Thinking Collection

Yardley advertisement, 1962
Advertisement 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 Fair
WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright and collaborator with Sullivan

Womens Rights / Mockery
A Womans Mind magnified

Phrenological Head
A PHRENOLOGICAL HEAD Symbolic representation showing 37 areas such as eventuality, individuality, self-esteem, secretiveness

Rudyard Kipling at Desk
English writer, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) working at his desk

Girl Guides: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret send courier
Princess Elizabeth, patrol leader in the Buckingham Palace Company, sends a message by courier pigeon to Lady Baden Powell at Guide Headquarters

Sher. Holmes Thinking
THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN Sherlock Holmes studies the case at his desk

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

Thoreaus Pond
Walden 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 / 1925
The thinker, ponders a crossword clue

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

Music cover, I m Forever Thinking of You, words by Lillian Fitzgerald, music by Clarence Senna. 1920

MAXWELL 1911
A 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 worm
A satire on Charles Darwin -- after charting the Descent of Man he goes even lower and studies worms

The loved one far away
Dutch girl sitting on the end of a jetty thinking of her lover. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1915

Sigrid Undset / Nobel 1928
SIGRID UNDSET Norwegian novelist

Millbank Prison / Ackerman
Millbank 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 / Postcard
PABLO CASALS Spanish cellist, conductor and composer

Comic postcard, Man dreaming on the beach Date: 20th century

Postcard, Little girl dreaming of her soldier - We're keeping a light in the window for you. Date: 1914-1918

Postcard, Soldier in camp, dreaming of his girl. Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Little girl wants a handy man. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy waiting for girl in the rain. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy unable to sleep for thinking about a girl. Date: 20th century

Postcard, Woman and dogs at the fireside - I'm thinking and dreaming of someone. Date: 1914-1918

Postcard, Soldier thinks of his mother before the battle Date: 1914-1918

Postcard, Mother and daughter at home - Ever thinking of you! Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Little boy thinking of his love - If only you were here Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy thinking of his love - I wonder if she cares Date: early 20th century

The Arabian Nights, illustration by Edmund Dulac. The Story of the Magic Horse. And ever with the tears falling down from her eyes she sighed and sang. Date: 1907

R was a rubicund rustic who wrote a romantic acrostic, in which roses and thrushes, and rabbits and rushes, to the thyme gave a flavour agrestic. Date: 1908

Illustration by Reginald Birch to Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett. "I was thinking how beautiful you are, " said Lord Fauntleroy. Date: 1886

"King Wanda sat upon his marble terrace basking in the first warmth of the season." Illustration by Edmund Dulac to The Dreamer of Dreams by Queen Marie of Roumania. Date: 1915

Maria Guerrero, Young Girl (1867-1928). Portrait
Maria Guerrero (1867-1928). Spanish theatre actress. Maria Guerrero, young girl. Portrait by Emilio Sala Frances (1850-1910), 1878. Oil on canvas, 89 x 61 cm. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Girl, 1890-1895, by Ignacio Pinazo (1849-1916)
Ignacio Pinazo (1849-1916). Spanish painter. Girl, 1890-1895. It depicts Antonita, the painter's niece. Oil on canvas, 31 x 54 cm. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Heraclitus the Philosopher, ca.1618, by David de Haen
Heraclitus of Ephesus (544-484 BC). Greek philosopher. Portrait of Heraclitus the Philosopher, ca.1618, by David de Haen (1585-1622). Oil on canvas. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta

Sarah Bernhardt (Henriette-Rosine Bernard) (Paris, 1844-Paris, 1923). French stage actress of Jewish origin. Actress of the Comedie Francaise and the Odeon. Portrait. Engraving

Head and shoulders portrait of a woman lost in thought or daydreaming. Date: mid 1960s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dear Mums - I am thinking of you
The 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 Me
An 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 Front
An 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 To
A 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 Foreigner
A 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 Malczewski
Jacek 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 West
Music 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/ELAINE
Elaine, 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/BLACKAMOOR
THE 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 production
Robert 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 1914
Eve 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 Yevonde
Muriel 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, USA
Contract 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 Bubbles
Cartoon 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 Austin
Original 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 philosopher
Socrates (469-399 BC). Classical Greek Philosopher. Statue of Socrates at the Athens Academy. Athens. Central Greece. Attica. Europe

Donating hair to pope 1870
French 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 LIST
A young girl sits, pencil in mouth, and ruminates upon whom to send Christmas cards. Date: 1930s

Christian Kayssler - German Stage and Film Actor
Christian Kayssler (1898-1944) - German Stage and Film Actor - killed in a bombing raid on Berlin during the Second World War. Date: circa 1930s

Three farmers at sheep sale
Three male farmers study the stock at a sheep sale in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales Date: circa 1975

Little girl at the waters edge by Muriel Dawson
A little girl stands on the beach at the waters edge, thinking about having a paddle, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1929

Memorial to CSM Stan Hollis VC Green Howards
Stan Hollis was the only man to win the VC on D-Day. He landed here with D Company of the 6th Battalion

Ernst Busch - Sea-Star - Lost in thought Date: circa 1920

Reconstruction of the House of Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher. Ephesus Museum. Selcuk. Turkey

Aristotle (384-322 BC). Classical Greek philosopher
Aristotle (384-322 BC). Classical Greek Philosopher. A student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. Statue of Aristotle at the Athens Academy. Athens. Central Greece. Attica. Europe

WW1 Silk Embroidered Greetings Card
World War 1 Silk Embroidered Greetings Card, France. I m Thinking of You Date: 1910s

Woman sitting on a bench at the pier
A lady, deep in contemplation, sits on a bench at the pier overlooking the sea. Date: 1920s

Young boy punished - Russia - Elizabeth Bem
Punished for Lying A young Russian boy with a mischievous glint in his eye thinks up some more daring do whilst writing out some lines as punishment for crying wolf.... Date: 1915

Aesop / Blackamoor
Aesop/Blackamoor

The Marchington Family outside the Post Office in Dove Holes
Photograph of the Marchington family outside the Post Office which they ran in Dove Holes, Derbyshire, 1913. Mr

Inaudi, the lightning calculator, performing at the Hippodrome, able to do mentally any sum given by the audience up to twelve figures in addition, subtraction and multiplication. Date: 1903

Christmas card, children in the snow
Christmas card, Scottish children under an umbrella in the snow - Thinking of You. circa 1950s

Pensive man smoking a pipe
Seated pensive man smoking his pipe. circa 1936

Contemplation - Young child sits beneath an arch - Tunisia Date: circa 1920s

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