Flattery Collection

Costumes de Différents Pays, Homme et Femme de la Carniole, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Homme et Femme de la Carniole, c1797

The Emperor's New Clothes, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
The Emperor's New Clothes, [193-]. WPA Federal Theatre Presents "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Charlotte Chorpenning - Heckscher Theatre - A Children's Theatre Production'

The Emperor's New Clothes, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
The Emperor's New Clothes, [193-]. WPA Federal Theatre Presents "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Charlotte Chorpenning - Majestic Theatre - A Children's Theatre Production'

Old Man and Woman, n.d. Creator: Cornelis de Visscher
Old Man and Woman, n.d

"Costume ball at the royal palace d. 4 March 1851". Creator: Fritz von Dardel
"Costume ball at the royal palace d. 4 March 1851". Couple in 18th century costume

The Lover Heard, ca. 1785. Creator: Louis Marin Bonnet
The Lover Heard, ca. 1785

The Rivals, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Rivals, c1780-1825. These two young men, one a dashing young officer, the other a gallant but unattractive adventurer, are displaying their simulated affections to the complacent rich dowager

Suitors, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Suitors, c1780-1825. In " Suitors" we find one of the subjects drawn from Rowlandsons imagination, a source which was inexhaustible

Three Women, 1908. Creator: Abraham Walkowitz
Three Women, 1908

Alexander Condemning False Praise, 1760s. Creator: Mura, Francesco de
Alexander Condemning False Praise, 1760s

Allegory on Vanity. Creator: Unknown
Allegory on Vanity

The Dance of the World, mid-16th century. Creator: Attributed to Pieter Balten
The Dance of the World, mid-16th century

Fancy, July 20, 1801. July 20, 1801. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Fancy, July 20, 1801

Canute Reproving His Courtiers, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Canute Reproving His Courtiers, 18th-19th century. King Cnut supposedly demonstrated to flattering courtiers that being a mere human, the sea would not obey him, and God alone can command the tides

Canute reproving his Courtiers, c1840. Creator: Francis Holl
Canute reproving his Courtiers, c1840. King Cnut supposedly demonstrated to flattering courtiers that being a mere human, the sea would not obey him, and God alone can command the tides

Canute Reproving the Flattery of his Courtiers, c1890. Creator: Unknown
Canute Reproving the Flattery of his Courtiers, c1890. King Canute (c995-1035), explaining his humanity, the sea would not obey him. From " Cassells Illustrated History of England"

The First Kiss this Ten Years! Or the meeting of Britannia & Citizen Francois, 1803
The First Kiss this Ten Years! Or the meeting of Britannia & Citizen Francois, pub. 1803 (hand coloured engraving)

The Rhinemaidens teasing Alberich, 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham
The Rhinemaidens teasing Alberich, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Alberich arrives at the river and tries to flatter the Rhinemaidens to get closer to the Rhinegold

Flirtation. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Flirtation. Stereoscopic card detail

Scene from Mozarts opera The Marriage of Figaro, 1786 (1905). The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), comic opera (opera buffa) with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) after Beaumarchais

Gallant Remarks, 1893. Artist: Roybet Ferdinand
Gallant Remarks, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 27th May 1893

It is good that he coaxes and flatters her in front of her husband. from the Little Miseries of Human Life, 1843

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