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Gunakali Ragini, Ragamala Album, School of Rajasthan, 19th century. A young woman in love composes two bouquets, the vases symbolizing the lovers reunion
Poster for Just a Kiss, at the Theatre Pigalle, Paris, 20th century. A comic operetta by Georges Delance with music by Francis Lopez and Michel Eisemann
Dhanashri Ragini, Ragamala Album, School of Rajasthan, 19th century. A young woman looking at the portrait of her absent lover. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere
Dipaka (Light) Raga, Ragamala Album, School of Rajasthan, 19th century. On a lamp lit terrace she serenades her lover. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere
French romantic postcard, c1900
The Love Letter, c1770. Artist: Jean-Honore FragonardThe Love Letter, c1770. Found in the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Pandora, c1860-1916. Artist: Odilon RedonPandora, c1860-1916
Which of them is more overcome?, 1799. Artist: Francisco GoyaWhich of them is more overcome?, 1799. Plate 27 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression
Popular festivities, mid 19th century. A young couple dance round a garlanded pole (Maypole) while a second couple wait outside the inn to take their turn
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: TitianVenus 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 UtamaroThe Lovers, Chubei and Umegawa, late 18th/early 19th century. From the British Museum, London
Flirt, 1841. Artist: Miklos BarabasFlirt, 1841. From the Musee des Beaux Arts, Budapest
The Haymakers, 1880. Artist: Jules Bastien-LepageThe Haymakers, 1880. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris
Mezzetin, 1718-1720. Artist: Jean-Antoine WatteauMezzetin (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-LautrecReine 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 DebucourtMorning 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 WatteauA 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 DavidLeonidas 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 MaurierWhere 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 MaurierRink 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 FriedrichThe Solitary Tree, 1823
Psyche Receiving the First Kiss of Cupid, 1798. Artist: Francois Pascal Simon GerardP 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 RijnThe 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 IIA 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 RubensJupiter 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 RylandMorgan 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, c1800Novalis (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 SchwindMoritz 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)
