Body Collection (#31)

Mr Maskelynes experiment - female spirit emerging from man
A photographic example of Mr Maskelynes experiment - a mechanical illusion of spiritual manifestations. Miss Cassie Brucea can be seen emerging from her father-in-laws body

Death of Achilles
While his body burns, his armour is hammered back into shape for its next user

WOMEN & GIRL 1852
Girl: pantalettes, dress trimmed with tartan. Brown dress: pagoda sleeves & black ribbon applied in a geometric style border. Blue dress: basquin body trimmed with lace

Winter Fashions 1871
Polonaise costumes (made from 1 fabric only) with double skirts. Plaid: over-skirt cut in long points, short fringed mantle. Black: jacket body with pagoda sleeves

Death of the Prince Imperial
Sketch of spot where the Princes body was found. By special artist Melton Prior. Panoramic view of the plain where the Princes body was found

Death of the Prince Imperial; arrival of the body at Itelezi
The Prince Imperial of France was an impetuous and impulsive young man and had insisted on fighting in the Zulu war, after attending the Royal Military Academy

Battle of Nancy
Charles le Temeraire (the Bold), duc de Bourgogne, tries to seize Lorraine, but is defated by Swiss troops while besieging Nancy, and his body is found lying in the snow

Greenstead Church, near Ongar, Essex, England, which was probably built to mark the place where St. Edmunds body rested on its way from London to Bury St. Edmunds in 1013

Dear, Dear, Dear! by G. E. Studdy
Early illustration by G. E. Studdy during World War I, showing a soldier (standing) speaking to a older lady on a London bus or tube train

Violin Maker
A violin maker fixing the wooden front onto the main body of the instrument in his workshop

Woman Weighing Herself
A woman in a suit weighs herself on a set of weighing scales outside an opticians shop

Anarchist Outrages 9
The body of president Carnot, assassinated at Lyon by the anarchist Caserio, who will be guillotined for it

Police Search Team
A Metropolitan Police search team finds a missing body

Police / Watchmen / Blarney
Ted Blarney, a night watchman on his rounds; he patrols a riverbank. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London

Berkeley Church
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, is unique because the tower (mid 1700s) is separate from the main body of the (Minster) church

Advertisement for Allcocks Plasters
Allcocks plasters; worn on the side of the body to give relief from a number of conditions

WOMEN & BOW 1877
Boy: angle-fronted jacket, spatterdashes & tyrolean hat. Women: dark brown dress with beige back plastron; green & cream dress with habit bodice & striped ornament

History of Fashion 1865
1882 depiction of clothing from about 1865. Pale grey dress with amazon body, broad cord trim at the hem & one shoulder in a military style & a broad belt with a buckle

Striped Dress 1866
Women: vertical stripes, basque-habit, front buttoning gored skirt; low cut dress with Swiss body, skirt with ruched trim & rosettes. Boy: jacket with strap like trim

WOMEN & GIRL 1859-60
Vertical trimming is fashionable. The brown dress has a jacket body with long basques at the back & ornamented with black dots & a gathered trim

Fashionable Art Admirers
Green dress: waistcoat & open body with fringed basque & attached cape, skirt trimmed with fringing & a paisley shawl. Black mantle, brown fur muff & skirt with tablier trim

A bonnet view of 30h. p. Sheffield-Simplex with Pytchley Li
A photograph showing Countess Fitzwilliams new 30h.p. Sheffield-Simplex with Pytchely Limousine body by Van Den Plas

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; More wet
Illustration showing ideas for protective rain wear in the form of various rain shades and capes worn on the head and body

Club Des Feuillants
A body of moderates splitting from the Jacobins to pursue a less extremist course, the Feuillants make their home in an old convent near the Tuileries (now destroyed)

Medea Rejuvenates Aeson
Medea, at her husband Jasons request, rejuvenates his father Aeson, giving him a young mans body but permitting him to retain his memories of being old

Queen Victorias saloon in the royal carriage
The saloon of Queen Victorias carriage on the London and North Western Railway. The carriage was designed at an estimated cost of 3000

KING EDWARD VI 1537-1553
A fine portrait of Edward VI, King of England, dressed in half-body armour, paned trunk hose and brightly-coloured cannions

Moscow Postcard
Scenes of the Russian capital ingeniously presented on the wings of a butterfly with a human body, evidence that the Russians can match kitsch with anyone

Rolls-Royce chassis
Four Rolls-Royce chassis leaving the factory to be delivered to Geneva. In the 1920s the car manufacturer made the engine and the chassis and the body would be fitted later by a coach builder

Wolseley 24 / 30 hp Limousine Landaulette
A Wolseley 24/30 hp Limousine Landaulette. The Landaulette (or Landaulet, or Landau) was a body style with a folding rear portion of roof that allowed passengers to enjoy fine weather

Side locker in a Rolls Royce
An ingeniously constructed side locker for carrying tools inside a spare wheel space; a new fitting in the 40-50h.p. Rolls Royce with Barker body

Electrical Spark / 1745
William Watson produces an electrical spark from a human body

Gamester Plays Billiards
The Gamester: he plays billiards, and his body is made up of playing cards, board games, and a cricket bat and ball

Jesus Taken down from X
The body of the crucified Jesus is taken down from the cross by his relatives and friends

Ciculation of Blood / C19
Ciculation of Blood/C19

Tattooing Day, Samoa
TATTOOING DAY IN SAMOA A Matai (= tattooer) works on a young man : he does about 40 cm2 in an hours session, continued at intervals till the operation is completed

Costume, Royal Bodyguard
ROYAL BODY GUARDS Officer, Gentlemen at Arms Yeoman of the Guard Ensign, Yeomen of the Guard

Eques Punctatus (Fish)
A brown fish with a stripy face & body and spotty fins

Arrested / Duke Gloucester
Richard II, suddenly galloped forward, leaving the Duke of Gloucester behind, who was instantly surrounded by a body of men, and arrested

Cambodian Army
Phnom Penh: Members of the Cambodian army stand over two Vietnamese victims, who have been covered in body bags

LA MODE 1853
Lace trimmed black pardessus, pale grey skirt & a cap adorned with ribbons & flowers. Brown outfit: skirt trimmed in the pyramid style, caraco body worn over a habit-shirt

French Avant-Garde
When a French regiment is on the march, the avant-garde precede the main body, and are themselves preceded by eclaireurs who look out for obstacles and signs of the foe

Frenchman 1792
A fashionably dressed Parisian expresses his elegance with his body language

Chevrolet Landau
The Chevrolet Landau is the most beautiful Chevrolet, and with its body by Fisher is a masterly example of the coachmakers art

Effect of Corsets
Wearing a corset may make you look nice, but it does awful things to your body

THE WYVERN
The countryfolk of Coed-y-Moch marvel at the body of the Wyvern, the fearful monster slain by the shepherd Meredydd

Descent from the Cross
The body of Jesus is taken down from the Cross and laid on the shroud

Tattoed Savages C1890
Two tattoed Native American Indians on the warpath

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