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Yardley advertisement, 1962Advertisement for the Lavender range of fragrances and bathroom products by Yardley, featuring an illustration of a pensive woman with large doe eyes. Date: 1962
Ws Gilbert / Vanity FairWILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright and collaborator with Sullivan
Womens Rights / MockeryA Womans Mind magnified
Phrenological HeadA PHRENOLOGICAL HEAD Symbolic representation showing 37 areas such as eventuality, individuality, self-esteem, secretiveness
Rudyard Kipling at DeskEnglish writer, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) working at his desk
Girl Guides: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret send courierPrincess Elizabeth, patrol leader in the Buckingham Palace Company, sends a message by courier pigeon to Lady Baden Powell at Guide Headquarters
Sher. Holmes ThinkingTHE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN Sherlock Holmes studies the case at his desk
Thoreaus PondWalden Pond, where the American writer Thoreau spent two years studying nature and thinking deep thoughts. His cabin was built on land owned by Emerson near Concord
Doing the Crossword / 1925The thinker, ponders a crossword clue
Characterful old lady with her knittingA characterful old lady sits in a chair, holding a few rows of knitting in front of her as she looks thoughtfully into the distance
Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC)Greek art. Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC). Marble relief depicting a warrior sitting sad and meditating on the stern of a ship. Beside him, his helmet and shield
MAXWELL 1911A lady rebukes her dog for even thinking of lifting its leg against the wheel of her Maxwell... Date: 1911
A Subject for Wishful Thinking by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Charles Darwin studying a wormA satire on Charles Darwin -- after charting the Descent of Man he goes even lower and studies worms
The loved one far awayDutch girl sitting on the end of a jetty thinking of her lover. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1915
Music cover, I m Forever Thinking of You, words by Lillian Fitzgerald, music by Clarence Senna. 1920
Sigrid Undset / Nobel 1928SIGRID UNDSET Norwegian novelist
Millbank Prison / AckermanMillbank prison was conceived by Jeremy Bentham whose goal was that prisoners would receive just punishment while developing an appreciation of labour. It was completed in 1821
Pablo Casals / PostcardPABLO CASALS Spanish cellist, conductor and composer
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dear Mums - I am thinking of youThe message on the card is My Dear Mum and Dad, I don t think I need write much here, the front explains quite a lot don t you think. Not very nice here at the moment bit showery
I'm In Love With The Girl I Left Behind MeAn illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for I'm In Love With The Girl I Left Behind Me, words by Ben Ryan, music by Lou Handman
WW2, The Kitchen FrontAn illustration which shows a wartime girl thinking up some recipes with her pencil placed to her lips, she must be careful because ingredients would be rationed and brought from overseas during WW2
Dans L'Attente, Looking Forward ToA sketch which shows the back of a lady who is resting on her balcony overlooking a French street, thinking to herself quietly. Date: circa 1901
The ForeignerA sketch of a woman standing beside a stout man, was accompanied with a caption translated from French, You're hiding something from me, Zephyrin! Alas
Inspiration of the painter, 1897, by Jacek MalczewskiJacek Malczewski (1854-1929). Polish painter. Inspiration of the painter, 1897. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018
Music cover, Thinkin about the Wabash, Mae WestMusic cover, Thinkin about the Wabash, words by Sammy Cahn and Walter Bullock, music by Jule Styne, sung by Mae West in the Columbia film Tropicana Date: 1943
ARTHURIAN/ELAINEElaine, the lily-maid of Astolat, otherwise known as The Lady of Shalott, working on her embroidery and thinking of Lancelot for whom she dies of love
AESOP/BLACKAMOORTHE BLACKAMOOR Thinking his dark skin is only dirt, they seek to scrub him white, but in vain, the blackamoor remains black, catches cold and dies
Comic postcard, Three children building sandcastle Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man asleep on the beach, dreaming of all the office work he isn t having to do Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman in deckchair at the seaside, dreaming of all the housework she isn t having to do Date: 20th century
Break, Break, Break - illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem. Date: c.1920
A postcard bearing a very useful message for busy people in order to stop their friends hating them: " I m very, very busy, With many things to do, But my favorite occupation is
Robert Nesbitt planning his latest theatre productionRobert Nesbitt (11 January 1906 - 3 January 1995), theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario, particularly known for staging 25 instances of the Royal Variety Show
Olivia features in Shakespeares Twelfth Night aromantic comedybelieved to have been written around 1601???1602. The play centres on the twinsViolaandSebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck
Eves fashion in 1914Eve hates thinking of clothes at the present moment, but she knows the best she can do for her country is to buy what she can to prevent poor people from being thrown out of work
Muriel Harris by Madame YevondeMuriel Harris, author of The Black Bag, a story published in The Bystander and winner of a 1000 prize offered by Jonathan Cape and Harper Bros. in their competition for a first novel
Contract bridge craze - Ely Cuthbertson, USAContract bridge swept America in 1929 and 1930 - seen here is an expert player, Ely Cuthbertson, taking part in a tournament in New York. 1932
Handel composing the Hallelujah Chorus
Little Thoughtful - girl on a swing
Cartoon of W E Gladstone as BubblesCartoon of W E Gladstone as John Everett Millais Bubbles. 1887
Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus as a child
Copper plate, Widow of a hero, by Robert AustinOriginal copper plate (cancelled), Widow of a hero, by Robert Austin. circa early 1920s
A young woman daydreaming, kicks over a basket of eggs, which break on the floor. early 19th century
The Losing Lady And The Cough-Drop, A Hectic Moment At Monte Carlo by H M Bateman. The innocent cough-drop and the worried officials
Socrates (469-399 BC). Classical Greek philosopherSocrates (469-399 BC). Classical Greek Philosopher. Statue of Socrates at the Athens Academy. Athens. Central Greece. Attica. Europe
Donating hair to pope 1870French country women allow their hair to be cut off, thinking it will be used to make a cloak for the Pope. Date: 1870
GIRL & XMAS CARD LIST GIRL & XMAS CARD LISTA young girl sits, pencil in mouth, and ruminates upon whom to send Christmas cards. Date: 1930s