Good Friends Collection

E W Hoyt and Co, perfume manufacturers, advertisement (chromolitho)
7154216 E W Hoyt and Co, perfume manufacturers, advertisement (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: E W Hoyt and Co, perfume manufacturers)

Humorous cat postcard (colour litho)
8643335 Humorous cat postcard (colour litho) by Thiele, Carl Robert Arthur (1860-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Humorous cat postcard)

New Year's greetings (chromolitho)
8656921 New Year's greetings (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Year's greetings. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Neighbors 1881 (Oil on canvas)
8766630 The Neighbors 1881 (Oil on canvas) by Brown, John George (1831-1913); 63.8x76 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Going to church on a Sunday afternoon in Holland (engraving)
8631554 Going to church on a Sunday afternoon in Holland (engraving) by Muller-Massdorf, Julius (1863-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Going to church on a Sunday afternoon in Holland)

Humorous cat postcard (colour litho)
8643577 Humorous cat postcard (colour litho) by Thiele, Carl Robert Arthur (1860-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Humorous cat postcard)

A band of hope (b/w photo)
8635624 A band of hope (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A band of hope. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Two ladies walking down a winding lane (engraving)
8634851 Two ladies walking down a winding lane (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two ladies walking down a winding lane)

Companions (b/w photo)
8656114 Companions (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Companions: girl with a kitten on her head)

Letter U: Union. Little French alphabet. Hachette and Cie, publisher, Paris, 1917 (lithograph)
DUV4204703 Letter U: Union. Little French alphabet. Hachette and Cie, publisher, Paris, 1917 (lithograph); 30.5x23.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustrations by J. M. Porta. 8 pages)

An orphan being given a comforting kiss by a younger school friend, 1850
3478111 An orphan being given a comforting kiss by a younger school friend, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an orphan being given a comforting kiss by a younger school friend)

Letter U and V: Union and Winners. Little French alphabet. Hachette and Cie, publisher, Paris, 1917 (lithograph)
DUV4204696 Letter U and V: Union and Winners. Little French alphabet. Hachette and Cie, publisher, Paris, 1917 (lithograph); 30.5x23.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustrations by J. M)

Two geishas, unknown (offset printing)
7273672 Two geishas, unknown (offset printing); 21.0x30.0 cm; JMK Archiv, Bremen, Germany; (add.info.: unknown); JMK Archiv

Girl with black cat, c.1885 (oil on canvas)
8702205 Girl with black cat, c.1885 (oil on canvas) by Boldini, Giovanni (1842-1931); 55.9x40.6 cm; Istituto Matteucci, Viareggio

Companions (colour litho)
8641606 Companions (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Companions. Illustration for The Prize, 1888.); © Look and Learn

Little chums (b/w photo)
8656598 Little chums (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little chums. Children in the street. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Sharing his sweets, 1882
3479518 Sharing his sweets, 1882; (add.info.: Sharing boy sharing his sweets with a friend. From Sunday, Wells Gardner, Dalton & Co. London 1882.); Universal History Archive/UIG

David and Jonathan (colour litho)
8636473 David and Jonathan (colour litho) by Stacey, W.S. (1846-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: David and Jonathan)

Women running along the beach at Tower Bridge, 1947 (photo)
7340361 Women running along the beach at Tower Bridge, 1947 (photo); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: PA Reuter Photos Ltd Six women running along the beach at Tower Bridge)

Letter M: Everyone holds the sheet with a tip and laughs. What is that? a great M, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214911 Letter M: Everyone holds the sheet with a tip and laughs. What is that? a great M, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Robert Hooke surprises Samuel Pepys (litho)
8673183 Robert Hooke surprises Samuel Pepys (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robert Hooke surprises Samuel Pepys)

Illustrated for the poem, The Friend of Bygone Days, c.1890 (litho)
6425746 Illustrated for the poem, The Friend of Bygone Days, c.1890 (litho); Private Collection; Prismatic Pictures

Risorgimento: " the perfect trinity " hoped but never realized. Pope Pius IX (1792-1878)
FGL5482849 Risorgimento: " the perfect trinity " hoped but never realized. Pope Pius IX (1792-1878), King of Italy Vittorio Emanuele II (Victor Emmanuel) (Victor Emmanuel) (1820-1878)

Immanuel Kant at the table with friends, 19th century (engraving)
FGL5484908 Immanuel Kant at the table with friends, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220649 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Letter M: Everyone holds the sheet with a tip and laughs. What is that? a great M, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214896 Letter M: Everyone holds the sheet with a tip and laughs. What is that? a great M, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter X, Y and Z: xylophone and eyes then zouave, zebra, c.1920 (print)
DUV4202602 Letter X, Y and Z: xylophone and eyes then zouave, zebra, c.1920 (print); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator)

"Don't Tell Anyone" (colour litho)
8634551 "Don't Tell Anyone" (colour litho) by Wunsch, Marie (1862-1898) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: "Don't Tell Anyone")

Narvasus the Numidian, soliciting the friendship of Amilcar (engraving)
8658599 Narvasus the Numidian, soliciting the friendship of Amilcar (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Narvasus the Numidian)

The ash tree in the garden of John Leech's house, under which Leech and Thackeray used to dine (litho)
8675770 The ash tree in the garden of John Leech's house, under which Leech and Thackeray used to dine (litho) by Fulleylove

Do You Know: Why were tankards originally glass-bottomed? (colour litho)
8668134 Do You Know: Why were tankards originally glass-bottomed? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Why were tankards originally glass-bottomed)

Popular Superstitions: Spilling the salt (colour litho)
8668725 Popular Superstitions: Spilling the salt (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spilling the salt)

Ririte and Rose watch the tamed rat. ca. 1920 (print)
8600264 Ririte and Rose watch the tamed rat. ca. 1920 (print) by French School, (20th century); 30.5x24 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "The alphabet of my boyfriends)

When will we see each other again? Quentin said leaving Jacques. around 1920 (print)
8600263 When will we see each other again? Quentin said leaving Jacques. around 1920 (print) by French School, (20th century); 30.5x24 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

When will we see each other again? Quentin said as he left Jacques. Ririte and Rose watch the tamed rat. ca
8600262 When will we see each other again? Quentin said as he left Jacques. Ririte and Rose watch the tamed rat. ca. 1920 (print) by French School

"To Wish you a Happy Christmas", Victorian card (chromolitho)
BAL14605 "To Wish you a Happy Christmas", Victorian card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Hereford City Museum and Art Gallery, Herefordshire, UK

Double Pillow, 1794-95 (colour woodblock print; oban)
5860159 Double Pillow, 1794-95 (colour woodblock print; oban) by Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806); 38.5 x 25.7 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: by Kitagawa Utamaro 38.5 x 25.7 cm)

Two friends holding hands, 1912 (engraving)
7211668 Two friends holding hands, 1912 (engraving) by Meunier, R.V. (19th-20th century); (add.info.: Two sisters or two friends holding hands)

Sketch for the Painting Conversation, 1895 (oil on canvas)
7380028 Sketch for the Painting Conversation, 1895 (oil on canvas) by Mehoffer, Jozef (1869-1946); 47 x 77 cm; National Museum, Krakow, Poland; (add.info.: by Jozef Mehoffer (1869-1946))

Sir Endymion Porter and Van Dyck, 1635-36 (oil on canvas)
7378214 Sir Endymion Porter and Van Dyck, 1635-36 (oil on canvas) by Dyck, Anthony van (1599-1641); 119x144 cm; Prado, Madrid

Double portrait. Two friends, c. 1502 (oil on canvas)
7130035 Double portrait. Two friends, c.1502 (oil on canvas) by Giorgione (Giorgio da Castelfranco) (1477/78-1510) (attr.to); Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia, Rome

The visit, 1868, Silvestro Lega (painting)
7063018 The visit, 1868, Silvestro Lega (painting) by Lega, Silvestro (1826-95); Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: The visit, 1868)

Schoolmates, 1884 (tempera on canvas)
LAF470975 Schoolmates, 1884 (tempera on canvas) by Guthrie, James (1874-1952); 118.2x91.6 cm; Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Young girls by the sea, c. 1894 (oil on canvas)
7062544 Young girls by the sea, c. 1894 (oil on canvas) by Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919); (add.info.: Young girls by the sea, 1894 circa, Pierre Auguste Renoir)

Young girl and her Bull Terrier c. 1915 (b/w photo)
1126604 Young girl and her Bull Terrier c.1915 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; Prismatic Pictures

On the couch, 1885-1890 (oil on canvas)
7062551 On the couch, 1885-1890 (oil on canvas) by Zandomeneghi, Federigo (1841-1917); (add.info.: On the couch, 1885-1890, Federico Zandomeneghi, oil on canvas); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Girlfriends, two young woman embracing on a rowing boat by the lake, after a painting by L. Ridel
7279005 Girlfriends, two young woman embracing on a rowing boat by the lake, after a painting by L. Ridel by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girlfriends)

Children Practising Playing the Flute, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
7278822 Children Practising Playing the Flute, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century by Unknown Artist

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Good friends are like the warmth of a Victorian card, filled with heartfelt wishes and adorned with vibrant chromolitho colors. They bring comfort and joy, just like the Double Pillow from 1794-95, a color woodblock print that invites you to rest your worries upon its softness. In an engraving from 1912, two friends hold hands tightly, symbolizing their unbreakable bond. Their connection transcends time and reminds us of the importance of friendship throughout history. A sketch for the painting "Conversation" captures the essence engaging in lively discussions. Painted in 1895 on canvas, it immortalizes moments shared between kindred spirits who find solace in each other's company. Sir Endymion Porter and Van Dyck come alive in an oil-on-canvas masterpiece from 1635-36. This double portrait showcases their deep friendship as they gaze at one another with admiration and trust. Another double portrait painted around 1502 depicts two friends whose souls intertwine through brushstrokes on canvas. Their expressions reveal a profound understanding that surpasses words—a testament to true companionship. "The Visit, " a painting by Silvestro Lega from 1868, portrays two dear friends reuniting after a long separation. The joy radiating from their faces speaks volumes about the power of genuine connections that withstand distance and time. In "Schoolmates, " created in 1884 using tempera on canvas, we witness friendships blossoming amidst academic pursuits. These young minds forge bonds that will shape their lives forever—supporting each other through laughter and challenges alike. "Young girls by the sea" captured c. 1894 on oil canvas transports us to carefree days spent under azure skies alongside our closest confidantes. Together they explore life's mysteries while finding solace within nature's embrace.