Strokes Collection

Princess Elizabeth meets a pony at the Richmond Horse Show
June 15th 1934 - Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022) meets a champion pony at the Richmond Horse Show (a class of entry she was apparently particularly interested in). Date: 1934

The Turnip Field
An oil painting of an old farmer tending to a turnip field, painted with impasto brush strokes. Date: circa 1921

A Blue Day
This is an extemporization of oil paint, showing a landscape view of a stream, with trees to each side, using liberal, swirling brush strokes. Date: circa 1919

Wheat Field With Cypresses
A landscape oil painting by Van Gogh, showing the wheat field with cypresses, using a rich impasto technique and signature swirling brush strokes. Date: circa 1932

Man diving and swimming
The Art of Diving and Swimming - various diving positions, various swimming strokes Date: circa 1900

Trade Card for the Luxor Hotel, Egypt
Delightful trade Card for the Luxor Hotel, Egypt featuring a stylised ancient Egyptian Princess or Queen, seated in the bullrushes with two black pet cats on a pale green cushion. Date: circa 1920s

Lion Cubs in the New York Zoological Park
A young woman strokes two little lion cubs in the New York Zoological Park. Date: circa 1920

Miss Helen Wills Moody in action
Helen Wills Moody (1905 - 1998), American tennis player and eight times winner of the Wimbledon championship pictured in a series of action shots. Date: 1938

Croquet - postcard illustrating side strokes and drives
Croquet - a fantastic postcard of exquisite quality illustrating a wide variety of side strokes and drives. Date: circa 1910s

Female Initiation - 2
A candidate is initiated as a Companion : in a bush which represents the Garden of Eden, she strokes the serpent, bites the apple and submits to the reproaches of her guide. Date: 1891

Female Artist Painting
A fashionable female artist wearing a floppy hat, painting outdoors on a chair. Date: early 1930s

Very glamourous witch
A Witch. A glamourous model holding a black cat! Both sit serenely in a fine wooden chair

Pumping Strokes of Genius
An intelligent forecast of the growth of wayside pumps. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Fantasy Illustration - young boy and rabbit
A fantasy Illustration in a cartoon-esque style showing a young boy and pet rabbit. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Man, Car & Dog Nov 1930
A man strokes a little dog sitting in an open top car: special auto edition

Chicago Stockyards 10
At the Chicago stockyards, three or four strokes of the butchers knife suffice to cut a sheep into pieces

Gipsy Boys & Dog
Two scruffy little gipsy boys, one wearing an old school blazer and both wearing wellies. One of the boys strokes a dogs head and it laps up the affection

Arabian Horse 1861
A child strokes a foal as its mother looks on

Cat in a Hostel
A girl working in a London hostel for stray cats gives one poor cat the love and attention it craves for

All products are expertly crafted, using premium materials, tailored to your specifications and promptly shipped