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

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