Romance Collection (page 21)

Cartoon, Anxiety, WW1
Cartoon, Anxiety. A lady in a yellow dress and bonnet pulls the petals off a flower, wondering whether her soldier loves her or not. Date: 1916

Tatler front cover - a valentine for debutantes 1965
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model wearing a face framing heart shaped wig from Rose Evansky. Date: 1965

Ronald Coleman and Vilma Blanky in the MGM film Romance of a Ring, 1927 Date: 1927

Oliver Messell and his sister Mrs Armstrong-Jones, 1927s
Oliver Messell and his sister Mrs Armstrong-Jones, as Bacchus and Ariande in the Pageant of Great Lovers of Romance at the New Theatre, London 6 May 1927 Date: 1927

Cartoon, the French aviator as hero, WW1
Cartoon, the French aviator as hero -- everyone admires him! Date: 1915

Nautical Terms Illustrated IV - Crossing the Line
A sailor flirts with a woman over her washing line drawn by Harold Earnshaw, artist husband of Mabel Lucie Attwell. Earnshaw was a successful artist who joined the Artists Rifles at the outbreak of

Flighty by Harold Earnshaw, WW1 cartoon
Three officers of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), later the Royal Air Force (RAF) flirty with a young flapper girl. Drawn by Harold Pat Earnshaw, husband of Mabel Lucie Attwell who lost his right

One Never Knows, Does One? by Harold Earnshaw
A young Naval midshipman waits behind a screen with a bunch of mistletoe in the hope that his young sweetheart might be passing by

A Small Objective by Harold Earnshaw, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News by Harold Earnshaw, showing a number of Army and Navy officers vying for the attention of a pretty young woman

Miss Modern magazine September 1934 by Fred Purvis
A couple in casual clothes cosy up on a hay cart, a rustic idyll for the outdoor types of the 1930s. Date: 1934

Miss Modern magazine August 1934 by Fred Purvis
Front cover of Miss Modern magazine for August 1934 featuring a girl in a yellow bathing costume seated on a diving board over a pool or the sea

Gay Words, Aching Heart - WW1 farewell
A woman wipes away a tear as she waves farewell to soldiers, departing for the Front at Christmas time. Date: 1915

Wooden jewelry box from the early 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

WW1 - US Officers feted by the Ladies of Paris
WW1 - Behind the Lines - US Officers feted by the Ladies of Paris Date: 1918

White Witchery - a romantic hunt scene in silhouette
Modern Form in Novel Form: No. 1 - A " Kill" at the Meet. Two members of a hunt show rather more interest in each other than their horses. Date: 1914

Testing the Heart by Edmund Blampied
A young woman in peasant dress plays " He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" with a dandelion clock. Date: 1914

In the Spring a Young mans Fancy by Heath Robinson
Cupid the Will-o -the-Wisp and his vernal victims. Silhouettes of various people pursuing cupid as spring spreads romance. Date: 1914

June Roses by A. Dubuis
A romantic illustration showing a blonde woman with an English rose complexion inhaling the scent of a pink rose in full bloom. Date: 1927

A Jazz Dream - dancing couple, 1919
A couple dance closely together to jazz music, while an imaginary cavalcade of pans, satyrs and cherubs provide the musical backdrop. Date: 1919

Island Love - front cover by Reginald Heade
Front cover of Island Love by Catherine Whitby showing a couple on a balcony gazing (a little stiffly) into each others eyes. Date: c.1950

Ballet dancer and admirer
A ballet dancer and her admirer, a kneeling man in evening dress holding a bouquet. (1 of 4)

Can t Help Lovin that Man! by Helen McKie
A red-haired woman staring into the eyes of her lover - a magnetic but dangerous looking Apache man, an allegedly savage member of the Parisian underworld haunting areas such as Montmartre

Couple enjoying dinner, 1929
Illustration depicting a man and woman enjoying dinner at a restaurant. Or at least, by this point, the food seems to be subordinated by the drinking of champagne. Date: 1929

All Quiet on the Vest and Front by Hynes
An elegant 1920s couple recline together on a sofa, perhaps after a night out - a box of chocolates and an ashtray on the side table nearby

Siege of a city. Illustration in the Roman d Ogier le Danois (Romance of Ogier the Dane), printed in Paris by Antoine V鲡 rd (1498). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin

Arming a Knight. Amadis de Gaula (Amadis of Gaul). Chivalric romance first compiled in Zaragoza in 1508 by Garci Rodr ez de Montalvo

LORRIS, Guillaume. Roman de la Rose
The Romance of the Rose. s.XIV. The young lover, redeemer of the garden of delight, reaches a source and finds an inscription saying that there brother Narcissus died. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

View of Malmsmead, Exmoor, North Devon, with Badgworthy Water in the foreground and Lorna Doone Farm in the distance. Date: circa 1980s

Lorna Doone Farm, Malmsmead, Exmoor, North Devon, with Badgworthy Water in the foreground. Date: circa 1980s

Romance - 1917 by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" Darling, every potato that I have is yours" (Engaged). Cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a couple locked in an embrace having agreed to get engaged

Kenilworth cigarettes advertisement, WW1
One of series of advertisements for Kenilworth cigarettes during the First World War showing a couple on a beach with him halting to light yet another cigarette under the shelter of her umbrella

Loves young dream. Young romance. Dutch boy & girl holding posy of roses standing on the quayside Date: 1903

Kisses postcard - Valentines
A postcard bearing the single word, Kisses - adorned with roses. See picture numbers 10796397 and 10796397 for two more in the series - Mother and Father. Date: c.1910

The Lighter Side of Darker London, WW1
She: Sorry!" He: " Delighted!" The darkened streets of London during the First World War come with romantic advantages. Date: 1916

Erasmic Shaving Stick advertisement, 1918
Advertisement for Erasmic Shaving Stick with a smart gentleman in what can only be described as an artistic dressing gown

The Shafts of Cupid by Adam
A Pleasing Phantasy by Adam. Cupid aims his bow at a young woman who lifts her skirt to reveal stockinged legs. Date: 1918

Eve reading The New Eve Book, 1917
Eve, The Tatler magazines gossip columnist, pictured reading The New Book of Eve based on her life, as illustrated by Annie Fish

WW2 poster, don t walk on aluminium sheet metal
WW2 poster, By all means walk out with your girl, thats your affair. But on no account walk on our aluminium sheet metal, walk round it! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

An Extra-Special Romance by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon by H. M. Bateman showing a police officer initially snobbish about the special constable who is accompanying him on his beat

The Ingratiating Little Rogue by Edmund Blampied
is so attentive to youth. A small cupid helps a pretty young woman gather tulips. Date: 1916

A Little Offensive by Edmund Blampied
A lady has the skirt of her evening gown ripped by a cupid ( with a " ripping" result ). Date: 1916

Lady powders her face, 1917
A woman in an evening dress powders her face with Pomeroy face powder. Date: 1917

The Idolaters by MacKenzie
A group of five women kneel in admiration before a dashing British officer standing on a plinth. He raises his monocle to inspect them. Date: 1917

A War Bride by J. Mitchell Elliot
Artistic photograph showing a bride in veil and dress, looking pensively out of a window, perhaps in the knowledge that her new husband will soon be leaving for the front

Knitting postcard, WW1
Humorous postcard from the First World War drawing on the theme of knitting. A soldier on leave is used to help a young girl wind her wool (no doubt used to knit comforts for troops)

Elsie Janis and Basil Hallam
Elsie Janis (March 16, 1889 February 26, 1956), American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as " the sweetheart of

The attraction of a man in khaki by Fish, WW1
Illustration showing fashionable types including a typical male nut (a leisured dandy), realise that men in uniform are far more likely to attract ladies

Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 63, September 1927
Illustration Le dollar-song a definitivement remplace la romance by Pavis from Paris Plaisirs number 63, September 1927 Date: 1927

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