Whisper Collection

Harvey Nichols advertisement, 1953
Two friends, wearing extremely similar check cotton dresses in Horrockses fabric, share a joke. Date: 1953

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

Very Great Secret
A small girl whispers a very big secret to her conspiratorial grandmother

Comic postcard, Boy and girl chatting Date: 20th century

Shopgirls playing the game of a little bird told me
A mistress of a clothes shop and her staff playing a game of a little bird told me. The women wear bonnets, aprons, and black dresses

Santa Claus with girl and presents on a Christmas postcard. circa 1890s

George Hunt and Ted Drake, Arsenal footballers
George Hunt and Ted Drake, Arsenal's centre-forwards in confidential conversation at Highbury Date: 1946

2 WOMEN WHISPER IN CAFE
Women in Paris cafe; afraid to make themselves conspicious, propose to look as if they are waiting for someone. Date: 1903

WHISPERING ANGEL
THE ANGELS WHISPER a friendly female winged angel kneels down beside an infant sleeping in its cot, and whispers encouraging words into its left ear Date: 1851

Girl and boy in historical costume on a greetings card - Wishing you well. Date: circa 1900s

Comic postcard, Little girl and boy sharing a secret Date: 20th century

All Moonshine, by Dorothy Wheeler
All Moonshine, While we sleep theres a whisper in the trees, by Dorothy Wheeler. 1925

Japan - A Geisha whispers a secret to another fellow Geisha
Japan - Confidences - A Geisha whispers a secret to another fellow Geisha Date: 1904

The First Born by Mary Y. Hunter. A new Mother tenderly cradles her infant son whilst a small girl fairy whispers words of advise (or comfort?). Date: 1912

The Gossip - How the Devil does She know all that? early 19th century

Japan - Two Geisha Girls whispering to each other Date: 1906

Cartoon, The tall story, WW1
Cartoon, The tall story. Showing a rumour circulating, from two men at the top of the Eiffel Tower down to two women at the foot of a staircase

Six hounds of the South Berkshire Hunt. Date: 1936

Cartoon, German women gossipping, WW1
Cartoon, German women gossipping about a diner in a restaurant -- He must be a horrible French spy! Hes eating his veal without jam! Date: 1915

Cartoon, A Secret, WW1
Cartoon, A Secret, showing two men bathing in the sea. One man tells the other a secret concerning the war, but warns him not to repeat it, as people will think him a coward. Date: 1915

Two whispering geishas, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Brother and sister by Muriel Dawson -- the little boy whispers in the girls ear. Date: circa 1940s

Secrets by Muriel Dawson. One little girl whispers to another. Date: 1926

Advert from the National Savings Committee 1946
Listen to your wiser self ! Shoppings done and you ve a few shillings to spare. Going to let them burn a hole in your purse

A stage whisper. Illustration shows a handsome young man rescuing a beautiful young woman from drowning. Date 1911 August 30

Lovess Whispers by Florence Hardy
Loves Whispers. A young boy whispers gently in the ear of his loved one. They sit on a style near a sea shore

A secret is shared
A woman whispers something into the ear of a humbly dressed servant who carries a bible. The painting is entitled Peine Perdue, meaning a waste of time

The New (Y)Ear
A New Year illustration showing an angelic " 1928" gossiping with a party reveller

Three Girls Talking 19C
Three little girls talking in a conspiratorial way

Alftruda & Hereward
HEREWARD THE WAKE Alftruda, with her maids, recognises Hereward : So you could not wait for me?, she says, in a quiet whisper

St Pauls Whisper Gallery
A dramatic view of the WHISPERING GALLERY a notable feature of Wrens design : tourists love the way a whisper can be heard throughout its circumference

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