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

Date

1838

Reference

27662i

The lover's instructor: or, the whole art of courtship, rendered plain and easy. Containing: I. Ingenious letters, proper for both Sexes, on Love and Courtship. II. Elegant love letters in verse. III. The art of personal courtship in several Dialogues, IV. Novels and dialogues relative to Love. With several other curious particulars. To which is prefixed, A Preface, directing each sex how to make a prudent choice in a partner for life. To this edition is added a collection of toasts and sentiments, in three classes.

Date

M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]

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.

Date

1800-1899

Reference

29618i

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

Date

1819

Reference

3043824i

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

Date

1500-1599

Reference

21627i

Love, hand drawn illustration

A bold army officer competes with a modest civilian for the affections of a bashful young woman. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1797, after S. Jones.

Date

1797

Reference

3136778i

Reflexions on courtship and marriage. In two letters to a friend. Wherein a practicable plan is laid down for obtaining and securing conjugal felicity. To which is annexed, A letter to a very young lady on her marriage. By Dr. Swift. With two discourses on jealousy. By the Right Hon. Joseph Addison, Esq;

Date

1759

Looking for a few good males : female choice in evolutionary biology / Erika Lorraine Milam.

Date

2010

A woman uses a needle and thread to illustrate the argument that there is no pleasure without suffering. Engraving by J. Swelinck, 1627, after A.P. van de Venne after J. Cats.

Date

[1627]

Reference

2822685i