Invitation Collection (#6)

Aufforderung zum Tanz (colour litho)
2775704 Aufforderung zum Tanz (colour litho) by Reznicek, Ferdinand von (1868-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aufforderung zum Tanz)

Comic postcard, Cockerel and hens, egg production, WW2 Date: 1940s

Original Artwork - Come to tea invitation. Date: circa 1937

Original Artwork - Card accepting a party invitation
Original Artwork - Design for a card accepting a party invitation - a young boy in red tie and red school cap. Date: circa 1937

Original Artwork - Design for a novelty Christmas card - Invitation - sprig of mistletoe hanging over a comfy armchair Date: circa 1937

Original Artwork - design for party invitation - Its a Date
Original Artwork - design for a party invitation - Its a Date! Boy with fizzy juice drink, girl with cup of tea. Date: circa 1937

Original Artwork - Design for a Party Invitation - a girl and boy arrive and ring the doorbell - Do Come! Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Large woman at the seaside - bath chairs for hire Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boy and girl standing by a tree Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl with sweeping brush Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boy and girl with a go-kart Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Piglets at lunchtime Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man enjoying a glass of beer on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, ambiguous Christmas invitation Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Girl and boy chat over a gate Date: 20th century

Fashionable Flapper on Her Way to a Party, 1928 (screen print)
2622377 Fashionable Flapper on Her Way to a Party, 1928 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Invitation to Mr. Whistlers Ten O Clock, 1885
2972791 Invitation to Mr. Whistlers Ten O Clock, 1885 (engraving in black with additions in pen and black ink and watercolour on tan card, with metal grommet) by Whistler

Grande Cordonnerie Fernand, Boulevard St Martin, Paris - an invitation to visit their new salons. Date: late 19th century

Comic postcard, Man propositions barmaid Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Edinburgh Exhibition - invitation to flip-flap Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance woman and drunkard Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy and girl chat over the garden fence. Anytime you re not busy just think of me! Date: 20th century

A gloriously ornate invitation from Her Excellency The Ambassadress of Turkey (Stefanaki Musurus Pasa) to the Launch of Turkish State Barge Seughudlu, built at Elswick Shipyard

Ice skating, Man talking to Woman (colour photo)
3092894 Ice skating, Man talking to Woman (colour photo) by Austrian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ice skating, Man talking to Woman)

Photograph of Invitation PH, Battersea, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Party Invitation
Young girl and her dolls getting ready for a party. Date: circa 1930

The London Sketch Club
Invitation to a London Sketch Club event. Artist: Edmund Dulac Date: 1906

Title page with vignette of enslaved man with chain around his neck under a palm tree. Copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Africa for the Amusement

Festin dans le parc du chateau - Feast in the castle park, by Velde, Esaias
FIA5409659 Festin dans le parc du chateau - Feast in the castle park, by Velde, Esaias, van de (1591-1630). Oil on wood, 1624. Dimension : 47, 2x67, 1 cm

Diner distingue dans un interieur - Distinguished Dinner Company in an Interior, by Delen
FIA5407900 Diner distingue dans un interieur - Distinguished Dinner Company in an Interior, by Delen, Dirck van (c. 1605-1671). Oil on canvas, 1631. Dimension : 43, 4x68, 5 cm

Artwork by Honore Daumier (1808-1879). Charivari dates from 1853
JEB4851971 Artwork by Honore Daumier (1808-1879). Charivari dates from 1853: Serie ALL WHAT YOU WILL WILL " You ll excuse me, I ll sit at the table. About it! Did you dine? - No, not yet

Princess Shirin (Chirin) receives Farhad in her Persian miniature castle illustrating an
JLJ4659981 Princess Shirin (Chirin) receives Farhad in her Persian miniature castle illustrating an episode of Nizamis " Khamsa" (Five poems) (1141-1209)

The patre and the lion (Le patre et le lion) - Fables by La Fontaine
DUV4214484 The patre and the lion (Le patre et le lion) - Fables by La Fontaine, 19th century (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); Private Collection; (add.info)

Invitation pour la premiere representation de "La Chauve - souris"
GIA4740827 Invitation pour la premiAre representation de " La Chauve - souris" de Johann Strauss A Vienne le 5 avril 1874

Feast at Pavlovsk Palace, summer residence of Tsar Paul I Painting of Metterleir
JLJ4681952 Feast at Pavlovsk Palace, summer residence of Tsar Paul I Painting of Metterleir (1750-1825) 1790 Museum of History, Saint Petersburg by Mettenleiter

Allegory of the invitation as a young man with a laughing face inviting to a table
XEE4136008 Allegory of the invitation as a young man with a laughing face inviting to a table covered with dishes. The torch he holds is the attribute of Comus, god of feasts and night parties

An Invitation to Dance; Aufforderung zum Tanze (oil on canvas)
1764984 An Invitation to Dance; Aufforderung zum Tanze (oil on canvas) by Baumgartner, Peter (1834-1911); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Invitation to Dance; Aufforderung zum Tanze)

Illustrated frontispiece from the childrens book, The Butterfly
986342 Illustrated frontispiece from the childrens book, The Butterflys Ball and the Grasshoppers Feast by William Roscoe (1753-1831), 1807 (hand-coloured engraving) by Mulready

The Boating Party, (oil on canvas)
658197 The Boating Party, (oil on canvas) by Garcia Mencia, Antonio (1852-1918); 38.1x42 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Boating Party. Antonio Garcia Mencia (1853-1915). Oil on canvas

Invitation to visit a country seat: outside toilet (chromolitho)
5996018 Invitation to visit a country seat: outside toilet (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Invitation to visit a country seat: outside toilet)

The Parables of Christ: The Parable of the Great Supper (chromolitho)
6001774 The Parables of Christ: The Parable of the Great Supper (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Parables of Christ)

Invitation to a Game of Argolla, by Murillo
Invitation to a Game of Argolla [a form of croquet], by Murillo, in the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. Depicting two beggar boys and a dog. Date: circa 1660s

Jesus invited to dinner with the Pharisee, illustration from the Gospel of Saint Luke
DGC398026 Jesus invited to dinner with the Pharisee, illustration from the Gospel of Saint Luke, chapter 11:37, 1728 (engraving) by Debrie

Ticket for the Tiverton School Feast, 1740, engraved by J. Moore (litho)
XJF397697 Ticket for the Tiverton School Feast, 1740, engraved by J. Moore (litho) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Invitation to the dinner of the Clerkenwell Charity School (engraving)
605233 Invitation to the dinner of the Clerkenwell Charity School (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Invitation to the State Opening of the British Empire Exhibition (engraving)
603513 Invitation to the State Opening of the British Empire Exhibition (engraving) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Parish of St Giless Cripplegate, beating the bounds, invitation, 1860 (engraving)
582892 Parish of St Giless Cripplegate, beating the bounds, invitation, 1860 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parish of St Giless Cripplegate)

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