Separation Collection

Persephone & Demeter
Persephone (Proserpina) is reunited for the Spring and Summer with her mother Demeter (Ceres) until each Autumn and Winter, when she must return to her husband Pluto (Hades)

Pentonville Prison, Islington, North London
An aerial view of Pentonville Prison in Islington, North London. The prison was opened in 1842 as the new Model Prison, on the separate system

Chaffinch (Morris)
(Fringilla coelebs) Coelebs means bachelor, and refers to the birds habit of temporary separation from its mate

Whitneys Cotton Gin
WHITNEYs GIN Eli Whitneys gin of 1793 enabled separation of cotton fibre from its seeds to be done mechanically : this is a modified version in use

Waiting at the Cotton Gin - Memphis, Tennessee. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds Date: circa 1910

The Duo car for the incompatible / W H Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

The Cadaver of Death separates the lovers with his bolt. The man in plumed cap, doublet, dagger, striped hose, boots. France 15th century

WW2 Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst - Womens War Emergency Council
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) - (standing) presiding over the Womens War Emergency Council which she started immediately after the outbreak of WW2

Short S. 38 - SA. 1 Sturgeon S. 1 RK797
Short S.38/SA.1 Sturgeon S.1 RK797, the first prototype of a new carrier-borne strike and reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Navy

Alice, Where Art Thou, Christmas card
Alice, Where Art Thou, comic interpretation of a popular song on a Christmas card, with a frog finding his lost love, who is now an angel frog with wings up in the clouds. (3 of 3) Date: circa 1890s

Apparitions: angels & the ghost of a lover comforts woman
The spirit of a dead man, accompanied by two angels, returns to Earth to comfort his surviving lover. Date: circa 1810

Art Nouveau design with woman and soldier Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Soldier and his girlfriend, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, Absent soldier and his son, WW2 - Good Night, Dad! Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, Soldier and his girlfriend, WW2
Comic postcard, Soldiers letter to his girlfriend, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Evangeline is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published in 1847 which describes the separation of Evangeline

Divorce of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon pleading her case against divorce from King Henry VIII in front of the Papal legates

Priest Eleazar conducting ritual purification
This depicts High Priest Eleazar preparing the water of separation (commonly known as the water of purification) preparing to purify a bull in preparation for slaughter

Revolution at Panama
On 3rd November 1903

Romantic paper lace card - Absence
Romantic paper lace card with pink flowers and blue ribbon - Absence. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon of W E Gladstone as Bubbles
Cartoon of W E Gladstone as John Everett Millais Bubbles. 1887

Sentimental scene -- Kiss Me, Mama. A little girl looks at a lantern slide projection of her departed mother, while her father bows his head in grief. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Calendar, December 1914, WW1
Calendar, December 1914 -- Enlisting, First World War. By Hermann-Paul. 1914-1915

John Bull goes to war
John Bull going to the Wars (probably the Napoleonic Wars), despite the reluctance of his family. Date: 1805

Caricature, Lillie Langtry and Henrietta Hodson
Caricature, Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) and Henrietta Hodson (1841-1910) -- The best of friends must part

Funerary papyrus of Djedkhonsouefankh depicting Geb and Nut, Third Intermediate Period (papyrus), Egyptian 21st Dynasty (c.1069-945 BC). Egyptian art. Late Period. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum

WWI Poster, New scale of separation allowances
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, New scale of Separation Allowances for Soldiers Wives and Children... other dependents. Enlist Today and your dependents will be well provided for

Bonzo sells a pup by George Studdy
Bonzo sells a pup -- Bonzo and five Bonzolines sit in a basket, while one pup sits separately with a sold notice round his neck, ready to travel on the GWR to The Kennels, Lone Bridge, Dartmoor

The Disruption of 1843
The interior of St Andrews Church, Edinburgh, at the first meeting of the General Assembly, where the Free Church of Scotland was formed, after members withdrew from the Church of Scotland

Poster - Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme
Mothers - let them go - give them a chance of greater safety and health. Public Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme circa 1942

When the War is Over, Maggie (2) WW1
When the War is Over, Maggie -- a British soldier on the Western Front writes a letter home to his love, with a promise of marriage when he returns. (2 of 3) Date: 1914-1918

Friday prayers, Jama Masjid, Delhi, India
Friday prayers at the Jama Masjid mosque, Delhi, India. Date: circa 1910s

Divorce. by Ballarin, 1877
Divorce. Engraving by Ballarin, 1877. Colored

Watchtower and strecht of the Berlin Wall in the Allied Museum. Berlin. Germany

American Declaration of Independence

The United States Declaration of Independence. (July 4, 1776). Facsimile

The Recruits Departure - Off to War. circa early 19th century

Music cover, Consolation, written and composed by Archie Gottler and Dorothy Booth. 1931

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

Disestablishment Fought
E W Benson, archbishop of Canterbury, thunders at the Albert Hall against proposals for disestablishment (the separation of church and state) Date: 16 May 1893

Cartoon, Naivety, WW1
Cartoon, Naivety. A woman is delighted that, thanks to System D, her husband has been able to get a leave of absence from the army

Divorce ceremony between natives of Canada.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

WW2 greetings card, To Daddy. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card from home to an absent soldier (inside). Date: circa 1942

Cartoon, The Queen of Hearts, WW1
Cartoon, The Queen of Hearts, showing a woman at home, thinking of her soldier at the Front during the First World War. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, Soldiers Separation Allowances
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Soldiers Separation Allowances, details of increased rates. Date: 1915

The Optimist & the Pessimist by George Belcher, WW1
The Small One: They seem to think the war will be over very soon now, Mrs Arris The Ohter: I shouldn t be surprised, Mrs. Green; twenty-five shillings a week and me usband away

Man winnowing corn, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

The Hon J and Mrs Freeman-Mitford
John Power Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, later 4th Baron Redesdale (18851963), seen here with his bride, formerly Fraulein Marie Ann von Friedlander-Fuld, daughter of a wealthy German coal owner

Minna Wagner - 1
CHRISTINE WILHELMINE MINNA WAGNER (nee Planer) actress, first wife of Richard W. with whom she had a stormy marriage ending in separation. Date: ? - 1866

A little girl loses her beau to a prettier model
The Jilt. A little girl loses her beau to a prettier model. She is dreadful upset and even her dolly is sharing her pain and loss! Even her puppy seems to be off! Date: circa 1890s

Sud-Est SE5000 Baroudeur just after separation from its launch trolley

The separation of Shigenoi. Print showing a woman holding a tray of rice cakes?, standing over a man sitting on the floor next to a gameboard. Date between 1804 and 1818

Greetings card from Egypt

Minna Wagner - 2
CHRISTINE WILHELMINE MINNA WAGNER (nee Planer) actress, first wife of Richard W. with whom she had a stormy marriage ending in separation. Date: ? - 1866

Prison Chapel, Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire
Interior of the prison chapel at Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire. The seats were partitioned to prevent communication between the inmates

Retoucher working on a colour separation positive
A Retoucher working on a colour separation positive at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Cyan Separation at a printing works
A printer uses an electronic device to work on the negative image of the blue component of a printed page, known as the cyan separation. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Social / Spanish Peasant
A young peasant man decides to leave village life for the city

Man on Phone C1905
A man telephones his beloved and imagines her in the room with him, answering his call

Ww1 Postcard Trail Home
A soldier far from home thinks of his wife and daughter waiting for him

The Habdalah
The Jews in New York THE HABDALAH - the prayer of separation, which divides the Sabbath from the workdays of the week

John Bull Goes to War
John Bull going to the Wars (probably the Napoleonic Wars)

Ww1 Postcard / Le Reve
Le Reve: a soldier remembers the girlfriend he left at home, and she in turn thinks of him in the trenches

Separation / Keel Row Song
A woman waves goodbye to her husband or sweetheart

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