Wooing Collection

Getting Entangled - young fisherman wooing his love Date: circa 1890

The Fight for the Standard at the Battle of Pinkie, near Musselburgh, Scotland, 10 September 1547, during the War of the Rough Wooing, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars

The Battle of Ancrum Moor, near Jedburgh, Scotland, 27 February 1545, during the War of the Rough Wooing, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars

Cartoon, The Political Cheap-Jack -- Benjamin Disraeli, portrayed as a conman at a country fair, wooing his Buckinghamshire constituents during the General Election campaign, summer 1847. 1847

American Racial Stereotypes - Wooing. 19th century

Rivals at the theatre 1906
Smartly dressed gentlemen in tuxedos trying to get the attention of a flirtatious woman. 1906

Romantic couple on boat, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Romantic couple on a boat, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with verse. circa 1910

First and Second Impressions by H. M. Bateman
The Majors speaking voice was simply charming. Maisie was rapidly succumbing to its spell. Until one day she heard him use it on parade! Cartoon by H. M

The Wooing of La Belle, by Felix de Gray
The Prince Charming who became a Monster, The Wooing of La Belle, by Felix de Gray. 1926

Shakespeare - Loves Labours Lost - Biron: Where lies thy grief, O tell me, good Dumain? circa 1830

Advert for State Express Cigarettes 1912
An Inspiration - an advertisement for State Express Cigarettes, showing a very smart dapper young gent wooing his beloved

The Wooing of Florine, by Felix de Gray -- The Prince Charming who became a Blue Bird. 1926

Fisherman wooing a young woman on the seashore. circa late 19th century

Snap card - A frog he would a-wooing go
Nursery Rhyme Snap card - A frog he would a-wooing go. early 20th century

Couple courting: The Triumph of Poetry
The Triumph of Poetry. Date: 19th Century

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

Nursery Rhymes -- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go. A white cat catches Uncle Rat (above), and a white goose catches the Frog (below). Date: early 20th century

Cupboard Love by Halliday
Humorous colour illustration of an army officer wooing a kitchen maid while she is on duty

The progression of romance in five senses - French Style - from initial sighting to the bedroom in five simple steps! Seeing - Hearing - Smelling - Touching and... Tasting! Date: circa 1910s

The Imperturbable Nymph by Prynne
A naked nymph perches on a hillside eating an apple, unmoved by the jewels offered by a powdered and be-wigged 18th century in a frock coat. Date: 1927

Engagement under the mistletoe
After wooing with chocolates, a suave looking chap in evening dress, proposes with an engagement ring. Date: 1913

Anon 2. A frog he would a-wooing go

A Frog He Would a-wooing Go, heigho, says rowley, whether his mother would let him or no. With a Rowley powley, gammon and spinach, heigho, says Anthony Rowley! Date: circa 1874

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Courting man - frog
He would a-wooing go. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a rotund man, from a frog. Middle aged

Oh! Lucky Jim! - Lawson Wood Postcard
Oh! Lucky Jim! A young lad is less than delighted for his pal, who is seemingly having more success in wooing the object of both boys affections

Loves Questioning by Florence Hardy
An 18th century scene depicting a man in a powdered wig wooing a young lady who is playing a piano or harpsichord

Overture by Leo Bates
A Spanish senorita, with an off the shoulder, fringed dress, a flower in her hair, a fedora hat and a cigarette holder, glances back at a potential suitor

Army Club Cigarettes
An army officer celebrates the end of the First World War by wooing a sweetheart with the gift of Army Club cigarettes and a barely concealed bunch of mistletoe

Planets - Venus
VENUS (Aphrodite) drives her chariot drawn by two doves over the Earth where people are dancing, wooing, courting, hugging, music-making and love-making

Napoleon III Guyed
English satire on Napoleons foreign policy - depicting him as a serenader wooing Germany and other potential allies

Goethe / Friederike Brion
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE German writer, as a young man, with his friend Friederike Brion

Henri II of Navarre wooing Marguerite de Valois
Henri II de Navarre (1503-1555, reigned from 1517), wooing his future wife Marguerite de Valois (1492-1549) -- they married in 1526, and she then became known as Marguerite de Navarre

Wooing the Voters
Wooing the voters. Churchill meets Leicester footballers, Lady Astor at an open-air meeting at Portsmouth and Lloyd George canvassing in Lancashire

Frog A-Wooing 4 / 4
A frog he would a-wooing go 4 of 4

Frog A-Wooing 3 / 4
A frog he would a-wooing go 3 of 4

Frog A-Wooing 2 / 4
A frog he would a-wooing go 2 of 4

Frog A-Wooing 1 / 4
A frog he would a-wooing go 1 of 4

Henri Ii, French Royalty
Henri II de Navarre (1503-1555), grandfather of Henri IV) wooing his future wife Marguerite de France (1492-1549), also known as Marguerite of Valois, sister of Francois 1

Scene from Shakespeares Henry V
A scene from Shakespeares history play, Henry V, depicting his wooing of Catherine de Valois, whom he married in 1420

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