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Sister Collection (#4)

Background imageSister Collection: Dickens scrap - Tom Pinch and Ruth in Martin Chuzzlewit

Dickens scrap - Tom Pinch and Ruth in Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens scrap - Tom Pinch and his sister Ruth in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 39. 19th century

Background imageSister Collection: Dickens scrap - Mr Dick and Betsy Trotwood

Dickens scrap - Mr Dick and Betsy Trotwood
Charles Dickens scrap - Mr Dick and Betsy Trotwood in the novel David Copperfield, Chapter 35. 19th century

Background imageSister Collection: The Gamekeeper

The Gamekeeper. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1969. Date: 1969

Background imageSister Collection: The Toy Man

The Toy Man. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1969. Date: 1969

Background imageSister Collection: Cartoon, Herbert Campbell as an Ugly Sister

Cartoon, Herbert Campbell as an Ugly Sister
Cartoon, Herbert Campbell as one of Cinderellas Ugly Sisters at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. 1884

Background imageSister Collection: Letters from Albert Auerbach, arranged in a leather case

Letters from Albert Auerbach, arranged in a leather case
Letters and envelopes from Albert Auerbach, on active service with the Royal Fusiliers, sent to his sister Lucy during the First World War, arranged in a leather artists case. Date: 1915-1916

Background imageSister Collection: Letter from Albert Auerbach from Rouen, France, WW1

Letter from Albert Auerbach from Rouen, France, WW1
First page of a letter dated 30 April 1916 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy from No.1 Territorial Base Depot, Rouen, Northern France

Background imageSister Collection: Envelope from France addressed to Miss L Auerbach, WW1

Envelope from France addressed to Miss L Auerbach, WW1
Registered envelope postmarked 21 October 1916 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy from a Field Post Office in Northern France

Background imageSister Collection: Letter from on board the steamer Transylvania, WW1

Letter from on board the steamer Transylvania, WW1
First page of a letter dated 20 April 1916 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy from on board the Anchor Line steamer Transylvania

Background imageSister Collection: Envelope from Egypt addressed to Miss L Auerbach, WW1

Envelope from Egypt addressed to Miss L Auerbach, WW1
Envelope postmarked 15 and 16 March 1916 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy from Camp Wardan, Egypt, where his regiment was stationed at the time. Date: 1916

Background imageSister Collection: Letter from Albert Auerbach from Camp Wardan, Egypt, WW1

Letter from Albert Auerbach from Camp Wardan, Egypt, WW1
First page of a letter dated 3 February 1916 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy from Camp Wardan, Egypt, where his regiment was based at the time. Date: 1916

Background imageSister Collection: Letter from Albert Auerbach from Alexandria, Egypt, WW1

Letter from Albert Auerbach from Alexandria, Egypt, WW1
First page of a letter dated 5 March 1916 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy from the Savoy Palace Hotel, Alexandria, Egypt, where his regiment was stationed at the time

Background imageSister Collection: Letter from Albert Auerbach from Cairo, Egypt, WW1

Letter from Albert Auerbach from Cairo, Egypt, WW1
First page of a letter dated 18 February 1916 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy from Cairo, Egypt

Background imageSister Collection: Duke of Brabant and Princess Marie Jose of Belgium

Duke of Brabant and Princess Marie Jose of Belgium
Duke of Brabant (later King Leopold III) and his sister Princess Marie Jose of Belgium. Date: circa 1922

Background imageSister Collection: Soft water butt

Soft water butt - Elder sister lifts her baby brother up to examine the spout of the soft water butt in tront of some curious white ducks. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1930

Background imageSister Collection: Feeding babies

Feeding babies - Elder sister giving baby in his high chair, his nighttime feed, while his brother is drinking a mug of milk. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1930

Background imageSister Collection: Child with a kitten

Child with a kitten - Young child in his cot is introduced to a black kitten by his elder sister. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

Background imageSister Collection: Child and an apple

Child and an apple - Baby in its feeding chair and elder sister examine an apple. Artist: Lilian Amy Govey Date: circa 1915

Background imageSister Collection: Young boy on a scooter

Young boy on a scooter - Young boy on a scooter being taught to ride by his older sister. Date: circa 1920

Background imageSister Collection: Little Brother and Sister

Little Brother and Sister - Scene from Little Brother and Sister. Little Sister espies her brother transformed into a deer having drunk bewithched water in the forest

Background imageSister Collection: CHILDREN XMAS SHOPPING

CHILDREN XMAS SHOPPING
A young brother and sister enjoy snow while shopping or off to post some Christmas parcels. 1928

Background imageSister Collection: CHARLOTTE EMBDEN Sister of Heinrich Heine, German poet and critic

CHARLOTTE EMBDEN Sister of Heinrich Heine, German poet and critic

Background imageSister Collection: Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna of Russia (1847 - 1928), wife of Tsar Alexander III

Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna of Russia (1847 - 1928), wife of Tsar Alexander III, mother of Tsar Nicholas II and sister of Queen Alexandra of Great Britain

Background imageSister Collection: SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX reproaches his sister Hombeline for her attachment to

SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX reproaches his sister Hombeline for her attachment to material possessions. Below : Clairvaux Abbey Date: 1090 - 1153

Background imageSister Collection: The Artists Four Sisters Date: 1825

The Artists Four Sisters Date: 1825

Background imageSister Collection: Twin Girls Do Washing Date: 1948

Twin Girls Do Washing Date: 1948

Background imageSister Collection: Hansel and Gretel Date: 1923

Hansel and Gretel Date: 1923

Background imageSister Collection: Formal group of ward staff, St Peters Hospital

Formal group of ward staff, St Peters Hospital, including Gladys Sheen

Background imageSister Collection: Sister Jenny and nurses, Talbot Ward, Swansea hospital

Sister Jenny and nurses, Talbot Ward, Swansea hospital. Reverse reads Sister Jenny in Talbot Ward, Swansea Hosp Date: 1915-25

Background imageSister Collection: The prize-winners, Newcastle General Hospital

The prize-winners, Newcastle General Hospital. Reverse reads The Prize-winners June 1934 N_C General Hospital

Background imageSister Collection: Nurses, sister, matron outdoors

Nurses, sister, matron outdoors. Date: 1950-60

Background imageSister Collection: Nurses and children

Nurses and children. Reverse reads My first ward at St Mary Abbots Hospital. Note I am now in uniform. Me age 20 yrs 1928 Sister Chapman Staff Nurse Two childrens nurses. Annotated G Thomas Date: 1928

Background imageSister Collection: Midwives and babies

Midwives and babies. Reverse reads Midwifery training 1933. Sister Williams Me 22 yrs of age Eileen Young S_N Smith. Annotated St Mary Abbots Hosp G Thomas. Date: 1933

Background imageSister Collection: Nurses at patients bedside

Nurses at patients bedside. Reverse reads Highgate Hospital. Anderson Meningitis patient 1938. Junior Nurse, Junior Nurse, Staff Nurse, Sister g. Thomas, Staff Nurse. Date: 1938

Background imageSister Collection: Group of nurses and Sister, Maryfield

Group of nurses and Sister, Maryfield. Reverse reads Maryfield ? Paisley crossed out. Date: 1959

Background imageSister Collection: Formal group of matron, nurses and sister outdoors

Formal group of matron, nurses and sister outdoors, at General Hospital Tunbridge Wells, Kent. New print from older photograph

Background imageSister Collection: Christmas in Windsor Ward, West Herts Hospital

Christmas in Windsor Ward, West Herts Hospital. Reverse reads Windsor Ward ? West Herts Hospital, Hemel Hempstead. Sister A.M. Smith & Nurses about 1949 Date: circa 1949

Background imageSister Collection: Formal group of nurses and sister outdoors

Formal group of nurses and sister outdoors Date: 1920-35

Background imageSister Collection: Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses at military hospital

Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses at military hospital
Large group of Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses outside military hospital. A man in military uniform stands at far left and another in central row next to doctors and chaplain

Background imageSister Collection: A Woman, her husband and her two sisters

A Woman, her husband and her two sisters Date: circa 1901

Background imageSister Collection: Princess Mary, Prince Edward and Prince Albert

Princess Mary, Prince Edward and Prince Albert
Date: 1902

Background imageSister Collection: Prince Albert, Princess Mary and Prince Edward

Prince Albert, Princess Mary and Prince Edward
Prince Albert George (1895-1952) (later King George VI (on left))

Background imageSister Collection: Hospital Ward

Hospital Ward
Nurse Kathleen Drage trained in general nursing at St Stephens Hospital, London, from 1924-1927. This print is labelled ?Cousin Kay? and shows a male ward with nursing students, ward sister at back

Background imageSister Collection: Student nurses in a classroom

Student nurses in a classroom
Classroom with a doctor teaching anatomy to a group of student nurses accompanied by their ward sister, location unknown

Background imageSister Collection: Sister Dora Statue, Walsall, Warwickshire

Sister Dora Statue, Walsall, Warwickshire
Sister Dora Statue, Walsall, near Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1900s

Background imageSister Collection: WOMAN & DOVES WOMAN & DOVES

WOMAN & DOVES WOMAN & DOVES
Hilda & her doves: They soon became as familiar with the fairhaired Saxon girl as if she were a born sister of their brood. Date: First published: 1860

Background imageSister Collection: BROTHER & SISTER C1880S? BROTHER & SISTER C1880S?

BROTHER & SISTER C1880S? BROTHER & SISTER C1880S?
Brother and sister pose for their photograph in a studio. Date: circa 1880s?

Background imageSister Collection: CLAUDE & SISTER 1912 CLAUDE & SISTER 1912

CLAUDE & SISTER 1912 CLAUDE & SISTER 1912
Claude and his sister in warm winter clothing. Date: 1912

Background imageSister Collection: SOCIAL / GOVERNESS 1885

SOCIAL / GOVERNESS 1885
A governess in a country house with brother and sister pupils Date: 1885

Background imageSister Collection: FRENCH SICK VISITORS

FRENCH SICK VISITORS
Two fashionably dressed ladies call on a sick woman in an attic, who is already being cared for by a sister of charity Date: 1854

Background imageSister Collection: GIRLS AND DOLL (WAUGH)

GIRLS AND DOLL (WAUGH)
One girl sits on a rocking chair; her little sister sits in her lap; and Dolly sits in little sisters lap. Date: circa 1885

Background imageSister Collection: BOY OFFERS GIRL DOLL

BOY OFFERS GIRL DOLL
A boy offers a doll to his sister when she complains shes lonely. Date: 1894

Background imageSister Collection: BOY PLAYS IN MASK C1870

BOY PLAYS IN MASK C1870
A boy in a grotesque mask frightens his little sister Date: circa 1870

Background imageSister Collection: BOY IN MASK AND SISTER

BOY IN MASK AND SISTER
A boy in a grotesque mask frightens his little sister Date: circa 1870

Background imageSister Collection: CHARLES I WEDS H. MARIA

CHARLES I WEDS H. MARIA
Charles I weds Henrietta Maria, sister of Louis XIII, in Notre Dame, Paris : cardinal Richelieu does the honours (the British people disapprove of the match) Date: 11 May 1625

Background imageSister Collection: ASTRID / RAGNHILD / NORWAY

ASTRID / RAGNHILD / NORWAY
PRINCESS ASTRID Daughter of King Olaf V of Norway (left) with her sister Ragnhild (right) Date: 1932 -

Background imageSister Collection: Queen Elizabeth I and family

Queen Elizabeth I and family
QUEEN ELIZABETH I (1533 - 1603) With her father King Henry VIII, brother Edward VI & sister Mary I

Background imageSister Collection: KIDS PULLING ORANGE BOX

KIDS PULLING ORANGE BOX
A boy and his sister wheel their younger siblings about the streets in a wheelbarrow-like contraption they have made from an orange box and some pram wheels. Date: late 19th century

Background imageSister Collection: TWO GERMAN GIRLS 19C

TWO GERMAN GIRLS 19C
Two German girls in sailor hats stand, one with her doll, her sister with her hoop Date: late 19th century

Background imageSister Collection: PANTO / RED RIDING HOOD

PANTO / RED RIDING HOOD
A scene from Red Riding Hood and her sister Little Bo- Peep, at the Covent Garden Theatre. Date: 1874

Background imageSister Collection: CAMILLO PAMFILI / PRINCE

CAMILLO PAMFILI / PRINCE
CAMILLO, PRINCE OF PAMFILI FAMILY Son of Olimpia Pamfili, who was the sister-in-law of Pope Innocent X Date: 16TH CENTURY

Background imageSister Collection: EMPRESS PULCHERIA

EMPRESS PULCHERIA sister of Theodosius II, co-ruler 414 to circa 416 Date: 399 - 453

Background imageSister Collection: SISTER OF MISERICORDE

SISTER OF MISERICORDE
A SISTER OF THE ORDER OF NOTRE-DAME DE LA MISERICORDE (Our Lady of Mercy)

Background imageSister Collection: SISTER OF ST JOHN

SISTER OF ST JOHN
Nursing sister of the ORDER OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM at the convent of Toulouse : she wears a habit de coeur, evidently a ceremonial habit of some kind

Background imageSister Collection: SISTER OF LA FLECHE

SISTER OF LA FLECHE
HOSPITALIERE DE LA FLECHE nursing sister in order founded in the 17th century for the relief of the poor

Background imageSister Collection: SISTER OF CHARITY OF ST

SISTER OF CHARITY OF ST
SISTER OF THE ORDER OF NOTRE- DAME DE LA MISERICORDE (Our Lady of Mercy)

Background imageSister Collection: NURSE AT HOTEL-DIEU

NURSE AT HOTEL-DIEU
HOSPITALIERE DE LHOTEL-DIEU nursing sister at the Hotel-Dieu hospital, in front of Notre-Dame, Paris

Background imageSister Collection: NUN OF HOTEL-DIEU

NUN OF HOTEL-DIEU
HOSPITALIERE DE LHOTEL-DIEU nursing sister at the Hotel-Dieu hospital, in front of Notre-Dame, Paris

Background imageSister Collection: RELIGION / EGYPT / GEB

RELIGION / EGYPT / GEB
The supreme Earth-God, whose union with his sister NUT produced the other gods

Background imageSister Collection: EGYPTIAN CREATION

EGYPTIAN CREATION
An Egyptian view of Creation - Geb, the Earth-God, lies on the ground with his sister NUT the sky-goddess arched above him; between them hovers the air- god, who is not involved

Background imageSister Collection: SISTERS AT PRAYER

SISTERS AT PRAYER
A young girl hears her even younger sister as she kneels to say her prayers Date: 1889

Background imageSister Collection: FRENCH ROYALS IN PRISON

FRENCH ROYALS IN PRISON
Louis Capet and his family, no longer treated as royals, dine in the Temple prison : their gaoler announces that it is 3pm and hiswife and sister and niece must leave his cell Date: August 1792

Background imageSister Collection: CHARLES X, KING OF FRANC

CHARLES X, KING OF FRANCE as a boy, Charles Philippe de France, comte dArtois with his sister, Marie- Adelaide-Clotilde-Xaviere, later queen of Sardinia Date: 1757 - 1836

Background imageSister Collection: Baby in Sledge

Baby in Sledge
Sister pushes baby through the snow on a sledge Date: circa 1890

Background imageSister Collection: MEDICAL / HOSPITALS

MEDICAL / HOSPITALS
Children visiting their sister in hospital Date: 1897

Background imageSister Collection: Sister holding up baby to see their snowman

Sister holding up baby to see their snowman
A sister holding up the baby to see their snowman. The baby holds out her hand towards the snowmans pipe. Date: circa 1890

Background imageSister Collection: Brother and sister have built a snowman

Brother and sister have built a snowman
Our Snow Man - a brother and sister smile with a sense of achievement, having built a snowman. Date: 1911

Background imageSister Collection: Women trying to vote at New York polling station, 1871

Women trying to vote at New York polling station, 1871
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), noted American feminist, with her sister Jennie Claflin, try to vote in the New York election of 1871, but are turned away. Date: 1871

Background imageSister Collection: Scene in a dance hall -- Cruikshank

Scene in a dance hall -- Cruikshank
A popular dance hall in the East End of London -- a brother and sister get into undesirable company. Date: circa 1850

Background imageSister Collection: Victorian costume

Victorian costume
Fashionable young lady and her small sister in long coats trimmed with ermine, and matching muffs and hats. Artist: Anon. Date: 1903

Background imageSister Collection: Two Girls folding up a striped blanket on the beach at Westgate-on-Sea in northeast Kent

Two Girls folding up a striped blanket on the beach at Westgate-on-Sea in northeast Kent, England. Date: 1910s

Background imageSister Collection: Tea on Overcombe beach near Weymouth, South Devon - served hot from a Thermos flask in a

Tea on Overcombe beach near Weymouth, South Devon - served hot from a Thermos flask in a very swanky tea hamper Date: 1938

Background imageSister Collection: St Marys Hospital, Omori, Japan

St Marys Hospital, Omori, Japan
St Marys Hospital, Omori - a district located south of Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. Shown here (left) the Sisters Quarters (right) The Priests House and (front) The Church under construction

Background imageSister Collection: Mr and Mrs Ball in front of their impressive Rose, Toronto

Mr and Mrs Ball in front of their impressive Rose, Toronto
Mr and Mrs Ball (and friend, or possibly Mrs Balls sister?) in front of their impressive Rose Bush outside the front of their home in Toronto, Canada. Date: 1925



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