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Brides

Images

  • China: a Manchu bride. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • A young woman is sitting in a chair with a tapestry in a frame in front of her, trying to be distracted from the thought of her forced marriage. Engraving by W.H. Simmons, 1840, after J.H. Nixon.
  • A groom with his bride and a message to love faithfully and obey the christian way of life and avoid AIDS; an advertisement by the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. Colour lithograph by A.B.C. Ngónzi, ca. 1990's (?).
  • China: a Manchu bride. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • A bride and a bridegroom, as a warning to Americans to be examined for sexually transmitted diseases before marriage. Colour lithograph, ca. 1944.
All images (6)

Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    "The Bride"

    Dawe, active approximately 1949 | Date: 25 March 1949 | Reference: 2924462i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Pictures

    A young woman in her wedding dress holding flowers. Engraving by J. Cochran after A.E. Chalon.

    Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 28392i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A young woman is sitting in a chair with a tapestry in a frame in front of her, trying to be distracted from the thought of her forced marriage. Engraving by W.H. Simmons, 1840, after J.H. Nixon.

    Nixon, James Henry, approximately 1808- | Date: 1840 | Reference: 29994i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A groom with his bride and a message to love faithfully and obey the christian way of life and avoid AIDS; an advertisement by the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. Colour lithograph by A.B.C. Ngónzi, ca. 1990's (?).

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 678903i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A bride and a bridegroom, as a warning to Americans to be examined for sexually transmitted diseases before marriage. Colour lithograph, ca. 1944.

    | Date: [1944?] | Reference: 729226i
    Part of: VD graphic
All works (6)

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