Courtesy Collection

The Ten Scout Laws, 1923 (colour litho)
473030 The Ten Scout Laws, 1923 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1. A Scouts honour is to be trusted. 2)

The Jewel Box, (pencil and watercolour on paper)
823500 The Jewel Box, (pencil and watercolour on paper) by Simonetti, Ettore (19th century); 75.5x53.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jewel Box. Ettore Simonetti (1857-1909)

Moment of Departure - all the staff line up to say Goodbye
A quite wonderful German postcard illustrating the Moment of Departure - all the staff line up to say Goodbye! Date: circa 1910s

Elephants at Stratford-on-Avon (engraving)
1596565 Elephants at Stratford-on-Avon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elephants at Stratford-on-Avon)

A Question of Propriety, 1875 (oil on canvas)
658474 A Question of Propriety, 1875 (oil on canvas) by Long, Edwin Longsden (1829-91); 132x215 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Question of Propriety. Edwin Long (1829-1891). Oil on canvas

Victorian Scrap, Queen Elizabeth I and Raleigh
Victorian Scrap, Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh. circa 1880s

Thibaut III of Champagne (1179-1201), Louis (died 1205), Count of Blois and Chartres
JLJ4600611 Thibaut III of Champagne (1179-1201), Louis (died 1205), Count of Blois and Chartres, and Baudouin IX of Flanders (or Baudouin VI of Hainaut)

Common courtesy training / W H Robinson
Training a husband in the act of common courtesy, using a dressmakers dummy, a piece of string and a determined wife. A quick jerk of the string and the husbands hat swiftly rearranges itself

Accident compensation / W H Robinson
When an accident occurs, the Pro Bono Instanto mechanical arm can quickly thrust liquid refreshment in front of the victim to hopefully dissuade him from taking you to court - a remarkable advance in

Accident- Snow from Roof
A REGULAR DAMPER - AND NO MISTAKE Having left an exhibition on Swiss avalanches a tatty man suffers a similar fate courtesy of a roof clearer !

Fiat 500

Gypsy Carmencita and Brigadier Don Jose in a square in Seville. Postcard depicting a scene of the comic opera Carmen by
JAB5035094 Gypsy Carmencita and Brigadier Don Jose in a square in Seville. Postcard depicting a scene of the comic opera Carmen by Georges Bizet (1838-1875).; (add.info)

Domestic accident, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4839868 Domestic accident, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Domestic accident: disobedient children playing with matches during their parents absence, causing fire)

American daily life: colonial ball in the 18th century, event of American high society. Colour engraving, 19th century
NWI4884696 American daily life: colonial ball in the 18th century, event of American high society. Colour engraving, 19th century.; (add.info.: American daily life: colonial ball in the 18th century)

American daily life: cotillon, ballroom dance, circa 1900. Leisure of New York high society, in a ballroom in Tuxedo
NWI4884628 American daily life: cotillon, ballroom dance, circa 1900. Leisure of New York high society, in a ballroom in Tuxedo

American daily life: Declaration of love by a Confedere soldier to a young woman during the Secession War or American
NWI4882321 American daily life: Declaration of love by a Confedere soldier to a young woman during the Secession War or American Civil War, 1861-1865

French defeat of Louisbourg, Canada, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763) or French and Indian War, 1758
NWI4837869 French defeat of Louisbourg, Canada, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763) or French and Indian War, 1758. 19th century color engraving Howard Pyle.; (add.info)

Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4839843 Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children's disobedience)

Effects of the Hunting Act. The hare walks with the cane in hand and the rabbit lady is in a carriage dragged by two
DUV4222354 Effects of the Hunting Act. The hare walks with the cane in hand and the rabbit lady is in a carriage dragged by two rats

BUEIL, John V of (1406-1477). CHARLES VII of France (1403-1461). King of France (1422-1461)
CUL4871178 BUEIL, John V of (1406-1477). CHARLES VII of France (1403-1461). King of France (1422-1461), Valois dynasty.; JOAN OF ARC, Saint (1412-1431). English heroine during the Hundred Years War

Cover page of " Anatomia hepatis, cui praemittuntur quaedam ad rem anatomicam universe spectantia et ad calcem
XEE5029014 Cover page of " Anatomia hepatis, cui praemittuntur quaedam ad rem anatomicam universe spectantia et ad calcem operis subjiciuntur nonnulla de lymphae ductibus nuper repertis"

Jacques Cartier embraced by Donnacona, an Indian chief of the Huron tribe in the Peninsula of Gaspe
NWI4902515 Jacques Cartier embraced by Donnacona, an Indian chief of the Huron tribe in the Peninsula of Gaspe, Quebec (16th century)

History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. New England puritan tilting head
NWI4888775 History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. New England puritan tilting head. 19th century coloring engraving.; (add.info)

A German man greeting a woman, ca. 1700 - German man greeting a woman, 1700s. Antique hand-colored print, English
NWI4956795 A German man greeting a woman, ca. 1700 - German man greeting a woman, 1700s. Antique hand-colored print, English; (add.info.: A German man greeting a woman, ca)

The capitalists seeking subsidies from the American government at the Congress
NWI4958472 The capitalists seeking subsidies from the American government at the Congress, ironically appoints as the army of Coxey

Letter S. Young boy greeting a comrade. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " The Great Bebe Alphabet"
DUV4210266 Letter S. Young boy greeting a comrade. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " The Great Bebe Alphabet". Paul Bernardin, bookseller-publisher, Paris, circa 1900

Letter R: RESPECT is holy thing and old darling. Everyone misses and runs away who has nothing but mockery
DUV4206609 Letter R: RESPECT is holy thing and old darling. Everyone misses and runs away who has nothing but mockery. Engraving in " ABC. Alphabet of good advice and mistakes to avoid"

Letter H: By giving your hand, you have, without knowing, the turn that the H has! 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214943 Letter H: By giving your hand, you have, without knowing, the turn that the H has! 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Fashionable couple running in the rain. The gallant Mr de Boissec gives his coat and top hat to his lady
FLO4677421 Fashionable couple running in the rain. The gallant Mr de Boissec gives his coat and top hat to his lady, and carries her hat in his kerchief and her dog under his arm

The author Jean de Froissart presents his book of love poems to King Richard II of England (1367-1400)
FLO4630514 The author Jean de Froissart presents his book of love poems to King Richard II of England (1367-1400), in 1395 - Lithography after the manuscript enluminated by John (Jehan)

Count Louis II of Flanders (ne Louis de Dampierre dit Louis de Male or de Maerle) (1330-1384)
FLO4630290 Count Louis II of Flanders (ne Louis de Dampierre dit Louis de Male or de Maerle) (1330-1384) receives the men of Ghent (Belgium)

Illustration for Tom thumb, 19th century (engraving)
PCT4278302 Illustration for Tom thumb, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: 19th century illustration for the tale of the brothers Grimm Tom Thumb: the tiny child (dwarf)

Letter F: in the hand of Joseph, this fake in relief, and the man who greets below are F, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214963 Letter F: in the hand of Joseph, this fake in relief, and the man who greets below are F, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter R: Don't these kids fighting an R look? And the queen too, what a great R!, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214845 Letter R: Don't these kids fighting an R look? And the queen too, what a great R!, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4839814 Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children's disobedience)

Visiting Ceremony - Japan 1880-1910 (hand coloured photo)
CSO4982201 Visiting Ceremony - Japan 1880-1910 (hand coloured photo); (add.info.: Visiting Ceremony - Japan); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

Peaceful and courteous attack by the bandit de grand chemin Claude Duval (1643-1670)
NWI4960313 Peaceful and courteous attack by the bandit de grand chemin Claude Duval (1643-1670) devaling a diligence in the heath of England, 17th century. Illustration by Howard Pyle (1853-1911)

American daily life: young bride cutting the cake at the reception for her wedding, surrounded by invited guests
NWI4880443 American daily life: young bride cutting the cake at the reception for her wedding, surrounded by invited guests, gathering around the banquet table and a bottle of champagne, circa 1890

American daily life: Virginia settlers invite to a ball at the Westover plantation
NWI4884436 American daily life: Virginia settlers invite to a ball at the Westover plantation. Dancing online, in front of an orchestra of violinists, overlooks a stage

La Caricature (1830) politique, Satirique en N & B, 1832_11_15: Reception - Religion - Louis-Philippe
ICA4930915 La Caricature (1830) politique, Satirique en N & B, 1832_11_15: Reception - Religion - Louis-Philippe, Poire - Illustration by Jean Ignace Gerard (Grandville) (1803-1847); (add.info)

Colorful photo of a genre scene showing a family paying homage to an elderly person, 1865
LUX4818210 Colorful photo of a genre scene showing a family paying homage to an elderly person, 1865; (add.info.: Colorful photo of a genre scene showing a family paying homage to an elderly person)

Food parcels courtesy of the Red Cross arriving at German prison camps during World War One
3502797 Food parcels courtesy of the Red Cross arriving at German prison camps during World War One, from The Pageant of the Century

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(Raku-Rakuen) Public - Park Hikone - Japan 1880-1910 (photo)
CSO4981112 (Raku-Rakuen) Public - Park Hikone - Japan 1880-1910 (photo); (add.info.: (Raku-Rakuen) Public - Park Hikone - Japan); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

Rajah Hindu receiving Europeans in his province. Engraving in " The peoples of the Earth" 1890
JAB5037206 Rajah Hindu receiving Europeans in his province. Engraving in " The peoples of the Earth" 1890.; (add.info.: Rajah Hindu receiving Europeans in his province)

Cofitachequi, Indian Queen of Carolina welcomes Hernando de Soto (1496-1542) around 1540
NWI4850606 Cofitachequi, Indian Queen of Carolina welcomes Hernando de Soto (1496-1542) around 1540. Colouring engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Cofitachequi)

Fashionable dandies at an elegant cafe. Dick and the Captain paying their respects to the Fair Limonadiere in the Cafe
FLO4686751 Fashionable dandies at an elegant cafe. Dick and the Captain paying their respects to the Fair Limonadiere in the Cafe de Mille Colonnes

American Navy: John Paul Jones (1747-1792) heros of the American War of Independence
NWI4932807 American Navy: John Paul Jones (1747-1792) heros of the American War of Independence and the crew of the Ranger raided the castle of the Count of Selkirk in the United States

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Courtesy is a timeless virtue that transcends cultures and eras, symbolizing the essence of human connection. Just like the elephants gracefully roaming through Stratford-on-Avon in an enchanting engraving, courtesy carries us through life's intricate tapestry with elegance and grace. In "The Jewel Box, " delicate strokes of pencil and watercolor on paper capture the beauty of this precious virtue. It reminds us that just as each jewel has its unique brilliance, every act shines brightly in our interactions with others. "The Ten Scout Laws" lithograph from 1923 serves as a reminder that courtesy is not merely a superficial gesture but an integral part of our moral compass. It teaches us to treat others with respect, kindness, and consideration - values embodied by Thibaut III of Champagne and Louis, Count of Blois and Chartres. A Victorian scrap depicting Queen Elizabeth I alongside Raleigh transports us to an era where chivalry reigned supreme, paramount among nobility; it was their way of showing honor and respect towards one another. As depicted in "Moment of Departure, " when all staff line up to bid farewell, courtesy becomes a heartfelt expression. This simple act reflects genuine care for others' feelings while fostering strong bonds within any community or workplace. Common courtesy training illustrated by W H Robinson emphasizes the importance of cultivating this virtue in our daily lives. Like tending to fields during harrowing season ("Harrowing The Uplands"), we must nurture courteous behavior so it may flourish amidst adversity. However, accidents can sometimes test even the most courteous individuals. Whether it be snow falling from roofs or unexpected incidents like those portrayed by W H Robinson's accident compensation illustrations - such challenges remind us to extend empathy towards one another during difficult times. Just as Fiat 500 revolutionized transportation with its compact design yet spacious interior, practicing courtesy allows for smoother journeys along life's winding roads.