Romantic Collection (page 60)

Sarcophagus with reclining couple, 6th century BC. From the Etruscan tombs at Ceveteri, Italy, now at the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Venus and the Lute Player, c1565-1570. Artist: Titian
Venus and the Lute Player, c1565-1570. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

The Elegant, 19th century. From a private collection

The Lovers, Chubei and Umegawa, late 18th / early 19th century. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
The Lovers, Chubei and Umegawa, late 18th/early 19th century. From the British Museum, London

Flirt, 1841. Artist: Miklos Barabas
Flirt, 1841. From the Musee des Beaux Arts, Budapest

The Haymakers, 1880. Artist: Jules Bastien-Lepage
The Haymakers, 1880. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Mezzetin, 1718-1720. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Mezzetin (half-measure), 1718-1720. Mezzetin, a stock character of the commedia dell arte, the improvisational theater form of Italian origin

Reine de joie ( Queen of Joy ), 1892. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Reine de joie ( Queen of Joy ), 1892. Reine de joie (Queen of Joy), a novel by Victor Joze is remembered today for Toulouse-Lautrecs poster and his cruel depiction of the books characters

Courting by telephone across Paris, 1883. An idea of one of the results of the invention of the telephone. From Le Vingtieme Siecle (The 20th Century) by A Robida. (Paris, 1883)

Norwegian Tapestry from Gudbrandsdal, dated 1620s. Solomon and Sheba. (Lettering at top appears reversed). At Museum of Applied Arts, Oslo

Morning Farewell, 1787. Artist: Philibert Louis Debucourt
Morning Farewell, 1787. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

A Capricious Woman (La Boudeuse), 1718. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
A Capricious Woman (La Boudeuse), 1718. Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Roman wallpainting of Cupid, Venus and Mars, Pompeii, Italy

Two lovers, 16th century. German

Adenet le Roi, King of the Minstrels, 13th century. Adenet le Roi (c1240-c1300), French poet and musician, reciting the Roman de Cleomades to Blanche of Castile (1188-1252)

Leonidas at Thermopylae, 5th century BC, (c1814). Artist: Jacques-Louis David
Leonidas at Thermopylae, 5th century BC, (c1814). Leonidas (died c480 BC) was king of Sparta from 491 BC. He held the pass at Thermopylae for 3 days with 300 Spartans

Scene from Mort d Arthur, 14th century. Sir Lancelot of the Lake and Queen Guinevere seen embracing by King Arthur

Lovers embracing in a garden. Detail from a Persian manuscript depicting a couple embracing in a garden, surrounded by flowering plants. Clouds float in the sky above them

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, c1840s. Victoria (1819-1901) and Albert (1819-1861) as a youthful married couple, both wearing the blue ribbon of the Order of the Garter

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Victoria (1819-1901) and Albert (1819-1861) riding in Windsor Park when young. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married his first cousin, Queen Victoria, in 1840

Scene from Shakespeares Richard III, (1591) c1870. Richard III (King of England 1483-1485), Duke of Gloucester at this time, woos Anne, daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, The Kingmaker

Where Ignorance is Bliss, 1868. Artist: George Du Maurier
Where Ignorance is Bliss, 1868. Invasion of privacy by a seaside camera obscura (left). Theodore thinks he has found a private spot where he can woo Emily

Rink to me only with thine eyes, 1876. Artist: George Du Maurier
Rink to me only with thine eyes, 1876. The increasing popularity of roller-skates perhaps gave romantic young couples a better opportunity to be together without chaperones

British soldier dreaming of his country sweetheart at home, World War I, 1914-1918. Sentimental postcard

The return of the legionnaire, c1900. French postcard

The Solitary Tree, 1823. Artist: Caspar David Friedrich
The Solitary Tree, 1823

Psyche Receiving the First Kiss of Cupid, 1798. Artist: Francois Pascal Simon Gerard
P syche Receiving the First Kiss of Cupid, 1798. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

It is the east and Juliet is the sun, 1856-1858. From Act II, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

The Jewish Bride, (The Loving Couple), 1667. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Jewish Bride, (The Loving Couple), 1667. Portrait of two figures from the Old Testament, known as The Jewish Bride. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier, c1658. Artist: Gerard Terborch II
A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier, c1658. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Jupiter and Danae, 17th century. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Jupiter and Danae, 17th century. From a private collection

Novalis (1772-1801), pen-name of Friedrich von Hardenberg, German Romantic poet and novelist. Died of consumption. Known as the Prophet of Romanticism

Morgan le Fay casts spell on Merlin. Artist: Henry Ryland
Morgan le Fay casts spell on Merlin. Engraving after Henry Ryland (1856-1924), English painter and illustrator

Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg), German Romantic poet and novelist, c1800
Novalis (pseudonymn of Friedrich von Hardenberg 1772-1801) German Romantic poet and novelist. Prophet of Romanticism. Engraving

Terracotta statuette of the goddess Lama, Susa, 2nd millenium BC. Now in The Louve

Moritz von Schwind (1804-1871), Austrian painter. Artist: Moritz von Schwind
Moritz von Schwind (1804-1871), Austrian painter. Self-portrait of the romantic painter

True Love, American Valentine card, 1908. Cupid, his bow held aloft, rides a swallow, a bluebird of happiness. In Roman mythology Cupid was the son of Venus

To My Valentine, American Valetine card, 1907. Cupid holds a heart pierced by an arrow. The flowers are forget-me-nots (Myosotis palustris)

To My Valentine, American Valentine card, c1908. Cupid shoots an arrow into a heart held up by a putto. The words are surrounded by garlands of forget-me-nots (Myosotis palustris)

Cupid shooting an arrow carrying a love letter, American Valentine card, 1908. He stands by a red heart inscribed with a message and surrounded by sweet violet (Viola odorata) which

If You d Only Be My Valentine, American Valentine card, 1910. Cupid is gathering a basket of red hearts from a pine tree which, in the language of flowers represents daring

To My True Love, American Valentine card, c1910. Cupid dances on grass with naturalised Snowdrops and is playing a lyre of bluebells

Embossed valentine card, Germany, c1911. This elaborate card was of the type made for the American market, hence the use of English. It was probably an expensive card at the time

The Tee, postcard, c1905

Valentine card with a golfing theme, c1910s-c1920s

Valentine card with golfing theme, American, c1930s

Valentine card with golfing theme, Germany, 1912. Made in Saxony for export to the United States

Valentine cards with a golfing theme, 1911. Both cards were made in Germany and printed in Saxony, but the left card was for the US market, the right card for the British market

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