Happiness Collection (#4)

A betrothal festival in the olden time (engraving)
8631130 A betrothal festival in the olden time (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A betrothal festival in the olden time)

Romance (colour litho)
8634686 Romance (colour litho) by Richardson, Agnes (1854-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Romance. Illustration for The Agnes Richardson Annual (Birn Bros, nd).); © Look and Learn

Pigs in their sty (engraving)
8652576 Pigs in their sty (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pigs in their sty. Illustration for Home Words (1885).); © Look and Learn

The daisy chain (colour litho)
8652469 The daisy chain (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The daisy chain)

"Might Have Been's" (colour litho)
8651758 "Might Have Been's" (colour litho) by Beddington, Alice Maud (1862-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Might Have Been's." Children of the Village)

On his own Account (colour litho)
8651757 On his own Account (colour litho) by Beddington, Alice Maud (1862-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: On his own Account)

Votaries of the Weed No 43 (colour litho)
8660532 Votaries of the Weed No 43 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 43)

Votaries of the Weed No 38 (colour litho)
8660526 Votaries of the Weed No 38 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Votaries of the Weed, No 38)

Let's kiss and make up! (colour litho)
8656733 Let's kiss and make up! (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Let's kiss and make up! Postcard, early 20th century)

Prehistoric diet: "A mastodon chop or an ichthyosaurus cutlet." (litho)
8634860 Prehistoric diet: "A mastodon chop or an ichthyosaurus cutlet." (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prehistoric diet)

Ain't love the funny thing? (litho)
8656652 Ain't love the funny thing? (litho) by Horina, Hans (1865-1918); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ain't love the funny thing? A spinster wearing spectacles)

The honeymoon (colour litho)
8656637 The honeymoon (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The honeymoon. "My own little Tootsie-Wootsie." Affectionate couple in a chair)

May your life be one continuous smile (colour litho)
8656574 May your life be one continuous smile (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: May your life be one continuous smile. Postcard, early 20th century)

Many congratulations (colour litho)
8656182 Many congratulations (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Many congratulations. Man with a new baby)

Splice the Main-Brace! (b/w photo)
8664052 Splice the Main-Brace! (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Splice the Main-Brace)

London workers on their annual day trip to the country by horse-brake, 1900 (b/w photo)
8626616 London workers on their annual day trip to the country by horse-brake, 1900 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Women queueing to buy margarine, World War I, 1918 (b/w photo)
8626479 Women queueing to buy margarine, World War I, 1918 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women queueing to buy margarine, World War I)

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Advertising card for Royal Vinolia talcum powder (chromolitho)
8677629 Advertising card for Royal Vinolia talcum powder (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho)
8677398 Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Sleeping Beauty)

The Dying Year (colour litho)
8674438 The Dying Year (colour litho) by Miles, Helen J.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dying Year)

Bucherfreunde / Book Lovers (colour litho)
8666135 Bucherfreunde / Book Lovers (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bucherfreunde)

The land of Cocagne, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4836669 The land of Cocagne, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mythical land of plenty, an imaginary place of extreme luxury and ease where physical comforts)

Workers holiday day, meals and leisure - Work men's holiday - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4980219 Workers holiday day, meals and leisure - Work men's holiday - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Workers holiday day)

Everyday life, Victorian England: families gathered for a summer picnic by a river
NWI4882807 Everyday life, Victorian England: families gathered for a summer picnic by a river. Leisure varies, games, boating, nap, conversation... around 1870

Discover the New World: Christopher Columbus and his crew aboard the "Santa Maria approached the New World coasts
NWI4901168 Discover the New World: Christopher Columbus and his crew aboard the "Santa Maria approached the New World coasts in 1492. Engraving

The land of Cocagne, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4836545 The land of Cocagne, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mythical land of plenty, an imaginary place of extreme luxury and ease where physical comforts)

Secession War or American Civil War (1861-1865): the arrival of the steamboat "Imperial"
NWI4831875 Secession War or American Civil War (1861-1865): the arrival of the steamboat "Imperial", the armour of the Union, in New Orleans (Louisiana), arriving from Saint Louis

The arrival of General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (or Lafayette, 1757-1834), in New York Bay
NWI4943254 The arrival of General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (or Lafayette, 1757-1834), in New York Bay, to begin his grand tour of the United States of America from 1824 to 1825

Cover of " Les Corbeaux (Paris)", number 173, Satirique en Couleurs, 1908_7_19: July 14
ICA4875434 Cover of " Les Corbeaux (Paris)", number 173, Satirique en Couleurs, 1908_7_19: July 14! - Anticlericalism - Separation of Church and State

The good mother. English engraving. Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library
CUL4872008 The good mother. English engraving. Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library; Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: The good mother)

Italy, Sicily: in a village alley, children play and dance, 1890
LUX4779555 Italy, Sicily: in a village alley, children play and dance, 1890; (add.info.: Italy, Sicily: in a village alley, children play and dance, 1890); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

First World War: France, Patriotic Map of a Woman and Daughter Visiting Husband Wounded Resting in a Field Hospital
LUX4741011 First World War: France, Patriotic Map of a Woman and Daughter Visiting Husband Wounded Resting in a Field Hospital

First World War: France, Postcard showing a couple of lovers declaring their love during a leave, 1917
LUX4736776 First World War: France, Postcard showing a couple of lovers declaring their love during a leave, 1917, it is by loving each other that happiness comes quickest into our hearts; (add.info)

First World War: France, Drawing showing the letter of the front soldier in his family, 1915
LUX4737212 First World War: France, Drawing showing the letter of the front soldier in his family, 1915; (add.info.: First World War - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1): France

First World War: France, Greeting Card showing a soldier's family gathers around Christmas gifts
LUX4739539 First World War: France, Greeting Card showing a soldier's family gathers around Christmas gifts and thinking of the soldier's victorious return to the front under the arch of

First World War: France, Postcard showing a couple of lovers declaring their love during a leave, 1917
LUX4736757 First World War: France, Postcard showing a couple of lovers declaring their love during a leave, 1917, without love what is existence

First World War: France, humorous postcard showing the 3 perms of the hairy with a bonus of 3 new ones and titled
LUX4736692 First World War: France, humorous postcard showing the 3 perms of the hairy with a bonus of 3 new ones and titled: " rejoui, resigne et desespere"

Letter H: hood, hippo. Engraving in ABC of toys''. 1931 (engraving)
DUV4208324 Letter H: hood, hippo. Engraving in ABC of toys''. 1931 (engraving) by Neziere, Raymond de la (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter H: hood, hippo)

Letter G: On the Ice, Gaston walks by sledding, little Gabrielle. Engraving in " ABC fun"
DUV4207524 Letter G: On the Ice, Gaston walks by sledding, little Gabrielle. Engraving in " ABC fun". Monrocq Freres, editors, beginning of the 20th century. 20 pages. Dim: 24, 5x18, 5cm

Letter F: Happy Feast! Grandma! Engraving in " ABC fun". Monrocq Freres, editors
DUV4207516 Letter F: Happy Feast! Grandma! Engraving in " ABC fun". Monrocq Freres, editors, beginning of the 20th century. 20 pages. Dim: 24, 5x18, 5cm

Dentist laughing as he uses pincers to pull a bad tooth from the mouth of an old woman
FLO4718324 Dentist laughing as he uses pincers to pull a bad tooth from the mouth of an old woman. Copperplate engraving after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier) (1708-1786)

Physician laughing as he pulls a patient's tooth with string. Copperplate engraving after a satirical illustration
FLO4718308 Physician laughing as he pulls a patient's tooth with string. Copperplate engraving after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier) (1708-1786)

France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Epernay: Un bas relief by Gustave Navlet (1832-1915)
LUX4711694 France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Epernay: Un bas relief by Gustave Navlet (1832-1915) represents a feast with champagne in the 8th century, 1883; (add.info.: France)

France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Lunaire (Saint Lunaire): man in a hammock, 1903
LUX4782594 France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Lunaire (Saint Lunaire): man in a hammock, 1903; (add.info.: France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

Fukurokuju, Japanese god of wisdom, wealth, long life and happiness, with a turtle, one of his associated animals
528379 Fukurokuju, Japanese god of wisdom, wealth, long life and happiness, with a turtle, one of his associated animals. One of Japan's seven lucky gods

Here and There: Or, Emigration a Remedy': Cartoon from Punch, London, 1848
527865 Here and There: Or, Emigration a Remedy': Cartoon from Punch, London, 1848, contrasting the misery of the poorly paid or unemployed British worker with the happiness

Blood letting: physician bleeding a patient from the arm. 1596 (woodcut from a translation by Sir John Harrington of a)
527531 Blood letting: physician bleeding a patient from the arm. 1596 (woodcut from a translation by Sir John Harrington of a 12th or 13th century poem based on the Salernian Rule of Health)

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Happiness is a timeless masterpiece, painted by the brushstrokes of life itself. From Benjamin Lay's revolutionary spirit in the 18th century to HRH Queen Elizabeth II's regal grace, happiness transcends time and space. Just like Edward Atkinson Hornel's vibrant depiction of The Coming of Spring, it blooms in our hearts with every passing season. In the realm of love and joy, we witness a couple on a tennis court, their smiles mirroring the exuberant woman jumping in the foreground. As William Heath Robinson raises his comical toast to happiness, we are reminded that laughter truly is an elixir for our souls. From picturesque Juan les Pins travel posters enticing us with promises of sun-kissed bliss to Titian's Noli Me Tangere captivating us with its profound beauty, happiness takes many forms. It dances through our lives like a couple jumping on a tennis court, their infectious enthusiasm spreading like wildfire. Even amidst challenging times, such as Pope Francis leaving on his Popemobile after his weekly general audience or during moments when uncertainty looms large like The Kitchen-God watching over us silently; happiness finds its way into our hearts if we open ourselves up to its embrace. Just as Gustav Klimt immortalized passion and tenderness in The Kiss or when jumpers leapt for joy at Camber Sands in Sussex back in 1934; these snapshots remind us that true happiness lies within simple pleasures and genuine connections. So let us cherish each moment and celebrate this eternal pursuit called 'happiness. ' For it is not confined to any era or canvas but resides within each one of us waiting to be discovered.