Relationship Collection (page 2)

Count Bergami - 1
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier and companion to Caroline of Brunswick; her scandalous relationship with him was the basis for her trial, but was not proved. Date: circa 1805-1815

Count Bergami - 2
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier, companion to Caroline, queen of George Prince of Wales; their scandalous relationship led to her trial for adultery. Date: circa 1805-1815

Cartoon, The peaceful ex-scarecrow, WW1
Cartoon, the peaceful ex-scarecrow, a satirical comment on the mistake of believing in a peaceful relationship between France and Germany during the First World War. Date: 1915

Suzanne Curchod Necker
SUZANNE CURCHOD NECKER French writer & salon hostess, wife of statesman, mother of Mme de Stael; previously betrothed to Gibbon but their relationship declined & fell. Date: 1739 - 1794

Lebanon / Archaeology / Qana
The supposed tomb of Hiram I, King of Tyre (c.969-936 BC). According to the bible he had a close relationship with David, and aided Solomon in the building of his temple. Date: 1902

After Forty Years by H. M. Bateman
After forty years of marriage, its clear who wears the trousers in this marriage. A satire on new fashions and matrimony by cartoonist H. M. Bateman. Date: 1934

Gentleman and lady in a room, c. 1810
A gentleman and lady in a room, c.1810. The gentleman looks like he is about to leave the room, the lady as though shes just arisen to prevent his exit. Date: C.1810

Rural father and son, c. 1790s
Rural father with his child (probably son, rather than daughter). The man carries a pitchfork. Date: C.1790s

Cartoon, Siege de la Colonne de Pompee [Pompeys Pillar, a Roman triumphal column], Science in the Pillory, by James Gillray

Page design, big moments in my life, School Silhouettes
Page design for big moments in my life, in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

German postcard, Which is the better way? Join hands across the sea. The choice is between ignorance and goodwill, selfishness and insight, militarism and peace

The brass plate at the German Embassy removed during WWI
A sign of diplomatic relations breaking down at the outbreak of World War One was the removal of the brass plate at the German Embassy in London

Cartoon, The Glad Hand, WW1
Cartoon, The Glad Hand -- Brother Jonathan (representing the USA) tells Kaiser Wilhelm to wash his hand first, before shaking it

Bartolomeo Count Bergami
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier and companion to Caroline of Brunswick; her scandalous relationship with him was the basis for her trial, but was not proved. Date: circa 1820

Count Bartolomeo Bergami
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier, companion to Caroline, queen of George Prince of Wales; their scandalous relationship led to her trial for adultery. Date: circa 1815

Advert celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
A French advert in The Tatler wishing the Queen a long and peaceful reign: It is the hearfelt wish of the people of France that the reign of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth should be one of unbroken

Horace Walpole & Friend
HORACE WALPOLE - writer author of The Castle of Otranto etc. here linked with a Mrs Heidelberg, though their relationship was surely a chaste one. Date: 1717 - 1797

Man at the end of his tether with piano-playing singing wife
" Every Morning I feel like shooting." An American man seemingly at the end of his tether with the less-than-tuneful efforts of his enthusiastic piano-playing, singing wife

Bridge Illustrated - Gone on Diamonds
A pretty young lad and her adoring (and rich, although perhaps the Pawnbroker sign top right may mean he isn t all he appears) husband spend some of (his) money on something sparkly at the Jewellers

Woman wearing the trousers
" What material would you like for your trousers, Sir?" " Oh! The same as my Wife s." !! A comment on a strong woman, most definitely wearing the trousers in this relationship

Cupid Baffled - cannot believe love is not blossoming here
Cupid Baffled - he cannot believe love is not blossoming here... Date: 1907

Anywhere to escape from the wife
Wife (to Lion Tamer who has been out late) - " You Coward!" Date: 1892

The Second in Command - Mr and Mrs Binks
Mr and Mrs Binks - A very funny cartoon by Phil May showing a VERY dominant Woman (wearing a monacle) leading her subservient and tiny husband and their small son along the street

Married for Love
Amusing American postcard entitled Married for Love, showing a rowing couple, illustrating anything but a partnership with love at the cornerstone! Date: circa 1910s

The problems of a long distance relationship
Both the American guy and his gal are concerned about their other half (and their romantic activities) whilst he is posted to the other side of the globe during World War II. Date: 1942

Usnea inflata, beard lichen
And Hypogymnia physodes (right), Burnham Beeches, Bucks, W. London. The former is a recent colonist following reductions in SO2 pollution

Marianne and the British Bulldog - Franco-British Exhbition
Marianne smiles favourably toward the British Bulldog - a symbolic postcard, denoting the thawing of international relations between France and Britain following the Entente Cordiale (signed in 1904)

Norway - Sweden caricature

Italian Kitch Postcard (3 / 3)
Forever Yours - Italian Kitch Postcard. A couple take a loveboat through the clouds, heading off on lifes journey together.... Date: 1918

Harold Wilson and Eric Johnston
Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, and Eric Johnston, President of the Motion Pictures Association of America

The loving couple being chaperoned
A courting couple are being chaperoned, while they take a relaxing ride down the river. Date: 1836

Montevideo wartime brochure cover
Cover of souvenir brochure of scenes from Montevideo, Uruguay, from the Municipal Office of Propaganda and Information, to the soldiers of Great Britain, defenders of the liberty of the world

The language of the legs
The Language of the legs! - charting the development of a relationship through body language - from Timid to Ecstacy !

RMS Olympic, Queens Hotel Queenstown
Two items relating to the RMS Olympic luxury cruise liner. An information card for the Queens Hotel, Queenstown (on the southern coast of Ireland) boasts of redecoration

A Fantasy by Edwin Morrow
A young woman imagines a rich suitor in her hands, and thinks, " He loves me, he loves me not..." as coins and money notes fall to the ground instead of petals

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Native soldiers surprised
A night alarm during sentry duty during the 2nd Ashanti War. Native soldiers eyes wide with fear tread softly in the direction of danger

The town of Sutah, Gold Coast, 1874
Sutah was one of the towns which the British took on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

The Ashanti War (1873-74) Paying a West India regiment
British officers paying soldiers of a West India regiment during the 2nd Ashanti War. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

Port of Christianborg near Accra, 1873
This former Swedish outpost on the Gold Coast was sold to the British in 1873 when, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

A young boy with British officers in Kumasi, 1874
The last in Kumasi - a young boy eating bananas while a British officer tries to talk to him. In the background, the British troops are marching away

The Ashanti War (1873-74)
The British camp of Mansu on the road to the Prah river during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74). In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

The Castle of Elmina, Gold Coast, 1873
The Castle of Elmina which both the British and the Ashanti Kings tried to capture sits on the shore of the Gold Coast. In 1873

Accra and its coastline in 1873
Accra sketched in 1873, the year, when after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

Panoramic view of Cape Coast Castle, 1874
Panoramic view of Cape Coast Castle, headquarters and garrison of the British on the Gold Coast, West Africa. It has been sketched from the bridge of the steam ship Volta ans shows the coastline

The Ashanti War (1873-74) The battlefield of Abrakrampa
The battlefield of Abrakrampa during the 2nd Ashanti War where trees have been chopped down. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

A village on the river Prah during the 2nd Ashanti War
On their march towards the Ashanti capital of Kumasi, British soldiers watch the peaceful scene of women catching fish and tritons in the river Prah

Sentries of the different lines of troops in Camp at Prahsu
Sentries of the different lines of troops in camp at Prah-su during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74). In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

The town of Accroful, 1874
Accroful was one of the towns where the British and set up camp on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping