Wife Collection (page 36)

Married, 1845. Artist: Nathaniel Currier
Married, 1845

Pearly king and queen in high spirits, London, 1926-1927. Cockney Pearly kings (originally costermongers - fruit and vegetable sellers), wore suits covered in mother-of-pearl buttons

Clara Ellen Butt (1872-1936) and Kennerley Rumford (1870-1957), English singers, 1906

Judge Thumb or Sticks of a Lawful Size for Family Discipline, 1782. A judge says: Heres amusement for married Gentlemen or, a Specific for a Scolding Wife; Who buys of me

Reconciliation or the Return from Scotland, late 18th century. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

A Wife and No wife - or - a Trip to the Continent, 1786. Artist: Carlo Khan
A Wife and No wife - or - a Trip to the Continent, 1786. Satire on the secret marriage said to have taken place between the Prince of Wales and Mrs Fitzherbert

Frederick Prince of Wales and the Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, 1736. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

The Historian animating the mind of a young painter, 1784. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
The Historian animating the mind of a young painter, 1784. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

James Boswell, his wife, and Dr Johnson at tea in Edinburgh, 1773, (1786). Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
James Boswell, his wife, and Dr Johnson at tea in Edinburgh, 1773, (1786). Scots writer James Boswell and his wife Margaret at tea with English lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson

The Scotch Wedding, 18th century. In Hollands Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of Humorous Prints. Admittance, one shilling

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th century French political philosopher, (1836). Artist: Robert Hart
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th century French political philosopher, (1836). The ideas Rousseau (1712-1778) put forward in his most famous philosophical work, The Social Contract

Catherine Howard, fifth wife and Queen of Henry VIII, (1902). Catherine (c1520-1542) became the fifth queen consort of Henry VIII on 28 July 1540

Sir Robert and Lady Sale, 19th century. Sir Robert Henry Sale (1784-1845), British soldier, and his wife Lady Florentia Sale (1790?-1853)

Mr Gladstone and his Family, 19th century. Engraved group portrait from a photograph by J Watmough Webster: The Rt Hon WE Gladstone, Rev W Gladstone, Miss Gladstone, Mrs WE Gladstone

Mr Gladstones visit to Taymouth Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, c1879. Driving through the lines of torch-bearers. William Ewart Gladstone MP (1809-1898), British Liberal Prime Minister

Princesse Maud of Wales. A daughter of King Edward VII and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Maud of Wales (1869-1938) became Queen Consort of Norway when her husband, Prince Carl of Denmark

Matilda of Flanders. Artist: Henry Colburn
Matilda of Flanders. Matilda (c1031-1083) was Queen Consort of William the Conqueror

Philippa of Hainault, (1851). Artist: Henry Colburn
Philippa of Hainault, (1851). Philippa of Hainault (c1314-1369) was Queen Consort of Edward III of England. She acted as regent on several occasions when Edward was on the continent

The dying Mozart listening to the performance of his Requiem, 1791, (c1900). Mozart (1756-1791) just before his death, listening to the performance of the Requiem, his last work

Nora (A Dolls House) by Henrik Ibsen, c1900. Act 3: Nora tells Helmer she wants to leave him. He leaps up and asks: What? What are you saying? From a series of Famous Tragedies

Episodes of the Life of Famous Painters: Rubens, (c1900). Rubens (1577-1640) leading his first wife Isabelle Brant into his palace at Antwerp, 1 November 1609

Charles Wyndham and Mary Moore, English actors, 1901. Artist: Barraud
Charles Wyndham and Mary Moore, English actors, 1901. Pictured performing in David Garrick

Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, (19th century). Artist:s Freeman
Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, (19th century). Anne (c1504-1536) married Henry in 1533. She provided Henry with a daughter, the future Elizabeth I (1533-1603)

Anne Hyde, Duchess of York. Anne Hyde (1637-1671) became the first wife of James, Duke of York, the future King James II. She was the mother of two later queens of England, Mary II and Anne

Sweethearts and Wives, 1882, (1912). Artist: Samuel Waller
Sweethearts and Wives, 1882, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Letter from Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal to his wife, 17th August 1780. Artist: Warren Hastings
Letter from Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal to his wife, 17th August 1780. Letter written from Calcutta on a Thursday morning by Hastings informing her of his duel with Philip Francis

Notes made by Izaak Walton, c1662. Artist: Izaak Walton
Notes made by Izaak Walton, c1662. Entries made on the fly-leaf of a copy of The Book of Common Prayer, recording the births of three of his children and the deaths of Rachel Floud, his first wife

Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort, 1860. Portrait of Victoria (1819-1901), the longest reigning monarch (1837-1901) and her husband Prince Albert who was born in the same year but died of typhus

The marriage of Henry VII, 1486, (c1850). Colour plate from Pictures of English History, George Routledge & Sons, (London, New York, c1850)

Elizabeth Pepys (1640-1669), 19th century. Elizabeth Pepys was the wife of Samuel Pepys, the famous naval administrator, member of parliament and diarist

King George V and his family, c1930s. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury, a souvenir book published as Edward VIII was crowned following the death of his

Prince George and Mary of Teck in fancy dress, Devonshire House Ball, 1897. The future King George V with his wife in Elizabethan costume

Katharine, 1891. A character from The Taming of the Shrew. A colour lithograph from Shakespeares Heroes and Heroines after Sir A Callcott, C R Leslie, D Maclise, A Redgrave,s Hart & C

Marriage Of Ten Poor Girls, 1761, (1885). Artist: Hubert Francois Gravelot
Marriage Of Ten Poor Girls, 1761, (1885). The hospital foundation repeats its procedure of marrying ten poor girls in 1761

The Costume Of Marriage, (1885). Artist: Schenau
The Costume Of Marriage, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

Middle Class Family, (1885). Artist: Dupin
Middle Class Family, (1885). Illustration of 18th-century dress, based on Dupins French Costumes drawing

Clovis I and Clotilde his wife, 12th century, (1870). Artist: Franz Kellerhoven
Clovis I and Clotilde his wife, 12th century, (1870). Illustrated from statues of the early Frankish king and queen, formerly at the entrance of the Church of Notre Dame, Corbeil

A Peasant Family at Meal-time ( Grace before Meat ), c1665, (1912). Artist: Jan Steen
A Peasant Family at Meal-time ( Grace before Meat ), c1665, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto)

Zanzibar Arab family, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Thomas Pownder, merchant and bailiff of Ipswich, 1525, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Thomas Pownder, merchant and bailiff of Ipswich, 1525, (1843). Copy of a brass in the chancel of the church of St Mary Key, Ipswich, showing Thomas Pownder (died 1525), with his wife and children

Sir Walter Raleigh parting his wife on the morning of his execution, 1618, (1872). Raleigh (1554-1618) was an English adventurer, explorer and writer, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

An American Household in the Days of Madison, 1872. Artist: C Burt
An American Household in the Days of Madison, 1872. A family during the presidency of James Madison (1809-1817). Engraving from John Gilmary Shea, A Childs History of the United States

Winifred Emery and Cyril Maud in The School for Scandal, c1902. Artist: Window & Grove
Winifred Emery and Cyril Maud in The School for Scandal, c1902. Husband-and-wife team Winifred Emery as Lady Teazle and Cyril Maud as Sir Peter in Richard Sheridans restoration comedy

The Medici Cycle: Henri IV leaving for the war in Germany, 20th March 1610, (1621-1625). Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
The Medici Cycle: Henri IV leaving for the war in Germany, 20th March 1610, (1621-1625). Henri IV leaves for the war and bestows the government of his kingdom to his wife, Marie de Medici

The author Leo Tolstoy with his wife in Yasnaya Polyana, 1907. Artist: Il ya Repin
The author Leo Tolstoy with his wife in Yasnaya Polyana, 1907. Tolstoy (1828-1910) married Sophia Andreyevna Behrs (1844-1919) in 1862. Yasnaya Polyana, near Tula, Russia, was their home

The Milkmaids Family, 1641. Artist: Louis Le Nain
The Milkmaids Family, 1641. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Marriage a la Mode: 1, The Marriage Contract, 1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage a la Mode: 1, The Marriage Contract, 1743. The ageing Earl Squander, proud of his family tree but in need of money to maintain his position

The Healing of Tobit, c1635. Artist: Bernardo Strozzi
The Healing of Tobit, c1635. The Archangel Raphael, sent by God to heal Tobit of his blindness. The Book of Tobit is regarded as part of the biblical canon by the Catholic

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