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Cupids and flowers on a sheet of Victorian Valentine scrapsCupids, flowers, birds and butterflies on a sheet of Victorian Valentines Day scraps. Date: circa 1890s
Heart of flowers on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Hearts and flowers on sixteen Victorian scraps, still joined together. Date: circa 1890s
Boys, girls and flowers on twelve Victorian scraps, still joined together. Date: circa 1890s
Teddy bear proposal on a postcard -- Ask Father. Date: circa 1900s
Teddy bear with a large red heart on a Valentine postcardTeddy bear hugging a large red heart on a Valentine postcard -- Heartily Yours, by Lawson Wood. Date: circa 1900s
Contented pig couple on a French postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Pig couple kissing on a French postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Pig proposal on a Valentine postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Pig wedding on a French postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Two pigs on a Valentine postcardTwo pigs, one of them a rather improbable cupid, on a Valentine postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Young woman with mirror on a novelty postcardYoung woman in an elegant costume on a novelty Valentines Day postcard. The back-to-front writing on her mirror reads: Won t you say yes? Date: circa 1900s
Cherub playing a harp on a greetings postcardCherub playing a harp with butterflies circling round on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Three-dimensional Valentine card -- a little girl with blue flowers. Date: circa 1900s
The Spell by H. M. BatemanA gentleman is mesmerised by the languid glance of a lady acquaintance. Date: 1932
Perfume label, Valmor Products, Chicago, USA -- High Life perfume. Date: circa 1920s
Come take a fly with me - Futuristic take on Airship Travel as a couple step aboard a shi perched on a high rise building. Date: 1911
Woman with fan on a romantic Victorian scrapWoman in Spanish costume with fan on a romantic Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Fans with women and flowers on three Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s
Fans with winter scenes on three Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s
Hands and flowers on ten Victorian scraps with Valentines Day greetings. Date: circa 1890s
Valentines Day postcard with red hearts, roses and ribbons. Date: early 20th century
Couple on a horseshoe on a wedding postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Couple on a palette-shaped greetings cardCouple walking in the countryside on a palette-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1880s
Girl on a swing on a movable Valentine card, with Cupid above her. Date: circa 1890s
Fairy riding a butterfly on a movable Valentine card. Date: early 20th century
Two children on a rocking horse on a movable Valentine card. Date: circa 1890s
Girl in romantic mood with roseGirl day-dreaming of love & romance smelling a rose alongside a statue of cupid. Date: circa 1890
Poor Mr Meeker surrounded by his wifes visitors thingsMr Meeker doesn t object so much to his Wifes entertainments as he does to the way she uses his room for the gentlemans things !! Date: 1906
The passage of romanceThe Passage of Romance! - Before, During (" Yum Yum" ) and After. The passage from the carefree chase, the early spring of passion and the descent into household drudgery and daily ennui
Leap Year - Running the Gauntlet! Date: 1904
Love in a Garden - a smart lady takes charge of her menLove in a Garden - a smart lady takes charge of her various men, supervising the tasks required! Date: 1901
The Tailor Maid by Reginald HigginsIllustration showing a young woman sewing a suit while a male admirer gazes lovingly into her eyes. Date: 1926
A Riviera Recontre by Edmund BlampiedTwo elegantly dressed women are approached by a male acquaintance who kisses one ladys hand, on the French Riviera in the 1920s. Date: 1923
Marriage or war work, WW1 cartoon by A. Wallis MillsCartoon by A Wallis Mills in Printers Pie telling the story of a young woman who refuses an officers marriage proposal as she means to do her bit for the war by getting involved in war work
WW1 - Brother, Sister and partners before outbreak of warA poignant and touching photograph taken on the eve of the First World War as two couples (a brother and sister (far left and second from right)
Tristan and Iseult. Princess Iseult. Engraving. Color, 1882Tristan and Iseult. French medieval poetry, inspired by Celtic legent. Princess Iseult. Engraving. Colored. Germania, 1882
Don Quixote. Sculpture. SpainDon Quixote. Sculpture in the Medrano cave, where it is said that Cervantes, while prisoner, began to write the play. Argamasilla de Alba. Spain
Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) writing the dedication of hMiguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Cervantes writing the dedication of his Persiles. Engraving by Capuz after a painting by Eugenio Oliva. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1883
Joanot Martorell (1413-1468). Tirant lo Blanch. Initial LettJoanot Martorell (1413-1468). Valencian knight and writer. Tirant lo Blanch (Tirant the White). Initial letter of the inscription belonging to the print edition in Valencia in 1490 by Nicolau
Palmeri?n de Oliva. Home edition printed in Toledo by PedroChivalric literature. Palmeri?n de Oliva. Hero of the Spanish chivalric romances that appears in the poems and novels of the fifteenth century
Joanot Martorell (1413-1468). Valencian writer in Catalan. Tirant lo Blanch. Dedication page of the edition printed in Valencia in 1490 by Nicolau Spindel (facsimile). Valencia University Library
Bernard Desclot. Catalan chronicler. Page of Bernards chronBernard Desclot. Catalan chronicler. 13th Century. Chronicle of the Reign of King Peter III of Aragon (1276-85). Page of Bernards chronicle. Fol. 140. Manuscript 486. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona
Victorian Transfer design, couple in a garden, 18th century costume. 19th century
Victorian Transfer design, loving couple in 18th century costume. 19th century
Valentine card, Share My Heart. 20th century
Valentine card, Alpine Love. 20th century
Theatre poster, John Loves Mary, Rochester Community Players. The play, by Norman Krasna, opened on Broadway, New York, in February 1948. The film version appeared the following year