Shy Collection

War Camp Community Serv., between c1915 and c1918. Creator: Bain News Service
War Camp Community Serv., between c1915 and c1918. Person in coat standing outside building with signs reading "War Camp Community Service" and "Michigan Society of New York".

Young Man and Woman by a Gate, c1860. Creator: Augustus Hoppin
Young Man and Woman by a Gate, c1860. A youth appears to be flirting with a bashful young woman at a garden gate

Looking Shy: The Manners of a Young Girl of the Meiji Era, 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Looking Shy: The Manners of a Young Girl of the Meiji Era, 1888

Portrait of a young woman in a veiled hat, 1838-1899. Creator: Joseph de Groot
Portrait of a young woman in a veiled hat, 1838-1899

Interesting: A Lady-in-Waiting of the Bunsei Period (1818-1830), 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Interesting: A Lady-in-Waiting of the Bunsei Period (1818-1830), 1888. From Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners

Customer Entertained in the Yoshiwara, 1804. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Customer Entertained in the Yoshiwara, 1804. From Illustrated Book of Annual Celebrations in the Green Houses

Grazing Horse, Late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Grazing Horse, Late 18th-early 19th century

Simplified Mandarin Duck, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Simplified Mandarin Duck, 19th century

Floating Crane, Mid- to late 19th century. Creator: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Floating Crane, Mid- to late 19th century

Rabbit Pair, Mid- to late 19th century. Creator: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Rabbit Pair, Mid- to late 19th century

Smith, Dorothy, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Apr. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Smith, Dorothy, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Apr. 18

King, G. Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Apr. 24. Creator: Arnold Genthe
King, G. Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Apr. 24

Visiting Grandfather, 1853. Creator: Julius Exner
Visiting Grandfather, 1853

Irma Duncan dancers, 1929 or 1930. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Irma Duncan dancers, 1929 or 1930

Wanger, Beatrice, Miss, and Miss Marian Berenger, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Wanger, Beatrice, Miss, and Miss Marian Berenger, 1918 or 1919

Tonetti, Misses, at Sneding's Landing, 1921 June 7. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Tonetti, Misses, at Sneding's Landing, 1921 June 7

Christie, Grace, Miss, 1925 June 10. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Christie, Grace, Miss, 1925 June 10

Unidentified child, standing outdoors, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Unidentified child, standing outdoors, between 1911 and 1942

So: A Coquettish Woman, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures... c.1772/73
So: A Coquettish Woman, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", Japan, c. 1772/73

Northern Quarter (Hokkoku), from the series "Three Amusements of Contemporary... c. 1800
Northern Quarter (Hokkoku), from the series "Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin sanyu)", Japan, c. 1800

Courtesans of the Komatsuya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure... 1776. Creator: Shunsho
Courtesans of the Komatsuya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), " vol. 2, Japan, 1776

Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures, plate nine from Love, 1898, published 1899. Creator: Maurice Denis
Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures, plate nine from Love, 1898, published 1899

Portrait of a Young Lady, c. 1820. Creator: Vivant Denon
Portrait of a Young Lady, c. 1820

Wife of sharecropper in town to sell their crop at the tobacco auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Douglas, Georgia. Wife of sharecropper in town to sell their crop at the tobacco auction

Yo: A Man Meets a Former Lover, now Serving in a Provincial Household, from the seri... c. 1772/73. Creator: Shunsho
Yo: A Man Meets a Former Lover, now Serving in a Provincial Household, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", Japan, c. 1772/73

A Country Mouse, n.d. Creator: Katherine May Roberts
A Country Mouse, n.d

At the ball, (c1900s) Creator: Knut Ekwall
At the ball, (c1900s)

"Karl and woman-dressed, Ljusdahl, 1840", Creator: Vilhelm Wallander
"Karl and woman-dressed, Ljusdahl, 1840"

A Nambe girl, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Nambe girl, c1905

Maricopa girl, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wrapped in blanket... c1907
Maricopa girl, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wrapped in blanket, with basket tray on head, c1907

Buryat children, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. Creator: I Popov
Buryat children, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. The album "Peoples of Siberia" contains twenty-seven photographs depicting Yakuts and Buryats, everyday life, festivals, meetings

The Timid Bride, ca. 1800. Creator: Unknown
The Timid Bride, ca. 1800

A Nymph and Cupid: The Snake in the Grass, 1784, (1914). Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds
A Nymph and Cupid: The Snake in the Grass, 1784. After an original painting by Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792). Original painting housed in the Tate, London. From The Connoisseur Vol

Lovers in an Upstairs Room, from The Poem of the Pillow, 1788. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
Lovers in an Upstairs Room, from The Poem of the Pillow, 1788. From the British Museum, London

Courting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi), from the series Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet... 1705 / 06
Courting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi), from the series Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake), Edo period (1615-1868), 1705/06

Poem by Kawara no Sadaijin, from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One... c
Poem by Kawara no Sadaijin, from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets, c. 1767/68

The Bashful Cousin, c. 1841-1842. Creator: Francis William Edmonds
The Bashful Cousin, c. 1841-1842

Jack Rose: Bashful Love, from the series Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers (N75) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1892

Schubert fled from the room, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Schubert fled from the room, (1907). In 1822, the young Schubert meets the celebrated composer Beethoven:a courteous but somewhat formal welcome was accorded them

They found Schubert hard at work, (1907). Creator: Unknown
They found Schubert hard at work, (1907). In 1817, Franz Schober takes Johann Vogl, a famous opera singer in Vienna, to meet his friend the young composer Schubert

Virginia in the Forum, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Virginia in the Forum, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Lady in a Black Hat, 1908. Artist: Felix Vallotton
Lady in a Black Hat, 1908. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Governess arrives at the Merchants House, 1866, (1965). Creator: Vasily Perov
The Governess arrives at the Merchants House, 1866, (1965). A young woman, her head bowed, stands before her new employer, a portly businessman in a velvet robe

The Foster-Child, 1867, (1965). Creator: Nikolay Nevryov
The Foster-Child, 1867, (1965). People gathered around a carpet-covered table, in an air of tension. Painting, also known as A Ward, in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Der Schüchterne Freier, mid-late 19th century, (c1924). Creator: Carl Spitzweg
Der Schuchterne Freier, mid-late 19th century, (c1924). The bashful suitor. Young man wooing a young man. From " Die gute alte Zeit: Zeichnungen von Karl Spitzweg"

Woman holding a purse, c1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
Woman holding a purse, c1952. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Spring, detail of the shy terrestrial nymph Cloris converted by the touch of Zephyrus in the calm and lush figure of Flora, dressed in flowers, 1478, by Sandro Botticelli

By this hand I swear that your property can easily dispense - but your person - oh, oh - there I feel it - oh, oh. 1828. A young suitor kneels in front of a plump and unattractive young lady

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