Sentimental Collection (page 3)

Sentimental Postcard - Homes for Motherless Children Charity
A classic Victorian Sentimental Postcard produced by the Homes for Motherless Children (HMC) Charity, founded by evangelist Robert Thomson Smith in 1896. Date: 1906

Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, by Thomas and MacArthur
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, by Augustus Thomas and James MacArthur, from Ian MacLarens novel (1894). First produced at the Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool, April 1905

WW1 - Two little seated children playing with a ball of wool
WW1 Propaganda postcard - late war era - " It will all come right in the end". Two little children playing with a ball of wool, sitting on a large chair

The First Born by Mary Y. Hunter. A new Mother tenderly cradles her infant son whilst a small girl fairy whispers words of advise (or comfort?). Date: 1912

The Closed Book by St George Hare R. I
The Closed Book by St George Hare R.I. Date: 1912

Advert for State Express Cigarettes 1912
An Inspiration - an advertisement for State Express Cigarettes, showing a very smart dapper young gent wooing his beloved

Spanish literature. Diego de San Pedro (ca. 1437-ca. 1498). Spanish writer. The Prison of Love, 1492. Engraving. Edition in Barcelona in 1493. Catalan translation. Spain

Ww1 Postcard Man Front
A pretty young Frenchwoman thinks of her man at the Front. Date: circa 1914

Ww1 Postcard / Heart 1914
A soldier on the battlefield dreams of the girl he left behind him. Date: 1914

Riding Habit 1835
" Le Trot a L Anglaise" Blue riding habit with full sleeves (imbecile) white cuffs & collar, military style corded trim on the bodice worn with a top hat & veil. Date: 1835

Ww1 Postcard Thoughts
A soldier thinks of the girl hes left behind Date: 1914-18

Ww1 Postcard Long Trail
A soldier on the battlefield thinks of his sweetheart waiting for him at home. Date: 1914

Ww1 Postcard Couple
A soldier and his girl Date: circa 1914

Ww1 Postcard Love Story
" We will continue our love story when the German Empire is destroyed!" Date: circa 1916

Ww1 Postcard French Girl
French girl dreams of her fathers victory Date: 1915

Ww1 Soldier Song Card
A soldier thinks of his family at home, just before he goes into battle. Date: circa 1914

Sterne - Cpxwould Yorks
Laurence Sterne (1713 - 1768) Coxwould, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, home of the novelist and clergyman: this is where he wrote Sentimental Journey

Sterne Coxwould Yorks
Laurence Sterne (1713 - 1768) Coxwould, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, home of the novelist and clergyman: this is where he wrote Sentimental Journey

Sterne - Grimm - Maitre
Laurence Sterne (1713 - 1768) writer, besieged by beggars at Montreuil while travelling on his Sentimental Journey Date: 1

We Two - A lovely donkey and Collie dog best friend
" We Two" - A friendly-looking donkey and Collie dog best friend. Date: circa 1920s

Woman and man in winter scene on a Christmas card
Woman and man in a rural winter scene on a Christmas card, with a sentimental verse. Date: circa 1890s

Woman in a garden on a Christmas card
Woman in a summer garden on a Christmas card, with a sentimental verse. Date: circa 1890s

Woman and child in summer scene on a Christmas card
Woman and child in a summer scene on a Christmas card, with a sentimental verse. Date: circa 1890s

Romantic greetings card with flowers and verse
Romantic greetings card with flowers and a sentimental verse. Date: circa 1890s

Children skating and sledding on a New Year card
Children having fun skating and sledding on a New Year card, with a sentimental verse. Date: circa 1870s

Two girls in the snow on a New Year card, with sentimental verse. Date: circa 1870s

Little boy on a Christmas card, pushing his head through a sheet of paper. Date: circa 1890s

Little child on a Christmas card, pushing its head through a sheet of paper. Date: circa 1890s

Girl out walking with umbrella on a Christmas card
Girl out walking with a green umbrella on a Christmas card with a sentimental verse. Date: circa 1890s

Three dogs on a New Year card, with sentimental verse below. Date: circa 1890s

Poster, Buy National Savings Certificates
For your children, Buy National Savings Certificates. Date: 1920

A Sentimental Journey, by Bairnsfather
A Sentimental Journey I love motoring, but when Silas K. Huckleberry (the accredited war correspondent of the El Paso Pursuit) takes me out after a " sob stuff" story

Poster, The Artists Dream, Maskelyne & Cooke
Poster for The Artists Dream, one of Maskelyne & Cookes Mysteries, performed on stage. The artist has painted a portrait of his recently deceased wife

Christmas Leave by A. C. Michael, WW1
Scene on the platform of a British railway station as a troop train arrives bringing with it officers and men back from the Front for a period of leave over Christmas. Date: 1916

Daddys Christmas Dinner by Samuel Begg, WW1
Illustration for the ILN 1916 Christmas number showing a mother and her children packing a special parcel to be sent to her husband at the front

Miss Shirley Kellogg at recruitment meeting, WW1
The well-known actress, Shirley Kellogg, pictured kissing a small boy who came forward to know if he could do anything at a recruiting meeting organised for the 2nd London Regiment in Trafalgar

WW1 knitting postcard - Absent yet Near
A young wife sits at home knitting comforts for the troops with her soldier husband very much in her thoughts, subliminally sending her a loving, but rather bad poem. Date: c.1915

British fundraising poster, WW1
For Your Children. Buy War Savings Certificates and they will live to thank you, 1917. Colour half tone print of a pastel drawing by Rosina Mantovari Gutti, published as No

George R. Sims Dagonet Ballads - The Workhouse
An illustration inspired by In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse - one of the Dagonet Ballads written by George R Sims in 1877

Waiting for Daddy by Lawson Wood, WW1 postcard
Waiting for daddy. I must take care of mummy now. Illustration on a postcard showing a patriotic little boy wearing a pith helmet

Mother O Mine, WW1 postcard, Lawson Wood
Sentimental postcard showing a young soldier on horseback, thinking of his mother back at home as he goes into battle. Date: c.1916

British Tommy on leave returns home to his family
From a Somme dugout to the Home Fireside A British Tommy on leave returns home to his family - just in time for Christmas Dinner. Date: 1916

Leon Bloy Photo
LEON BLOY French writer, convert to Catholicism in whose cause he wrote several nauseatingly sentimental works, photographed in 1895. Date: 1846 - 1917

Beverley Nichols - 3
BEVERLEY NICHOLS Popular author who was not afraid to parade his feelings in a sentimental manner. Date: 1898 - 1983

Beverley Nichols - 2
BEVERLEY NICHOLS Popular author who was not afraid to parade his feelings in a sentimental manner. Date: 1898 - 1983

British Soldier and his Mother - Boer War uniform
British Soldier and his Mother - wearing Boer War uniform - sentimental postcard Date: circa 1904

Classic early 20th century sentimental postcard
Will you think of me, when I am away. Classic early 20th century sentimental postcard. This postcard was (interestingly, although not deliberately re)

Girl in toy cart - Off to the Market - Sentimental postcard
Girl with three little puppies in a toy cart - Off to the Market - Sentimental postcard Date: 1903

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