Pals Collection (#3)

Letter N NAIVETE of the heart is charm and poesy, foolishly tasteless is NUAISERY. Engraving in " ABC
DUV4206590 Letter N NAIVETE of the heart is charm and poesy, foolishly tasteless is NUAISERY. Engraving in " ABC. Alphabet of good advice and mistakes to avoid". Ch

Page of London-related advertisements, 1928 (litho)
8629733 Page of London-related advertisements, 1928 (litho) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page of London-related advertisements, 1928)

Australian types: The "Hatter" (colour litho)
8630616 Australian types: The "Hatter" (colour litho) by Fullwood, Albert Henry (1863-1930); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (colour litho)
8643718 Illustration for The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (colour litho) by Brock, Charles Edmund (1870-1938) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Permit me to introduce my friends)

The Bible and temperance, 1848
1574867 The Bible and temperance, 1848; (add.info.: The Bible and temperance. A mechanic's friend gains a sum of money and persuades him to come out with him)

"Don't leave us, Nell, though the sky is bright. Do not leave us!", c.1920 (colour litho)
1122857 "Don't leave us, Nell, though the sky is bright. Do not leave us!", c.1920 (colour litho) by Reynolds

Steerforth
930958 Steerforth by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Personal History of David Copperfield published by Westminster Press circa 1920's)

Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens: Schoolboy's Story (litho)
8664372 Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens: Schoolboy's Story (litho) by Furniss, Harry (1854-1925) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Cheeseman's only Friend)

Illustration for Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (litho)
8664579 Illustration for Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (litho) by Furniss, Harry (1854-1925) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Friend (colour litho)
8633765 The Friend (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Friend. Illustration for The Prince of the House of David or Three Years in the Holy City by)

The tiger and his friend (engraving)
8636385 The tiger and his friend (engraving) by Ford, Henry Justice (1860-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: The tiger and his friend)

John Bull and his friends commemorating the peace (engraving)
8653587 John Bull and his friends commemorating the peace (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Bull and his friends commemorating the peace)

The Friends (engraving)
8650303 The Friends (engraving) by Behnes, William (c.1795-1864) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Friends. Illustration for The British School of Sculpture by William B Scott (Virtue)

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

Playing Hounds: A Fire Screen, c.1925 (wrought iron and steel mesh)
1767585 Playing Hounds: A Fire Screen, c.1925 (wrought iron and steel mesh) by Diederich, Wilhelm Hunt (1884-1953); 77.5x146.1x17.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Job and his friends, chromolithograph from a home bible, 1870
UIG5413224 Job and his friends, chromolithograph from a home bible, 1870; UIG

Indians of America, warriors of the Wampanoag tribe (living in the 17th century in present-day Massachusetts)
NWI4889180 Indians of America, warriors of the Wampanoag tribe (living in the 17th century in present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island) bringing a deer to British settlers in New England

United States, State of Pennsylvania: Wampum, or sewan (belt used by American Indians) received by William (Guillaume)
NWI4967211 United States, State of Pennsylvania: Wampum, or sewan (belt used by American Indians) received by William (Guillaume) Penn in commemoration of his trade with the Indians of Pennsylvania

Two English country ladies sit in quiet conversation, 1867
3479878 Two English country ladies sit in quiet conversation, 1867; (add.info.: Two English country ladies sit in quiet conversation. English illustration 1867.); Universal History Archive/UIG

French and American Indian fur traders dancing at a party in the North American forest with Indians
NWI4827325 French and American Indian fur traders dancing at a party in the North American forest with Indians. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Letter J: Evening Games. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R. Stop!, publisher, Paris, circa 1916
DUV4209282 Letter J: Evening Games. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R. Stop!, publisher, Paris, circa 1916

Letter J. Young children playing. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " The Great Bebe Alphabet"
DUV4210214 Letter J. Young children playing. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " The Great Bebe Alphabet". Paul Bernardin, bookseller-publisher, Paris, circa 1900

Letter U: A bad dream. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R. Stop!, publisher, Paris, circa 1916
DUV4209468 Letter U: A bad dream. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R. Stop!, publisher, Paris, circa 1916

Letters E and F: Cheeky and Fierce. Engraving in " Usual alphabet "
DUV4207408 Letters E and F: Cheeky and Fierce. Engraving in " Usual alphabet ". Illustrations on the theme of qualities and defects in children. A. Quantin, printer-publisher, 1885

France, Poitou-Charentes, Vienne (86), Chatellerault: presentation of the bell offered by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
LUX4756444 France, Poitou-Charentes, Vienne (86), Chatellerault: presentation of the bell offered by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, 1897; (add.info.: France, Poitou-Charentes, Vienne (86)

Patriotic map showing in a dream trench a Belgian soldier plays an accordeon air in front of cheerful French
LUX4743619 Patriotic map showing in a dream trench a Belgian soldier plays an accordeon air in front of cheerful French and English soldiers

Trial of Jean II, Duke of Alencon (d1476) Vendome and friend of Joan of Arc, 1458
536055 Trial of Jean II, Duke of Alencon (d1476) Vendome and friend of Joan of Arc, 1458, accused of plotting with the English against France during the Hundred Years War

Achilles, hero of Homer's Iliad bandaging the wound of his friend Patroclus
537570 Achilles, hero of Homer's Iliad bandaging the wound of his friend Patroclus. 13th-12th BC (drawing based on an antique vase); Universal History Archive/UIG

Holy Land: "Friend, go up higher, " Belladeen hospitality (colour litho)
8642387 Holy Land: "Friend, go up higher, " Belladeen hospitality (colour litho) by Clark, James (1858-1943) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Friend, go up higher)

An American window for "Thanksgiving" (b/w photo)
8651176 An American window for "Thanksgiving" (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Making Friends with the Tartars (engraving)
8649847 Making Friends with the Tartars (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making Friends with the Tartars)

"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")

What a comfort you are to a pal (colour litho)
8656744 What a comfort you are to a pal (colour litho) by Richardson, Agnes (1854-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: "What a comfort you are to a pal." Girl sitting with her dog)

With love on your birthday (colour litho)
8656747 With love on your birthday (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: With love on your birthday)

Large group of swimmers standing in the water (b/w photo)
8621698 Large group of swimmers standing in the water (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Large group of swimmers standing in the water)

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

London streets: Bertha meets with many Friends (engraving)
8673549 London streets: Bertha meets with many Friends (engraving) by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bertha meets with many Friends)

Sea Adventure: The mutiny of the "Dreadnought" (colour litho)
8668756 Sea Adventure: The mutiny of the "Dreadnought" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Queen Isabella of Bavaria, (gouache over traces of pencil on whatman board)
827464 Queen Isabella of Bavaria, (gouache over traces of pencil on whatman board) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); 33.4x30.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Isabella of Bavaria)

United States, State of Georgia: Yamacraw Indians welcome James Olglethorpe
NWI4965157 United States, State of Georgia: Yamacraw Indians welcome James Olglethorpe and the first English settlers who settled in Georgia in 1733

Representation of Raphael de Valentin and Rastignac dancing after Rastignac's victory in the game - illustration
ELD4933737 Representation of Raphael de Valentin and Rastignac dancing after Rastignac's victory in the game - illustration from the novel "La peau de soragrin" by Honore de Balzac

Former President Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) surrounds his friends in the smokehouse in William Collins Whitney's
NWI4936659 Former President Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) surrounds his friends in the smokehouse in William Collins Whitney's equestrian farm (1841-1904)

Marie-Blanche Vasnier, friend and muse of French Composer Claude Debussy
3586287 Marie-Blanche Vasnier, friend and muse of French Composer Claude Debussy; (add.info.: Marie-Blanche Vasnier, friend and muse of French Composer Claude Debussy)

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist and mathematician, using a prism to break white light into spectrum
533535 Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist and mathematician, using a prism to break white light into spectrum. With Cambridge room mate John Wickins

Farmyard Friends, 1937 (oil on canvas)
828471 Farmyard Friends, 1937 (oil on canvas) by Hunt, Edgar (1876-1953); 30.5x45.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Farmyard Friends. Edgar Hunt (1876-1953). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1937

Charles-Jean-Francois Henault d'Armorezan, called President Henault (1685-1770)
ELD4901856 Charles-Jean-Francois Henault d'Armorezan, called President Henault (1685-1770) rescuing from the manuscript of La henriade from burning

The round table of Frederic II of Prussia (1712-1786) with Voltaire (Francois Marie) Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778)
ELD4897733 The round table of Frederic II of Prussia (1712-1786) with Voltaire (Francois Marie) Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778), among other invited Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argen

History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. American Indian joining cow boys around a
NWI4888312 History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. American Indian joining cow boys around a campfire, late 19th century

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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.