Title Collection (page 7)

Title Characters
A series of illustrations showing title characters from various operas, films and plays, including Daphnis Et Chloe, Hernani, Judith and Holofernes, Samson and Delilah, Abelard and Heloise, Manon

Politics!
This sketch shows a band of what must be criminals, terrorising a community, some are pinning women to the floor, while another slits the throat of a lady on the left, under the title of politics

Une Enfant Qui Sait Compter
This illustration, the title of which translates as The Child Who Can Count, shows a pupil speaking with an examiner, having the following conversation

L'Heure Des Betises
This illustration's title translates to The Hour Of Nonsense, and depicts a smiling young lady listening to a floating child satyr or faun creature whispering in her ear. Date: circa 1901

L'Avarice
An illustration, the title of which translates to Greed, shows a gruesome fellow biting the hand of a young woman, looking aghast, men in uniform stand behind, with gaping mouths. Date: circa 1901

Edward, First Prince of Wales, son of King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile - born in 1284, he was named Prince of Wales in 1301, and became King Edward II in 1307. Date: early 14th century

Title page, A Merry Christmas Everybody
A Merry Christmas Everybody - title page, Mabel Lucie Attwell Annual 1923 Date: 1923

Fleurs Et Choses
This still life oil painting, title translated to Flowers And Things, includes some plates of apples, grapes and a banana, to each side of a large vase of flowers. Date: circa 1920

Lucina
This oil painting depicts Lucina, a title given to the ancient Roman goddesses, Juno and Diana, who represented childbirth and acted as protection for women in labor

The Preparation Of Dry Grapes
This painting shows the scene, aptly described in the title, of some women preparing dry grapes. A smiling man is sitting behind, leaning against an arch, with another man

This Is A Heart The Queen Leant On
This painting shows a lone man, wandering down a set of steps with a parade of people walking through the arched hallways behind

Men Were Deceivers Ever
A painting of a woman in a bright red dress, performing a curtsy to a baby, who is sat on the grass, in the centre of four tall trees

Marconi - Master of Space, first edition biography
Marconi - Master of Space, first edition authorised biography by B L Jacot and D M B Collier. Date: 1935

Sir John Hare in Pinero's play, The Gay Lord Quex
Sir John Hare, actor, in the title role in Pinero's play, The Gay Lord Quex Date: circa 1900

The Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London
The Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London Date: 1851

Title page design, Mr Punch's Pocket Book 1871 Date: 1871

Turkey. Escort of a provincial governor Pasha. Engraving
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Escort of a provincial governor Pasha (higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system). Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Montaut

Music cover, Going My Way, Bing Crosby
Music cover, Going My Way, words by Johnny Burke, music by Jimmy Van Heusen, sung by Bing Crosby in the Paramount film Going My Way Date: 1944

The Old Sailor's Jolly Boat, by H M Barker
The Old Sailor's Jolly Boat, Laden with Tales and Yarns to Please All Hands, by H M Barker, with illustrations by Robert Cruikshank Date: 1843

The Comic Novel or Downing Street and the Days of Victoria by Lynx - title page by the Artists Fun Society Date: 1840

Reinforcements
This lithograph shows a row of seated soldiers, with the closest one standing, judging by the title of this piece, they are waiting for reinforcements to arrive. Date: circa 1919

The Blue Moth
A watercolour painting showing a lone standing figure on a plain setting, in the darkness, shrouded in a cloak which, curiously, forms the shape of a moth, hence the title. Date: circa 1917

Seraphina Exotic
Oil painting of a seated woman in orange, with a floral decorated outer garment. The sitter was Rita McIlraith but the artist chose not to use her name in the title and hence it was called Exotic

Alec Guinness (1914 - 2000) portraying G. K. Chesterton's sleuth Father Brown in the 1954 film of the same name. In the United States the film was marketed under the title "The

A scene from the film "Ulysses", directed by Mario Camerini and starring Kirk Douglas in the title role. Here, Ulysses and his crew are disembarking on the island of the Cyclops Polythemus

Title page, The Motor Picture Book Date: 1930

The card that pleased Ireland
This card for overseas mail replaced the one issued on 1 April (unfortunate date!) which had left Ireland off the title. It was posted from Hull to Magdeburg

Title page, Mr. Punch's Pocket Book, 1867 Date: 1867

Title page, Punch's Pocket Book, 1846 Date: 1846

Title page design, skull. Date: circa 1910s

Cartoon, Important Surrender of Copyright, WW1
Cartoon, Important Surrender of Copyright. Showing Bloody Mary (Queen Mary I of England) handing over her title to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany

Princess Mary (1897 - 1965), third child and only daughter of George V and Queen Mary at the age of thirteen. Born at Sandringham

Ceremony in which the proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India. Date: 1877

SIXTH EARL POULETT
WILLIAM HENRY, sixth earl POULETT nobleman whose death inspired a pair of claimants for his title. Date: 1827 - 1899

MASSENET/THAIS/SANDERSON
Sybil Sanderson takes the title role in this story of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

Mary Garden (1874 - 1967), in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

MASSENET/THAIS/CAVALIERI
Lina Cavalieri in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

The art of pleasing in conversation - treatise by Ortigues de Vannoniere of Paris ; title page Date: 1695

Antique county map of Somerset, England
nobody, map, antique, vintage, archival, document, historical, cartography, somerset, england, county, district, words, text, cartouches, title, geography, key, legend, scale, latitude, longitude

Title page, from The Water Babies pub. by Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, c. 1930 (colour litho)
3949410 Title page, from The Water Babies pub.by Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, c.1930 (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection

No title tree blossum Gardens Garden Flowers
No, title, tree, blossum, Gardens, Garden, Flowers, Watercolour, painting, Edith, A, Andrews, 12022119

No title - Gardens by Edith A. Andrews

Flowers in vase (no title). Artwork by Annie L. Pressland

No title or Stocks'. Flowers in vase. Artwork by Annie L. Pressland

(No title). Garden with path, flower borders and house. Artwork by Annie L. Pressland

(No title). Garden with lawn, sundial and flower borders. Artwork by Annie L. Pressland

(No title Garden with flowers statue steps
(No, title, Garden, with, flowers, statue, steps, and, trellace, Flowers, Watercolour, painting, Annie, Pressland, 12021701

(No title). Garden with flower borders, hedging and sundial. Artwork by Annie L. Pressland

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