Sits Gallery

Woman reading a book

A beautiful young woman with blonde hair and red lipsticked lips, wears a lilac gown with sky blue fur trim. She reclines in her favourite chair to read her book.
1937

© Mary Evans Picture Library

1930s, 1937, Beautiful, Blonde, Book, Books, Chair, Communications, Fashion, Fashions, Interior, Read, Reading, Reads, Reclines, Sits, Sitting, Thirties, Wall Paper, Woman, Young

Characterful old lady with her knitting

A characterful old lady sits in a chair, holding a few rows of knitting in front of her as she looks thoughtfully into the distance

© Mary Evans / Heinz Zinram Collection

1960s, 60s, Age, Care, Chair, Characterful, Distance, Elderly, Face, Geriatric, Historical, History, Holding, Home, Knitting, Lady, Lined, Old, Ring, Sits, Sitting, Sixties, Stick, Thinking, Thoughtful, Thoughtfully, Walking, White, Woman, Women, Wool, Wrinkles

Bunty Pulls The Strings by Graham Moffat

Bunty Pulls The Strings by Graham Moffat. First of a set of six cards by artist E. Chandler. Each card is edged by a green and blue tartan border. The picture is of Eelen, Buntys preferred choice as Tammass second wife and of course, Bunty gets her way. Eelen is seen sitting in a parlour perched on a chair looking upwards as if someone has entered the room. She is dressed in a cream dress, bonnet and shawl. The caption reads Its a far seeing lassie that sees thro her own steppy'. Date: 1911

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library