and courtier favoured by queen Elizabeth I: he died of malaria, much to her regret. Date: 1532? - 1588

John Morley MP pulled out by Labby and Campbell-Bannerman
The Story of Johnny Head-in-Air (cont.). John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (18381923) - British Liberal statesman

Preamble & resolutions adopted by the Fire Department of Philadelphia, April 20th, 1865, expressive of regret of the death of our late President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln

Learning to dance. Reggie, a natural dancer, takes lessons to improve his style, only to regret his decision. " Floored!" Date: 1928- 1929

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 8 of 8
and vowed he d steal no more

The Obstinate Tsar
Tsar Alexander II resists demands for constitutional rule. A nihilist bomb in 1881 will give him reason to regret it

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 3
Saffo, maddened with grief when her lover Faone marries Climene, destroys Apollos altar, an act she will soon regret

Paris Police / Entertainer
The Paris police arrest a group of gypsey street entertainers and quickly regret their action as chaos ensues

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