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Wistfully Collection

Background imageWistfully Collection: THE SIREN

THE SIREN
A siren or mermaid sits on a rock in the middle of the sea gazing wistfully after a galleon ship sailing off into the distance

Background imageWistfully Collection: Carnival Party 1906

Carnival Party 1906
The champagne seems to be taking its toll at this carnival party as a pretty young woman gazes wistfully, eyed by a monocled gent behind her. Date: 1906

Background imageWistfully Collection: Advert for Jay's mourning dress 1888

Advert for Jay's mourning dress 1888
A widow stands on the deck of a ship, looking wistfully towards the shore... but also looking decorative and remarriageable, thanks to her mourning dress from Jay's 1888

Background imageWistfully Collection: Peasant boy at the Door of the School

Peasant boy at the Door of the School
Heart-rending painting entitled The Door of the School by Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Bielski, depicting a young peasant boy looking in at an education he will never have the luxury of obtaining

Background imageWistfully Collection: Parasol / Ackermann s

Parasol / Ackermann s
Cambric muslin morning dress with the skirt finished with a 13 tucks, in the French style. Pale fawn coloured spencer with cuffs & half-sleeves trimmed with full scallops

Background imageWistfully Collection: Now, Bert! FORGET IT!, 1945 (c)

Now, Bert! FORGET IT!, 1945 (c)
Sunday Chronicle ?Now, Bert! FORGET IT!?, 1945 (c).Pen and ink drawing, with crayon shading, by Harry Riley, 1945 (c); signed lower left, ?Riley

Background imageWistfully Collection: Dog Suffragette

Dog Suffragette
A Worker for the Cause A small white dog wistfully wears a placard urging Votes for Women Date: 1912

Background imageWistfully Collection: Mother Misses her Son

Mother Misses her Son
A grey-haired mother sits musing on her absent son. As she wistfully gazes into a photograph album a vision of him appears in the fireplace. He too looks pensive. Date: 1922

Background imageWistfully Collection: Japanese Woman O-Koto-San has a smoke before bed

Japanese Woman O-Koto-San has a smoke before bed
Japanese Woman O-Koto-San has a smoke and thinks of her soldier Lo, whilst her miad prepares her bed. Date: circa 1905

Background imageWistfully Collection: Dog Left at Home

Dog Left at Home
A small dog looks wistfully at its mistress as she prepares to go out in her Paul Poiret dress. Date: 1922

Background imageWistfully Collection: Lunchtime

Lunchtime
A woman stands by a window eating her lunch and watching as birds fly in to take their share. She doesn t seem to mind them stealing her lunch and watches on wistfully

Background imageWistfully Collection: Immigration. Immigrants in America. A Lonely Emigrant

Immigration. Immigrants in America. A Lonely Emigrant
A young woman emigrant wait in the immigration depot in New York on her own. With her feet on her box and wrapped in a cloak, she is gazing wistfully into the distance

Background imageWistfully Collection: Cinderella by the Fire

Cinderella by the Fire
Cinderella sits gazing wistfully into the ashes of the fire, holding the broom she has used for sweeping


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