Suggesting Collection

Dalis Studio
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is photographed here with an enlarged photograph of a sea-urchin, suggesting a surrealist pattern to come - in the left foreground

WW2, Jack And The Beanstalk
This illustration shows Peter the Royal Air Force Pilot, meeting Jack in a dream, his beanstalk will not grow, so Peter is suggesting that they save some time

Thatched Cottage Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for a thatched cottage to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire

House And Dining Room Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for a house to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire

Entrance Front Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for an entrance front to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire. Date: circa 1910

Pair Of Houses Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for a pair of houses to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire

Half Timber House Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for a half timbered house to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire. Date: circa 1910

Yew Cottage Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for Yew Cottage to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire

Magpie Cottage Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for Magpie Cottage to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire. The exterior shows an attractive flower garden

The West Gate Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for the West Gate to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire. The entrance has a portcullis. Date: circa 1910

Country House Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for a country house to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire

Residential & Day College Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for a residential and day college to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire. Date: circa 1910

Woldsea Proposed Cottage Square
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for a square of cottages to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire

Beachway Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for a settlement called Beachway to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire. Date: circa 1910

The Rows, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for a shopping centre known as The Rows to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire. Date: circa 1910

Hotel Proposal, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for a hotel to be erected at Woldsea, a garden village project to be built in Lincolnshire. Date: circa 1910

The Green, Woldsea
An architectural drawing suggesting the plans for the Green to be built, comprising of a number of cottages with an attractive layout, at Woldsea

An advert for Belling Electric Fires, suggesting that as well as creating warmth, they can also help to generate daydreams. Date: circa 1932

A day outfit from Henri Bendel, New York suggesting it was created or inspired by Vionnet, Paris, and worn by the Warner brothers movie star Irene Delroy, 1930 Date: 1930

Two gowns from Henri Bendel, New York suggesting they were created or inspired by Vionnet, Paris, and worn by the Warner brothers movie star Irene Delroy, 1930

Good Morning! A Young Dutch Boy greets his girl and suggests a ride in his hobby horse-drawn cart... Date: circa 1920

Rasputin with Nicolas II
GRIGORI RASPUTIN Satirical montage entitled We, Nikolai II suggesting Rasputin as the force behind the Tsars rule Date: 1872 - 1916

When do we get Off ?
When do we get " Off" ? A lady train passenger makes a moderately suggestive enquiry to the handsome young man sharing her compartment! Date: 1913

Getting their dead pet dog stuffed
Conversation overhead by sympathetic Old Lady " I ear your Billys dead, when are you goin tr bury im?" " We aint goin to bury im, we re goin ter ave im stuffed." Date: circa 1890s

Schoolboy suggest a game of ping pong to W G Grace
" I should like to play you at ping pong" !! A young schoolboy suggests a sensible choice of sporting contest when faced with the colossus of the cricketing world, Dr W G Grace

The Summer Girl
Women clerks and typists pictured during World War One. In the background are two army officers suggesting that this pool of secretaries may be part of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps formed in

Embassy to Austria
Anxious for an heir, Napoleon decides to dump Josephine, who can t oblige : he sends an embassy to Vienna suggesting marriage to Maria Luisa (Marie-Louise)

Les Salons D aujourd hui
The ladies (above whom hover cherubs) are deserted by the men in favour of the card table, above which is a devilish winged beast perhaps suggesting gambling folly

Crusty Old Bachelors Christmas
Humorous illustration showing two old bachelors taking their Christmas dinner while reading newspapers at a restaurant or eating house

A Merry Christmas
A Christmas scene from the early 17th century showing seven men round a table raising goblets in the air for a toast. Several empty bottles or flasks are scattered about suggesting that a lot of wine

Electricity at Christmas
Humorous series of sketches from the ILN Christmas number 1879 suggesting the antics of an electrical household over the Christmas period

The public in a divorce court
Illustration by Steven Spurrier showing young women in the public gallery of a divorce court. The image accompanied an article in the ILN suggesting that divorce courts should be private

Hair / Long / Evening 1897
A young woman with long, dark hair: a kind of trompe l oeil picture, suggesting a landscape as evening falls

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