Silhouettes Collection

Little Billys Love Affair
One of a series of six humorous postcards. c.1907

Silhouette. Hansel & Gretel. The brother & sister lost in the woods. German. Date: circa 1912

Silhouette. The Frog Prince. The princess meets the frog. German. Date: 1920

Silhouette. Hansel & Gretel. The children find the house of the wicked witch. German. Date: circa 1915

Silhouette. Red Riding Hood. Cinderella meets the wicked wolf in the woods. German. Date: circa 1930

Silhouette. Red Riding Hood. Cinderella meets the wicked wolf in the woods. German. Date: 1916

Silhouette. Snow White. Snow White pricks her finger at the spinning wheel. German. Date: 1916

Silhouette. The Pied Piper. The Pied Piper leading the children out of the rat infested town of Hamelin. German. Date: circa 1920

Silhouette. Cinderella. Cinderella, her fairy godmother and the ugly sisters. Date: circa 1910

Silhouette. The Sleeping beauty. The prince awakens his true love. German. Date: 1920

Silhouette. Snow White. Snow White, the Prince and the seven dwarfs. German. Date: circa 1920

Silhouette. Red Riding Hood. Cinderella meets the wicked wolf in the woods. German. Date: 1920

Silhouette. King Thrushbeard. The minstrel takes the princess to his hovel where she must carry out menial household chores. German. circa 1909

Silhouette. Hansel & Gretel. The children find the house of the wicked witch. German. circa 1920

Silhouette. Der Sterntaler. Der Sterntaler (Star Money). A young girl finds that stars fall to earth and turn into talers (gold coins) after she has done good deeds, and she becomes rich. German

Silhouette. Princess & the Swineherd. The princess paying the swineherd 100 kisses for a menial pot. German. Date: circa 1920

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party is about to start at the castle. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party

Silhouette Calendar -- June

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- Nancy, Lady Arabellas nanny, asks the Duchess if she could look after the baby for a while. 1940

Silhouette Calendar -- October, Harvest Thanksgiving. Showing a girl and a boy taking part in a Harvest Festival church service. 20th century

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- the Duke and the herdsmans wife, followed by others, meet at the hawthorn tree in the middle of the common, to swap back Arabella and Betsy. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- the beginning of the mixup between the rich baby (Lady Arabella) and the poor baby (Betsy). 1940

Silhouette Calendar -- February, Saint Valentines Day. Showing a little boy handing a heart shape (perhaps a box of chocolates) to a girl. 20th century

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- nanny and toddler under a tree. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party

Silhouette Calendar -- March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb. Showing a little boy looking at three lambs on a hillside. 20th century

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- a cook busy baking in her kitchen, with a cat at her feet. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- the Duke and the herdsmans wife swap back Arabella and Betsy. 1940

Business card design, couple at a table
Business card design in green, gold and black, showing a silhouetted couple at a table, enjoying a glass of champagne. 20th century

Silhouette Calendar -- January, New Year Resolutions. Showing a little girl sewing at a table. 20th century

Silhouette Calendar -- September, Farewell to the swallows. Showing a girl and a boy watching the swallows fly away to warmer climes. 20th century

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- the hairdresser helps the Duchess get ready for the party. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- mistaken for Lady Arabella, little Betsy is unhappy at the castle. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- servants at the castle have a discussion. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- a footman carries off Betsy (mistaken for Lady Arabella), followed by Nancy the nanny. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- a cook in her kitchen, with a cat at her feet. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- Lady Arabella, mistaken for Betsy, is put into a cradle in the herdsmans cottage. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- Linda and Nancy, responsible for mixing up Lady Arabella and Betsy, meet under a tree. 1940

Silhouette Calendar -- August

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- four courtiers at the castle discuss arrangements for the party. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- the footman looks after Arabella for a while. 1940

Silhouette Calendar -- July

Profile portrait - Silhouette Date: 1926

Silhouette Calendar -- December, Christmas Parties. Showing a little boy running away from a girl who is standing expectantly under the mistletoe. 20th century

Tickety Tock - Silhouette illustration
Tickety Tock Silhouette Illustration -- four geese. 1934

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- the screaming Betsy, at the castle and mistaken for Lady Arabella, is carried away from the party. 1940

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party

Silhouette Calendar -- November, Guy Fawkes Day. Showing a little boy frightening two girls by lighting a firework. 20th century

Silhouette Calendar -- May
Silhouette Calendar -- Ne er cast a clout till May be out. Showing a little girl unwisely taking off her jacket on a mild May day. 20th century

Greetings card Date: circa 1925

Skipping Date: 1916

Greetings card. Children at play Date: circa 1925

Silhouette of three people in uniform. On the left, a woman in Women Royal Naval Service uniform (WREN) and in the middle, a lady in ATS uniform. The man on the right is a Royal Navy lieutenant

Blindmans Buff Date: 1916

Alma Mater silhouette Date: 1913

Pixies Shopping Date: circa 1949

Helping Daddy Date: circa 1949

Hoops Date: 1916

Youthful mirth silhouette Date: 1913

London silhouettes Date: 1914

At the Seaside Date: circa 1949

Silhouette, girl photographing dog
Silhouette of a girl photographing her dog with a box camera. (insert)

Hush-a-bye baby, thy cradle is green... 20th century

Three wise men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl. The bowl bended -- the story ended! 20th century

Young lambs to sell! Young lambs to sell! If I d as much money as I could tell I never would cry Young Lambs to sell! 20th century

Little Tommy Tittlemouse lived in a little house, He caught fishes for other mens dishes. 20th century

Girls & boys come out to play, the moon is shining bright as day... 20th century

Triptych Landscape - Mountain Lake - Left
A Triptych landscape of a waterfall leading into a mountain lake surrounded by little copices of trees in stark silhouette. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Moods of Mount Fuji - 4
A stylised painting by Malcolm Greensmith in the style of the Master Japanese woodcut artists of the late 18th and 19th centuries

Police Officer in silhouette
A police officer in helmet and cape directs traffic in London. Date: 1926

Flower-seller in silhouette
A Flower Girl, although she looks more like a lady of a certain age, seated next to the flowers she sells to Londoners each day. Date: 1926

Mother and child in silhouette
A homeless mother and child - described as a Madonna by the artist - captured on a London street in silhouette. Date: 1926

Cleopatras Needle in silhouette
Cleopatras Needle situated on the Victoria Embankment, London, watched over by the sphinx. The artist describes it rather poignantly as That Sad Stone. Date: 1926

Mannequin in silhouette
A mannequin in a smart ladies dress shop models a dress. Date: 1926

Antiquary in silhouette
An antique shop owner, admiring a small vase, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

Bellboy in silhouette
A bellboy in uniform carrying a small parcel, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

St Pauls pigeons in silhouette
A small child feeds the pigeons outside St Pauls Cathedral, a traditional gathering place for the avian vermin once upon a time before they moved on to Trafalgar Square

St Pauls Cathedral in silhouette
One of the most recognisable of London landmarks, St. Pauls Cathedral, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

The Embankment artist in silhouette
An artist on the Victoria Embankment, London takes a portrait of a small girl. Date: 1926

London Pool in silhouette
The Pool of London in silhouette, showing cranes at the docks lifting cargo and Tower Bridge in the distance with its crossing lifted up to let passing ships through. Date: 1926

Club Row in silhouette
A small girl delightedly happens upon a small dog in Club Row, near Brick Lane in the East End of London. Club Row was traditionally the place to pick up a pet at the dog and bird markets held there

Tea Time in silhouette
Two chic women of the 1920s enjoy a gossip over a cup of tea and a cigarette in a tea shop. Date: 1926

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