Polite Collection

The Geisha Umekichi Imploring Nakajima Seibi to Part from Her and Return to His Studies, 1875. Series: The Postal News, No. 463

Un locataire qui paye exactement son terme, 1847. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un locataire qui paye exactement son terme, 1847. A tenant who pays his rent right on time. (Landlord stands aside out of politeness). From Locataires et proprietaires, no. 21

Je vous demande pardon si je ne vous ai pas apercue... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Je vous demande pardon si je ne vous ai pas apercue... 19th century. Whatever you want - I beg your pardon if I have not seen you

Trop de politesse, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Trop de politesse, 19th century. Hunting Sketches - Too much politeness

Courteousness (Rei), from the series "Five Virtues in the Manners of Women... c. 1781/1801
Courteousness (Rei), from the series "Five Virtues in the Manners of Women (Fuzoku onna gojo)", Japan, c. 1781/1801

Courteousness (Rei), from the series "Five Virtues in the Manners of Women... c. 1781/1801
Courteousness (Rei), from the series "Five Virtues in the Manners of Women (Fuzoku onna gojo)", Japan, c. 1781/1801

Louis XVI received by the new Mayor of Paris, July 17 1789, (19th / early 20th century). Artist: Jean-Paul Laurens
Louis XVI is received by the new Mayor of Paris, Jean Sylvain Bailly, July 17 1789 (19th/early 20th century). One of the instigators of the Oath of the Tennis Court

Courteousness (Rei), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues", 1767
Courteousness (Rei), from the series " Five Cardinal Virtues", 1767

March of Reform - Master of Ceremonies in the H. of Commons Improved Manners... 1837
March of Reform - Master of Ceremonies in the H. of Commons Improved Manners (Much to be desired.) Arising Therefrom, 1837

Politeness of Francis to Henry, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Politeness of Francis to Henry, 1897. King Francis I of France, with exaggeratedly hooked nose and holding a pair of boots

Excess a Fault, 1875 (1891). Artist: Swain
Excess a Fault, 1875 (1891). A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, selected from Punch, Volume II, London, 1891

Warrior and Servant, 1653. Artist: Pieter de Hooch
Warrior and Servant, 1653. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

The farandole, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
The farandole, 1895. The farandole is an open-chain community dance popular in the area around Nice, France. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21st July 1895

World War 2: De Gaulle greets Eisnhower, 1944
World War 2: De Gaulle greets Eisenhower, 1944. General Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) shaking hands with General Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) during a meeting with allied commanders in France

The Mother of the Gracchi, c1780. Artist: Joseph Benoit Suvee
The Mother of the Gracchi, c1780. Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, presents her children, saying: Here are my riches and my jewels. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

The Four Times of the Day: Morning, 1739. Artist: Nicolas Lancret
The Four Times of the Day: Morning, 1739. From the National Gallery, London

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