Wives Collection (#52)

Cholera quarantine at Marseilles
Quarantine for officers of ships that are in detention, visited by their wives and children. Travel played a large part in the spread of disease

Polish King Converts
MIECZYSLAW I, Duke of Great Poland, after several pagan wives have failed to produce an heir, weds Christian Dombrowska, has a child, so converts to Christianity

Edward VII & Relatives
Finding that his train will pass that of the Tsar, Edward arranges for both to stop at Le Bourget, France, so they and their wives can briefly pass the time of day

Caesar & his Wives
GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR he repudiates his first wife POMPEIA and replaces her with CALPURNIA

Falklands / Return
Veterans of the conflict are kissed by their wives and girlfriends on their return to Britain

Folklore / Bigorne
The bigorne is a sexist creature which eats men who do as their wives tell them; though no longer politically correct, it may not be extinct

Lighthouse Afternoon Tea
At Norah Head lighthouse (Australia), social life is limited and founded solidly on the teapot! Here are a group of keepers and their wives taking afternoon tea

Skimmington Custom
At the Skimmington, or Stang, nagging wives are punished by being carried round in procession for all to mock

Hernes Oak / Merry Wives
A scene from The Merry Wives of Windsor, in which Falstaff falls beside Hernes Oak whilst impersonating Herne the Hunter, the phantom who haunts Windsor Great Park

Cholera / Quarantine / 1884
Quarantine at Marseilles: officers of the ships in detentions being visited by their wives and children

Nicaraguan Women Fight
A Nicaraguan womens regiment commanded by the wives of two generals is among those opposing the invading U.S. Marines

Krishna & Kaliya
Krishna defeats the 5 headed serpent Kaliya who had poisoned the Yamuna river. Kaliyas wives worship Krishna & plead for their husdand who is spared & sent away

MERRY WIVES... FALSTAFF
Act III, Scene v Falstaff is tipped out of the laundry basket & into the Thames

s / Speare. Merry Wives
Act III, Scene iii Falstaff with Mrs. Ford

Shakespeare / Wives of W
Act I, Scene iii Falstaff dispatches his billet-doux

Wives of Windsor / Falstaf
Act I, Scene iii Falstaff, Pistol & Bardolph enter the Garter Inn

Merry Wives / H B Tree
Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Falstaff, with Ellen Terry and Mrs Kendal

Visiting British Museum
A countryman, a soldier, a sailor, a Scot, with their wives and offspring, throng the Museum which at this time includes the Natural History Museum

Racial / Zulus & Wives 19C
Zulu warriors, with Chiefs wives

Bigorne / Eats Husband
The bigorne is a sexist creature which eats men who do as their wives tell them; though no longer politically correct, it may not be extinct

Merry Wives / Falstaff / A3
Sir John Falstaff thrown into the muddy ditch close by the Thames side Act III

Mixed Costume 1890S
Two young men (brothers. perhaps) and their wives, one with a child sitting on her lap

Falstaff in the Forest
Falstaff in Windsor Forest is surrounded by what he takes to be fairies and such

Falstaff and Flute at the tavern

Falstaff and Page
Falstaff and the page at the tavern

Hindu men at mealtime, India
Hindu men at mealtime, served by their womenfolk who are not permitted to eat with them

Shakespeare / Falstaff
Falstaff and his friends

Dee and Kelley
DR JOHN DEE and his assistant EDWARD KELLEY (with whom he exchanged wives from time to time) working magic

Scene from Shakespeares Merry Wives of Windsor
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor, in which Falstaff is concealed in a laundry basket by the merry wives, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page

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