Ichthyosaurus as a museum pieceCartoon of an Ichthyosaurus as a museum piece, in the Ballad of the Ichthyosaurus
Woman raising her skirts to scare off the devil. Perretta flashing the devil. The devil of Pope-Fig Island. Le diable de Papesiguiere
Four frogs ice skating on a Christmas cardFour frogs ice skating hand in hand on a Christmas card, with comic verse below. circa 1890s
Advertisement for Colmans Mustard - Jack and Jill are never ill... because Colmans ensures good digestion. circa 1950s
WW2 birthday card, Postman with black kittensBirthday card, Postman with black kittens, and a reference to blackout regulations. circa 1940s
George Chapman / Anon CoppGEORGE CHAPMAN English poet and dramatist, known especially for his verse translations of Homer Date: 1559 - 1634
Birthday card, Chimney Sweep Dog. mid-20th century
Young girl standing at a window on a Christmas card, with a poem on the left. Date: circa 1890s
Illustration, A Song of the English, Thames EmbankmentIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Easter postcard with eggs and catkins. Date: circa 1930s
Birthday card, RAF flying dog pilot. mid-20th century
Illustration, A Song of the English, LighthouseIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Botanical Sketchbook -- lettering. A poem entitled English Flowers. Date: 1920s
Birthday Greetings with spray of flowersBirthday Greetings -- a spray of pink and white flowers on a birthday postcard. Date: early 20th century
Woman in a crinoline dress on a greetings cardWoman in a crinoline dress in a garden on a greetings card, with verse below. Date: early 20th century
Smartly dressed man on a comic greetings card with verse and pull tab. Date: circa 1850s
Santa Claus proposing a toast on a Christmas postcardSanta Claus proposing a toast on a Christmas and New Year postcard. Date: circa 1900s
Victorian Cyclists and Motorists on a Snowy RoadIllustration showing the scene on a British road in the winter, circa 1899. In the foreground cyclists, two on a tandem, can be seen
Come with a romp with Neptune! He is king of the sea, where the lobster and crabs, the sole and the dabs, dance in the waves with glee
Sweep, oh sweep oh! Clean your chimneys keep, oh! For smoky flues we can t excues, since I will sweep them cheap, oh! Date: Circa 1880
Olive Malvery serving in a sweet shopIn the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women
Auctioneer on a Christmas and New Year card, with a lot of financial puns in the verse. Date: circa 1890s
Nurse administering a large enema syringe to a man in bed with his lover. The secret lover taking an enema instead of the girl. The clyster. Le remede
Mlle Payre as Beppe in the verse drama Karel Dujardin, 1843Mlle Payre as Beppe in the verse drama Karel Dujardin by the Marquis de Belloy, Theatre de l Odeon, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique
Decima to King Charles II's death by de ArenesHistory of Spain. Decima to King Charles II's death by Francisco de Asprer y de Arenes. Tears of Love, shed by the eminent City of Barcelona
Death of Charles II of Spain (1661-1700). Tears of Love, shed by the eminent City of Barcelona... in the magnificent mourning rituals dedicated to the beloved
Girl posting a letter, by Mabel Lucie Attwell Date: 1927
Birthday postcard, Girl with money bags Date: 1932
The Happy Man, head and shoulders cartoon Date: circa 1850
April LoveA Pre-Raphaelite portrait painting exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856, a depiction of young love, showing a girl holding her scarf, as she looks around a corner
RMS Titanic - five postcards. From top left: Titanic Memorial and Seamen's Institute, New York; two postcards of the ship; Belfast shipyard; seven verse in memoriam card, Wreck of the Titanic
RMS Titanic - postcard, Wallace Hartley, Captain SmithRMS Titanic - unusual jumbo size postcard by A. Stott of Barnoldswick, The Wreck of the Titanic, with portraits of Wallace Hartley (violinist and bandleader) and Captain Edward Smith
RMS Titanic - RMS Virginian Christmas cardRMS Titanic - unusual RMS Virginian Christmas card for December 1912. The Virginian was one of the vessels that took Titanic's distress calls
Hebrew Manuscript FragmentsTwo folios, parchment, probably from the same manuscript but not necessarily consecutive. Text is from the Book of Genesis, beginning at Chapter 7, verse 18 on f.1, and ends at Chapter 48 on f.2
Leven Van Jesus (Fragment)Leaf from a manuscript of Leven Van Jesus (Life of Christ), parchment. The text is a verse in Middle Dutch based on Matthew 26:2-5 and 14-16, Matthew 27, and Luke 12:9-15. Date: 14th Century
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross Date: circa 1900
All the flags of the Allies fanned outThe card carries a verse entitled For a little Scrap of Paper'. This is a play on the German Chancellor's reported exclamation when he learned that Britain would honour her treaty obligations
Smart Gent sits beneath a tree and thinks of his loveSmart Gent sits beneath a tree with his lute, dreaming of his sweetheart and composing some lines of romantic poetry and song
Christmas card in the shape of a leaf, opened out to reveal birds on branches and a verse. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Victorian Death Bereavement Mourning White Blackvictorian, death, bereavement, mourning, white, black, 1850s, embossed, card, religion, religious, belief, faith, tree, trees, cemetery, urn, urns, funerary, rectangle, rectangular, woman, women
Victorian mourning card, Edgar George PottleVictorian mourning card, In Loving Remembrance of Edgar George Pottle, MRCS LRCP, who died April 9th, 1880, aged 40, interred in the family grave, at Highgate Cemetery
White flowers and a silver cross on an Easter card, with a Biblical quotation and a devotional verse. Date: circa 1890s
Illustration, A Song of the English, CalcuttaIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Calcutta -- Me the Sea-captain loved, the River built
Ogden Nash, popular American poetFrederic Ogden Nash (1902-1971), American poet popular for his light verse. Date: circa 1960s
Verses of a song by Walther von der VogelweideTwo verses of the song Wenn die Blumen aus dem Grase dringen (When the flowers sprout through the grass) by the German poet and minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide (c1170-c1230). Date: circa 1230
Comic postcard, Vegetable love, The Allotment Love Letter Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man kneeling in bed, praying for a woman Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman kneeling in bed, praying for a man Date: 20th century
