Prettiness Vintage and Historic Cartoons

Artist asking a lady to sit for him

Artist:
du Maurier, George
Search ID:
csl3534
High Res:
1599x1517 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
art, artist, artists, painting, painter, paints, paint, picture, pictures, pose, posing, sit, sitting, model, models, pretty, prettiness, figure, figures, polite, politeness, manners, etiquette, ugly, ugliness, unattractive, attractive, presumptuous, presume, assume, assuming, art

Ugly lady offers to sit for artist's painting

Artist:
du Maurier, George
Search ID:
csl4364
High Res:
1871x1840 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
art, artists, artist, painter, painting, paintings, picture, pictures, subject, subjects, beauty, appearance, looks, pretty, prettiness, presumptuous, impertinent, impertinence, assumptions, ugly, dilemma, quandary, predicament, appearance, appearances, aesthetics, art

'You are Wenus, you know'

Artist:
Phiz - Hablot Knight Browne
Search ID:
csl4783
High Res:
2256x1888 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
women, girls, ladies, beauty, attraction, love, attractive, attractiveness, venus, pretty, prettiness, emma haredale, dolly varden, miggs, dennis, hangman, hangmen, barnaby rudge, rudge, dickens, charles dickens

Two young ladies discussing whether a girl is pretty

Artist:
Leech, John
Search ID:
csl5229
High Res:
2828x1860 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
women, ladies, girl, youth, appearance, appearances, beauty, beautiful, attractive, attractiveness, unattractive, pretty, attention, prettiness, affected, bitter, jealous, jealousy, men, ugly, piano, centre of attention, judge, judging

Lady who thinks a servant girl has tried to imitate her curls.

Artist:
Leech, John
Search ID:
csl5739
High Res:
1188x1965 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
servant, servants, servant girl, servant girls, maid, maids, staff, domestic, domestic staff, hair, hairstyle, hairstyles, fashion, fashions, fashionable, appearance, appearances, beauty, pretty, prettiness, age, old, young, youth, respect, becoming, deference, prudence, prudent

Trilby - 'Sweet Alice'

Artist:
du Maurier, George
Search ID:
csl5895
High Res:
1385x1800 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
trilby, trilby o'ferrall, novel, novels, literature, gothic, bohemian, bohemians, du maurier, george du maurier, fiction, literary, lady, ladies, sweet, sweetness, women, young women, girl, girls, pretty, prettiness, beauty, fictional characters

She. 'Isn't it a pretty view?' Susceptible Youth. 'Awfully pretty, by Jove!'

Artist:
Brock, C. E.
Search ID:
csl5964
High Res:
2646x2012 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
love, lovers, in love, relationship, relationships, romance, romantic, romanticism, sentiment, sentimental, affection, affectionate, passion, passionate, devotion, devoted, sensibility, attraction, attracted, pretty, prettiness, beauty, beautiful, youth, men, women, pretty girl

'I don't think she's pretty.' 'Neither do I.' (After a pause.) 'Did she refuse you too?'

Artist:
Browne, Tom
Search ID:
csl5978
High Res:
2010x2978 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
women, woman, men, man, attraction, attractive, attractiveness, attracted, pretty, prettiness, beauty, beautiful, love, romance, romantic, affection, marriage, marriages, proposal, proposals, bachelor, bachelors, lady, ladies, refused, refusal, turned down, bitter, bitterness, denial

Men see an old lady in a round hat from the back and think she is a pretty young lady.

Artist:
Leech, John
Search ID:
csl6015
High Res:
2847x2050 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
fashion, fashions, fashionable, dress, clothes, clothing, hat, hats, round hat, round hats, rear view, rear, back, back view, obscured, hidden, young, youth, beauty, beautiful, pretty, prettiness, appearance, appearances, age, young men, bachelors, bachelor