Body Collection (#29)

Anabaptists Attacked
The Spanish governor orders an attack on a body of Anabaptists who have occupied the cloister of Bolswear, in the Netherlands. Date: 9 April 1535

Body-Straighteners
A choice of halters designed to straighten the backs and shoulders of patients inclined to curvature of the spine, rounded shoulders and other deformities. Date: 1900

SUN LOTION
Heatwave beauty hint - beware of blistered arms! Sun tan oil rubbed into the arms and neck before exposure to the sun, will avoid blistering and produce a smooth, even tan! Date: 1930s

St. Kenelms Well, near Winchcomb, Gloucestershire, England. Kenelm, was a child King of Mercia murdered in 819 A.D. Springs appeared where his body rested before burial. Date: 1950s

Nose Sunburn Protector
Sunburned noses are a no no on the fashionable ski slopes of St. Moritz, Switzerland. Our model wears a nifty nose protector to keep her nose out of trouble. Date: 1930s

Tattooing the Eyebrows
The latest craze for feminine beauty is the tattooing of the eyebrows with small flowers and butterflies. This picture shows a lady being tattooed in a West End (of London) salon. Date: 1929

Tattooing an Armpit
The latest craze for feminine beauty is the tattooing of armpits with small flowers and butterflies. This picture shows a lady being tattooed in a West End (of London) salon. Date: 1929

Tattooing an Eyelid
The latest craze for feminine beauty is the tattooing of eyelids with small flowers and butterflies. This picture shows a lady being tattooed in a West End (of London) salon. Date: 1929

Tattooing the Lips
The latest craze for feminine beauty is the tattooing of the lips with small flowers and butterflies. This picture shows a lady being tattooed in a West End (of London) salon. Date: 1929

Devastation during bombing, Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Devastation inside a church in Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. Nuns stand on the right, looking at the bodies of women, and a jumble of wooden chairs. Date: circa 1914

Dead German soldier near dugout, WW1
A dead German soldier, killed by American troops, near the entrance to a dugout on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1918

German illustration, death of Karl Liebknecht
A German illustration mourning the death of Karl Liebknecht (1871-1919), a left-wing radical who formed the Spartacus League which became the German Communist Party

Slimmer Extraordinaire! Before & After
Before & After - the remarkable results of going on a diet and how it affects ones choice of corset.... circa 1909

Jungfrau Mountain Allegory
A stylised (and rather bizarre) view of the Jungfrau Mountain, depicted as... a Jungfrau! Date: 1908

Picture No. 10158183
Various examples of veins and arteries of the human body. Date: Circa 1760

Brain & Cerebellum 18Th
Anatomy of the brain and the cerebellum of the human body according to the anatomist Haller. Date: Circa 1760

Skeleton 18th Century
skeleton with a bended arm Date: Circa 1760

Arterial System / Drake
Arteries of the human body according to Drake Date: Circa 1760

Picture No. 10158218
The LUNGS and the CHEST ARTERIES of the human body Date: Circa 1760

Waist Exercises 1940S
A young woman kneels down and swings her arms in the air, rotating her body to the left and then to the right. The aim of the exercise is a flat waist. Date: 1940s

Muscles / Anatomy 18th C
Muscles of the human body and head according to the German anatomist Albinus Date: Circa 1760

Skeleton from the Side
Skeleton seen from the left hand side. Date: Circa 1760

Heart & Chest Arteries
The HEART and the CHEST ARTERIES of the human body according to the anatomist Haller. Date: Circa 1760

Portal Vein 18th C
the PORTAL VEIN of the human body Date: Circa 1760

Brain Cavities 18th C
Anatomy of the human body : the cavities of the brain and the cerebellum according to Tarin in Adversaria anatomica. Date: Circa 1760

Venous System 18th C
Veins of the human body Date: Circa 1760

Proud Frog (Folkard)
THE PROUD FROG " Was it so big? says the old frog, swelling & blowing up her speckled body to a great degree." Date: 1912

Burgundian Soldiers
Burgundian soldiers in full body armour. Date: 1470

Police / Watchmen / 1827
A night watchman on his rounds. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London. Date: 1827

Drowning Girl

1836 Dining Room Scene
A London dining room offers food for both body and mind. Date: 1836

Saxon Chief Ca 800
A Saxon chief rests a foot on the body of a slain foe - he is characteristic of the Teutonic invaders of Britain in the early Middle Ages. Date: circa 800

Fashions 1884
Jacket bodice with dentate basques & plastron, pleated skirt & tunic; jacket body & waistcoat, small fur muff, flounce edged skirt, tunic draped in a polonaise. Date: 1884

Tango Couple (Bianchi)
Look, no hands ! He steers his partner with body movements alone... Date: circa 1914

Tibet / Burning Lama Body
Burning the body of a Tibetan Lama Date: circa 1870

Chinese Pulse Therapy 1
CHINESE THEORY OF PULSES The human body, showing the points where the pulse of the blood flow can be accessed and used for healing purposes Date: circa 1680

Brewster Car
Autos, Brewster, auto bodies. Automobile, presumably with a body by Brewster

1907 Renault
Autos, Brewster, auto bodies. Automobile, presumably a 1907 Renault with a body by Brewster Landaulet

1907 Panhard Levassor
Brewster. Automobile with body by Brewster, presumably a 1907 Panhard-Levassor

1907 Delawney Belleville
Brewster. Automobile with a body by Brewster, presumably a 1907 Delawney Belleville

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Windbag
Windbag. (Boanerges Mowther, Esq.) His rotund body and slim legs casting the perfect shadow of a pair of bellows. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H

First ever terrorist attack in L. A
The Ruins of the LA Times Building in Los Angeles after the first known terrorist attack, a body is being taken out of the rubble

Dragonfly (Aeshna Cyanea) emerged from exuvia
A close-up view of a Dragonfly (Aeshna Cyanea, Southern Hawker) which has just emerged from its exoskeleton or exuvia

The Duke of Wellingtons funeral car
The elaborate funeral carriage which took the body of the Duke of Wellington to St. Pauls Cathedral, London

The language of the legs
The Language of the legs! - charting the development of a relationship through body language - from Timid to Ecstacy !

The Sideways Body / W H Robinson
Theres no better way to annoy someone than to be constantly in their way, hence the sideways car body, built for the discomfiture of road hogs everywhere

Highly decorated Nepalese Woman
Solid Nepalese woman, with elaborate jewellery and a large nosering

Columbus Temple, Havana, Cuba. Columbus remains were first interred at Valladolid, then at the monastery of La Cartuja in Seville (southern Spain) by the will of his son Diego

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