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Verse Collection (page 16)

Background imageVerse Collection: Bird and flowers on a Christmas card

Bird and flowers on a Christmas card, with a seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Robins in the ice and snow on a Christmas card

Robins in the ice and snow on a Christmas card
Robins sitting on branches in the ice and snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Owl on crescent moon on a Christmas card

Owl on crescent moon on a Christmas card
Owl sitting on a crescent moon on a Christmas card, with two large feathers and a seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Birds and stockings on a Christmas card

Birds and stockings on a Christmas card
A little child looks up at a line of birds on a tree branch with their stockings waiting for gifts on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Birds and flowers on a Christmas card

Birds and flowers on a Christmas card, with seasonal verses. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Romantic greetings card with flowers and verse

Romantic greetings card with flowers and verse
Romantic greetings card with flowers and a sentimental verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Little girl gathering roses on a birthday card

Little girl gathering roses on a birthday card
Little girl in a blue dress gathering pink roses on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Children skating and sledding on a New Year card

Children skating and sledding on a New Year card
Children having fun skating and sledding on a New Year card, with a sentimental verse. Date: circa 1870s

Background imageVerse Collection: Two girls in the snow on a New Year card

Two girls in the snow on a New Year card, with sentimental verse. Date: circa 1870s

Background imageVerse Collection: Little girl with flowers on a Christmas card

Little girl with flowers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Little boy on a Christmas card

Little boy on a Christmas card, pushing his head through a sheet of paper. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Little child on a Christmas card

Little child on a Christmas card, pushing its head through a sheet of paper. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Little girl gathering roses on a Christmas card

Little girl gathering roses on a Christmas card
Little girl in a blue dress gathering pink roses on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Christmas and New Year telegram

Christmas and New Year telegram addressed to Sallie, with a greetings verse. 1890

Background imageVerse Collection: Christmas cheque book greetings

Christmas cheque book greetings, from the Good Old Gold Christmas Banking Co Unlimited, with a punning verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Christmas cheque book from the Bank of Prosperity

Christmas cheque book from the Bank of Prosperity
Christmas cheque book greetings from the Bank of Prosperity, with a punning verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Butterflies and flowers on a Christmas card

Butterflies and flowers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Three moths on a Christmas card

Three moths on a Christmas card, with verse and stars. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Three educated owls on a New Year card

Three educated owls on a New Year card, with verse and snowy landscape. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Two clowns with cockerels on a New Year card

Two clowns with cockerels on a New Year card
Two clowns separating fighting cockerels on a New Year card, with a comic verse. circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Four laughing clowns on a Christmas card

Four laughing clowns on a Christmas card, with seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Clown falling from a donkey on a greetings card

Clown falling from a donkey on a greetings card, with accompanying verse. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Three bulldogs with fans on a Christmas card

Three bulldogs with fans on a Christmas card
Three bulldogs looking coy with fans on a Christmas card, with a seasonal verse below. circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Romantic greetings card with water lilies and verse

Romantic greetings card with water lilies and verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Goldfinch on a Christmas card

Goldfinch on a Christmas card, sitting on a snowy branch. circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Boy and two girls in the snow on a Christmas card

Boy and two girls in the snow on a Christmas card, with a verse about pealing bells. Date: circa 1870s

Background imageVerse Collection: Girl out walking with umbrella on a Christmas card

Girl out walking with umbrella on a Christmas card
Girl out walking with a green umbrella on a Christmas card with a sentimental verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Butterfly and flowers on a Christmas card

Butterfly and flowers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Three butterflies on a New Year card

Three butterflies on a New Year card, with verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Three butterflies on a Christmas card

Three butterflies on a Christmas card, with verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Three moths on a New Year card

Three moths on a New Year card, with verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Three dogs on a New Year card

Three dogs on a New Year card, with sentimental verse below. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Five humanised pigs on a Christmas card

Five humanised pigs on a Christmas card, with a comic verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Christmas Fairies

Christmas Fairies
A Christmas verse, written by Marion St. John Webb illustrated by Alice H. Watson. Date: 1928

Background imageVerse Collection: The Bells, illustration by William Heath Robinson

The Bells, illustration by William Heath Robinson
The Bells, a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, illustration by William Heath Robinson (1900). Showing a group of frantic-looking bellringers pulling on ropes. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Background imageVerse Collection: Cartoon, End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation

Cartoon, End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation, by James Gillray. Showing a scene outside Heaven, with St Peter at the gate of Popish Supremacy and a crowd of Catholic priests and clergy

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, British Empire

Illustration, A Song of the English, British Empire
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). My arm is nothing weak, My strength is not gone by

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Auckland

Illustration, A Song of the English, Auckland
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Auckland -- Last, loneliest, loveliest, exquisite, apart

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Capetown

Illustration, A Song of the English, Capetown
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Halifax

Illustration, A Song of the English, Halifax
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Halifax -- Into the mist my guardian prows put forth

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Deep Sea Cables

Illustration, A Song of the English, Deep Sea Cables
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, The Sea

Illustration, A Song of the English, The Sea
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Lions

Illustration, A Song of the English, Lions
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Campfire

Illustration, A Song of the English, Campfire
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Background imageVerse Collection: The Cottage Homes of England

The Cottage Homes of England
A verse from Felicia Dorothea Hemans poem The Homes of England (often referred to by its first line, The Stately Homes of England ) illustrated with an archetypal Englishman outside his cottage

Background imageVerse Collection: Advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce

Advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce
Back of an advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce, of two bottles side by side -- actually an opened out needle holder. The verse describes how a husband would not eat any meat until his wife bought

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, Hassan by James Elroy Flecker

Illustration, Hassan by James Elroy Flecker
Illustration to Hassan (The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How he Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand), a verse drama by James Elroy Flecker, with illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie

Background imageVerse Collection: Book cover design, Hassan by James Elroy Flecker

Book cover design, Hassan by James Elroy Flecker
Book cover design in red and gold, Hassan (The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How he Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand), a verse drama by James Elroy Flecker



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