Pals Collection (#2)

Letchworth: Society of Friends Meeting House (b/w photo)
8638954 Letchworth: Society of Friends Meeting House (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Society of Friends Meeting House)

Looking for his dear old Dutch. Puzzle find his better half (colour litho)
8656642 Looking for his dear old Dutch. Puzzle find his better half (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Looking for his dear old Dutch)

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

Protecting our Friends (litho)
8667383 Protecting our Friends (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Protecting our Friends)

"Friend and foe treated each other like good comrades." (litho)
8634753 "Friend and foe treated each other like good comrades." (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Our Countryside, 1938: Home from the Fields (b/w photo)
8671516 Our Countryside, 1938: Home from the Fields (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Home from the Fields)

Sea Adventure: Erik the Red (colour litho)
8668728 Sea Adventure: Erik the Red (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Erik the Red)

The Soiree, 1905 (watercolour, gouache and pencil on cream paper laid down on pape)
985263 The Soiree, 1905 (watercolour, gouache and pencil on cream paper laid down on pape) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 45x60.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Soiree)

1929 - two Girls under Link Bridge in Chicago (b/w photo)
7133853 1929 - two Girls under Link Bridge in Chicago (b/w photo); (add.info.: 1929 - two Girls under Link Bridge in Chicago); GG Vintage Images; UIG

Card-players, 1850 (painting)
8719849 Card-players, 1850 (painting) by Tidemand, Adolph (1814-76); 54x65 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: By Adolph Tidemand (1814-1876)); Photo © O. Vaering

Mr Winkle on the ice (Pickwick Papers) (colour litho)
3666922 Mr Winkle on the ice (Pickwick Papers) (colour litho) by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colour lithograph from unknown source)

Mr Micawber (David Copperfield) (colour litho)
3666918 Mr Micawber (David Copperfield) (colour litho) by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colour lithograph from unknown source)

First World War: France, Two soldiers in uniform in an idyllic trench surrounded by good wine
LUX4738808 First World War: France, Two soldiers in uniform in an idyllic trench surrounded by good wine and good bread trains to shoot, in good spirits, at the enemy, titled: In the trench

Familiarity demonstration of French emperor Napoleon I with one of soldiers Illustration by Raymond de Neziere in
ELD4862881 Familiarity demonstration of French emperor Napoleon I with one of soldiers Illustration by Raymond de Neziere in "Nos-Gloriers-Nationales" 1920 DR Private collection by Neziere

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: military life, a room with four soldiers who share
LUX4786641 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: military life, a room with four soldiers who share, sitting on their respective beds, wine in a recipient, 1890; (add.info.: France, Centre)

Duties of the child at school: Duties towards our comrades. Sick schoolboy brought home by two good comrades
DUV4212837 Duties of the child at school: Duties towards our comrades. Sick schoolboy brought home by two good comrades. Engraving in " The unique book of morality and civic instruction

A group of men with wine bottles, rifles and glass poses in front of a sign at the rendezvous des enfants du delire
LUX4719693 A group of men with wine bottles, rifles and glass poses in front of a sign at the rendezvous des enfants du delire, 1870; (add.info.: A group of men with wine bottles)

Schoolers chatting, surprised by the master (teacher) who heads towards them by waving a cane
PCT4277458 Schoolers chatting, surprised by the master (teacher) who heads towards them by waving a cane. School, chatter, punishment.; (add.info.: Schoolers chatting)

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

Dr Barnardo and Lord Shaftesbury (litho)
8670452 Dr Barnardo and Lord Shaftesbury (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr Barnardo and Lord Shaftesbury)

Harry Mizler (b/w photo)
8671542 Harry Mizler (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harry Mizler. Amateur champion at three weights, Bantam (1930)

Sir Walter Scott meets John Leyden in a bookshop (litho)
8673213 Sir Walter Scott meets John Leyden in a bookshop (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Walter Scott meets John Leyden in a bookshop)

Sanchez de Vargas appears to his old comrades (litho)
8673198 Sanchez de Vargas appears to his old comrades (litho) by Sheldon, Charles Mills (1866-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (litho)
8637187 Illustration for Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (litho) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

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

We won't go home until daybreak (colour litho)
8635553 We won't go home until daybreak (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: We won't go home until daybreak)

We're not going home (colour litho)
8635572 We're not going home (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: We're not going home. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Best of friends (coloured photo)
8635409 Best of friends (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Best of friends, cat and dog. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Edmund Burke with Sir Joshua Reynolds and his friends (litho)
8673152 Edmund Burke with Sir Joshua Reynolds and his friends (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edmund Burke with Sir Joshua Reynolds)

Job and his Friends, Job, Ch II, v 11 (engraving)
8653491 Job and his Friends, Job, Ch II, v 11 (engraving) by Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie (1804-60) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Job and his Friends, Job, Ch II, v 11)

Virgil reciting his poems to Augustus and their friend Gallus as they walked (litho)
8641817 Virgil reciting his poems to Augustus and their friend Gallus as they walked (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sympathy (colour litho)
8641622 Sympathy (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sympathy. Illustration for The Prize, 1889.); © Look and Learn

Illustration for The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (colour litho)
8643721 Illustration for The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (colour litho) by Brock, Charles Edmund (1870-1938) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cook's mate, 19th century (pen, ink)
7341823 Cook's mate, 19th century (pen, ink) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 25.2x18.9 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Thomas Rowlandson Depicts clothing)

At the Piano, (oil on canvas)
651477 At the Piano, (oil on canvas) by Priechenfried, Alois Heinrich (1867-1953); 75x100 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: At the Piano. Alois Heinrich Priechenfried (1867-1953). Oil on canvas

Rosalind gives her necklace to Orlando: "Sir, wear this in my memory"
AIS5354593 Rosalind gives her necklace to Orlando: "Sir, wear this in my memory", Illustration for "As You Like It", by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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)

Group portrait of Inuit girls and women, 1854 (b/w photo)
7340153 Group portrait of Inuit girls and women, 1854 (b/w photo) by Inglefield, Admiral Edward Augustus (1820-94); National Maritime Museum, London

Marcus and Narcissa Prentiss Whitman (1808-1847) caring for a sick American Indian during the expedition of
NWI4887512 Marcus and Narcissa Prentiss Whitman (1808-1847) caring for a sick American Indian during the expedition of Whitman's mission to Oregon to the United States (USA) in the 1840s

Louis de Breze (1463-1531) - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatic Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais
JEB4934867 Louis de Breze (1463-1531) - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatic Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) - (The Capricious Dreams of Pantagruel)

Meeting of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) and Michel Duroc (1772-1813) during the siege of Toulon 1793
ELD4942133 Meeting of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) and Michel Duroc (1772-1813) during the siege of Toulon 1793 (Meeting of Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Duroc during the siege of Toulon)

First World War: France, Patriotic image showing two children one disguise as an Italian soldier the other French
LUX4738125 First World War: France, Patriotic image showing two children one disguise as an Italian soldier the other French holding by hand and declaring: like our grandfathers and like our fathers

The German Emperor William II visited the former imperial Eugenia, 1907 (print)
JLJ4661291 The German Emperor William II visited the former imperial Eugenia, 1907 (print); Private Collection; (add.info)

English dandies at the home of a bankrupt friend as he is evicted for debt
FLO4662124 English dandies at the home of a bankrupt friend as he is evicted for debt. Tom and Jerry taking the hint at Logic's beling blown up at Point Nonplus or long wanted by John Doe

Louise Motier de Lafayette, 1618-1665, French broker and friend to King Louis XIII
FLO4571798 Louise Motier de Lafayette, 1618-1665, French broker and friend to King Louis XIII. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres portfolios from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka

Letter V, W, X, Y and Z. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " The Great Bebe Alphabet"
DUV4210292 Letter V, W, X, Y and Z. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " The Great Bebe Alphabet". Paul Bernardin, bookseller-publisher, Paris, circa 1900. Bibliotheque des Bebes

Letter F, G, H and I. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " Le grand alphabet de Bebe"
DUV4210181 Letter F, G, H and I. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " Le grand alphabet de Bebe". Paul Bernardin, bookseller-publisher, Paris, circa 1900. Bibliotheque des Bebes

Letter A and B: Adroit and Boudeuse. Engraving in " Usual Alphabet"
DUV4207393 Letter A and B: Adroit and Boudeuse. Engraving in " Usual Alphabet". Illustrations on the theme of quality and defect in children. A. Quinn, printer-publisher, 1885

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"Pals: A Tapestry of Friendship and Connection" In a world filled with chaos and uncertainty, the concept has transcended time and boundaries, weaving together stories of camaraderie that warm our hearts. From Old Bill kneeling in front of the Cenotaph in Whitehall, paying homage to fallen comrades during World War II, to the iconic WW2 poster "The Girl Who Isn't There, " reminding us of the bonds forged on the battlefield. They have become national archetypes - symbols of unity and solidarity. They come in various forms; twist or affectionate pals who share laughter and tears through thick and thin. Like beach pals, three young ladies strolling along the seafront, their carefree spirits dancing with every crashing wave. But friendship extends beyond human connections alone. Even death itself has been personified as a poor man's friend since 1850, offering solace amidst life's hardships. Victorian cards adorned with chromolitho illustrations whisper sentiments like "To Wish you a Happy Christmas, " capturing moments when friends reach out across distances. Art too immortalizes these cherished bonds; from double pillows depicted in a vivid 1794-95 woodblock print to pencil outlines tracing The Friends of Job fresco attributed to Taddeo Gaddi in Pisa's Camposanto. Engravings freeze intimate gestures like two friends holding hands in 1912 or two small boys peering curiously at Placa des Esplanada in Es Castell and can more than just companions; they are pillars upon which we lean for support during life's trials. They remind us that no matter how dark things may seem, there is always someone by our side ready to offer comfort and understanding. So let us celebrate these extraordinary connections - those timeless friendships that transcend borders, eras, and even mortality itself. For it is within these precious relationships that true joy resides – forever intertwined like threads in the tapestry of life.