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Wives Collection (page 4)

Background imageWives Collection: Second-Lieutenant Joined Regiment Complete Wife Bateman

Second-Lieutenant Joined Regiment Complete Wife Bateman
The Second-Lieutenant Who Joined his Regiment Complete with Wife by H M Bateman. This illustration shows a soldier arriving overseas with a young wife

Background imageWives Collection: Mrs Anthony Eden & son Simon by Madame Yevonde

Mrs Anthony Eden & son Simon by Madame Yevonde
Mrs Anthony Eden, nee Beatrice Beckett pictured with her baby son, Simon. In 1923, shortly before Edens election to Parliament

Background imageWives Collection: Kenya, East Africa - Man with his two wives

Kenya, East Africa - Man with his two wives - it appears he may have a false (artificial) left leg (which would explain the walking stick). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWives Collection: Turco-Italian War - farewell to wives & families, by Matania

Turco-Italian War - farewell to wives & families, by Matania
The Turco-Italian War - off to Tripoli: The last farewell to wives and families. The scene outside the Royal Naval barracks at St. Lucia, Naples

Background imageWives Collection: Chief with his six wives

Chief with his six wives
Tribal chief sits while his six wives stand next to him, North Africa Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWives Collection: The Valley of the Queens. Egypt

The Valley of the Queens. Egypt
The Valley of the Queens where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times. Thebes. Egypt

Background imageWives Collection: Sir Thomas Erpingham 2

Sir Thomas Erpingham 2
SIR THOMAS ERPINGHAM soldier, made knight of the garter by Henry IV, with his two wives whom he married in series rather than in parallel, I trust... Date: 1387 - 1428

Background imageWives Collection: Strikers Stop Train

Strikers Stop Train
The wives & children of strikers at the Cummings Nail Mills in Chicago stop a train as a protest. Date: 1886

Background imageWives Collection: Popular Healer

Popular Healer
Madeleine, born in 1827, employed in a French chateau near Amiens, acquires a wide reputation for her healing skills based on old wives tales and traditions Date: circa 1880

Background imageWives Collection: Young Woodley by John van Druten

Young Woodley by John van Druten
Promotional postcard for Young Woodley by John van Druten. First publicly produced in England, New Theatre, 12th February 1928. Front of flyer for transfer to the Queens Theatre

Background imageWives Collection: Peg Woffington / Shury

Peg Woffington / Shury
(MARGARET) PEG WOFFINGTON Actress, as Mrs Ford in Shakespeares The Merry Wives of Windsor Date: 1714? - 1760

Background imageWives Collection: Typical British Summer - Wrapped up warm on the beach

Typical British Summer - Wrapped up warm on the beach
Typical British Summer scene - Two couples wrapped up warm on the beach braving it out in coats and hats. Possibly taken at Blackpool. Date: late 1930s

Background imageWives Collection: The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Illustration of scene from The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V, Scene V. Fenton steals away with Anne Page to be married.Date: circa 1904

Background imageWives Collection: New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London - Unique Moving Wall

New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London - Unique Moving Wall
New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London with its unique Moving Wall opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1956

Background imageWives Collection: WW1 - Home on leave, Victoria Station, London

WW1 - Home on leave, Victoria Station, London
WW1 - British officers and men arriving at Victoria on a short weekend away leave from the front line and trenches. Date: 1915

Background imageWives Collection: WW1 - German troops leave for front

WW1 - German troops leave for front
WW1 - A photograph of German troops leaving for the front line. German citizens, as well as the troops families, friends, wives and children stand by the train to wave them goodbye at their send-off

Background imageWives Collection: WW1 - The Trench Train at London Victoria

WW1 - The Trench Train at London Victoria
WW1 - A scene at London Victoria where troops wait to board the Trench Train. Troops bid farewell to their loved ones as they leave to return to the front line. Date: 1915

Background imageWives Collection: Knight in suit of armor with his wives

Knight in suit of armor with his wives from the 14th century.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 18th Century

Background imageWives Collection: Fashions of the wives of burghers from the

Fashions of the wives of burghers from the early 18th century.. Including wide-brimmed conical hats, lace collars, gloves, tight bodices and full skirts

Background imageWives Collection: Australian aborigines from the Blue Mountains

Australian aborigines from the Blue Mountains.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageWives Collection: Sailor says good bye to wife and baby, WW1

Sailor says good bye to wife and baby, WW1
A sailor bidding farewell to his wife and child at Waterloo Station at the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914

Background imageWives Collection: Reliquary Guardian Figure (ethnicity Kota, Fang)

Reliquary Guardian Figure (ethnicity Kota, Fang). They protect the relics of the ancestors and are helpful to communicate with their gods and to curse their wives in case of infidelity. African art

Background imageWives Collection: WWI Poster, New scale of separation allowances

WWI Poster, New scale of separation allowances
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, New scale of Separation Allowances for Soldiers Wives and Children... other dependents. Enlist Today and your dependents will be well provided for

Background imageWives Collection: WWI Poster, Germany over All

WWI Poster, Germany over All
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Germanys Battle Cry is " Germany over All". Britain is fighting not only for the Freedom of Europe but to defend your mothers

Background imageWives Collection: American soldiers returning home with English brides, WW1

American soldiers returning home with English brides, WW1
American soldiers on board the Aquitania at Liverpool preparing to sail home accompanied by English wives who they had married while in Britain during the First World War

Background imageWives Collection: New Zealand soldiers returning home with English brides, WW1

New Zealand soldiers returning home with English brides, WW1
A party of New Zealand soldiers on board the Remuera, heading home accompanied by their English wives who they had met and married while in Britain

Background imageWives Collection: Suffragette Votes for Women Advertising

Suffragette Votes for Women Advertising. Advertisement for the Savory Roaster, endorsed by Two million of our most progressive American house-wives Date: 1914

Background imageWives Collection: Suffragette Wild Wives Meeting

Suffragette Wild Wives Meeting. What are the wild wives saying? asks the man standing outside the Town Hall, where a suffrage meeting is in full swing. Date: circa 1908

Background imageWives Collection: Women of Montenegro at the Front, WW1

Women of Montenegro at the Front, WW1
As Europe mobilises for war, Montenegrin wives play a part by climbing the mountains to provision the frontier forts and by assisting in the digging of earthworks. Date: 1914

Background imageWives Collection: The Threatened Slump in Husbands: post WW1 polgamy imagined

The Threatened Slump in Husbands: post WW1 polgamy imagined
The Bystander takes a humourous look in 1915 at the marriage problems that may arise after the war is over. C.E Peto imagines the social consequences of polgamy becoming permissable in the wake of

Background imageWives Collection: Soldier and family at Victoria train station, WW1

Soldier and family at Victoria train station, WW1
Illustration showing soldiers either returning home from the front or returning to France at Victoria Station accompanied by anxious wives and families. Date: 1915

Background imageWives Collection: Wives of four awarded officers, WW1

Wives of four awarded officers, WW1
Four wives of awarded officers during the First World War. From top left, Lady Sybil Grant, the elder daughter of Lord Rosebery

Background imageWives Collection: The Optimist & the Pessimist by George Belcher, WW1

The Optimist & the Pessimist by George Belcher, WW1
The Small One: They seem to think the war will be over very soon now, Mrs Arris The Ohter: I shouldn t be surprised, Mrs. Green; twenty-five shillings a week and me usband away

Background imageWives Collection: Falstaff

Falstaff
A portrait of Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeares The Merry Wives of Windsor. Date: 1891

Background imageWives Collection: Regional African music: woman drummer, 1739

Regional African music: woman drummer, 1739
An African musical instrument, as played by the wives of Kafirs in 1739. Date: 1739

Background imageWives Collection: Nicolas II - Tsar of Russia with other European Royalty

Nicolas II - Tsar of Russia with other European Royalty
Fredensborg Palace on the island of Zealand in Denmark - Nicolas II - Tsar of Russia pictured the wives and family and other European Royalty, including: King Edward VII

Background imageWives Collection: Village Evangelists training - Hyderabad, India

Village Evangelists training - Hyderabad, India. Date: circa 1908

Background imageWives Collection: Aesops Fables

Aesops Fables
This picture depicts small snapshots of some of Aesops most famous fables like the hare and the tortoise and the fox and the grapes

Background imageWives Collection: Mrs Fitzgeorge

Mrs Fitzgeorge
Eliza, or Sarah Farebrother (Fairbrother), (1816 - 1890) otherwise known as Mrs Fitzgeorge, wife of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (cousin of Queen Victoria)

Background imageWives Collection: Daniel Hanmer Wells

Daniel Hanmer Wells
DANIEL HANMER WELLS Mormon pioneer, general, and mayor of Salt Lake City : a controversial figure who was indicted though not tried for having seven wives. Date: 1814 - 1891

Background imageWives Collection: 4th Earl Shrewsbury

4th Earl Shrewsbury
GEORGE TALBOT, fourth earl of SHREWSBURY, with his dog and his first (Anne) and second (Elizabeth) wives. Note he is wearing the Order of the Garter on his left leg. Date: 1468 - 1538

Background imageWives Collection: Harriot, Duchess of St Albans

Harriot, Duchess of St Albans
HARRIOT (nee Mellon) duchess of St ALBANS, actress in the role of mistress Page in Shakespeares Merry wives. Wife of banker Thos. Coutts, later of William ninth duke. Date: 1777 - 1837

Background imageWives Collection: James Kenney

James Kenney
JAMES KENNEY Irish playwright, author of many successful stage pieces including the immensely popular Sweethearts and wives. Friend of the Lambs. Date: 1780 - 1849

Background imageWives Collection: Upper Class Korean Family in Traditional Costume

Upper Class Korean Family in Traditional Costume
Upper Class Korean Family pose for a group studio portrait in Traditional Costume. Date: 1905

Background imageWives Collection: Grand Chief Bernando and Family - Central African Republic

Grand Chief Bernando and Family - Central African Republic Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWives Collection: Egyptian Fellahs Women (and child)

Egyptian Fellahs Women (and child)
Egyptian Fellahs (a peasant, farmer or agricultural labourer) Women (and child). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWives Collection: WW2 - Italian brides of American GIs arrive in USA

WW2 - Italian brides of American GIs arrive in USA
WW2 - Seven Italian brides of American GIs reach the United States of America through the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation on the last stage of their journey to their new homes

Background imageWives Collection: Paris, France - Spanish Diplomatic Wives outside the Emabssy

Paris, France - Spanish Diplomatic Wives outside the Emabssy
Paris, France - Spanish Diplomatic Wives outside the Embassy awaiting the official visit of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. Date: 1905



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