Ritual, period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage

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Tom Jones and Sophia Western are seated together on a sofa as Squire Western enters the room with a riding whip. Stipple engraving by Peter Simon after J. Downman.

A female scorpion being led into a burrow by her mate. Reproduction of a photograph by P. H. Fabre.

An obese man wooing a tall lean woman outside a mausoleum; representing dropsy and consumption. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.

An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.

Ratudhvaja courting Madalasa with the help of a female chaperone. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Love, hand drawn illustration

A young man has discarded his hat on the grass and is gazing imploringly up into the face of a young woman. Engraving.

A man caresses a woman; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.

Apollo presiding over a gentleman of sensual appetite; representing the sanguine temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.

The wise virgins take their lamps to the newly married couple; the foolish virgins sleep. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after D.H. Friston.

A man woos a woman in a garden; representing the sanguine temperament. Engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

A prim older woman looks disapprovingly as a young couple walk off together arm in arm. Engraving by J. Brain after J.J. Jenkins.

A young man working in a watermill holds a large flat basket of bran and gazes adoringly at a young woman as she measures out bran into a drum. Lithograph after Jules David.

A man and a woman seated under a tree, with cattle nearby. Lithograph by H. Lecomte, 1819.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

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Courtship

Images from the collections

Images about Courtship

Works from the collections

A prim older woman looks disapprovingly as a young couple walk off together arm in arm. Engraving by J. Brain after J.J. Jenkins.

A young man working in a watermill holds a large flat basket of bran and gazes adoringly at a young woman as she measures out bran into a drum. Lithograph after Jules David.

A man and a woman seated under a tree, with cattle nearby. Lithograph by H. Lecomte, 1819.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

Love, hand drawn illustration

Courtship

Images from the collections

Images about Courtship

Works from the collections

A prim older woman looks disapprovingly as a young couple walk off together arm in arm. Engraving by J. Brain after J.J. Jenkins.

A young man working in a watermill holds a large flat basket of bran and gazes adoringly at a young woman as she measures out bran into a drum. Lithograph after Jules David.

A man and a woman seated under a tree, with cattle nearby. Lithograph by H. Lecomte, 1819.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

Love, hand drawn illustration

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