Crossed Collection (page 4)

Woman in negligee
Woman deep in thought, sitting crossed legged with just a negligee, slip and stockings, while a wired haired fox terrier looks fondly up at her. Date: 1935

Dutch boy scout preparing vegetables, Holland
A Dutch boy scout preparing vegetables at camp, Holland

Wall-mounted matchbox with crossed swords
A wall-mounted matchbox contained in the shape of a shield, engraved with crossed swords, crown and Flanders. Trench Art

Bedouin Arabs making music in a photographic studio. A cross-legged man plays what looks like a rehab whilst surrounded by women

Man sitting on a stool
Man in a smart suit, sitting on a stool. Date: 20th century

Man at the seaside
A man at the seaside, sitting on what is probably a pier. His coat and hat can be seen at his side. (The woman in the previous picture is probably the photographer.) (2 of 2)

Woman at the seaside
A woman at the seaside, sitting on what is probably a pier. A mans coat and hat can be seen at her side, no doubt belonging to the photographer (see next picture). (1 of 2)

Charles Phillips - 2
CHARLES PHILLIPS Irish lawyer and writer : this French engraving is from a series of Orators of the English bar, so his fame must have crossed the Channel ! Date: 1787 - 1859

Motorcycle Stunt
A stunt involving a motorcycle driving off rocks above a girl crouching on the beach below! Date: early 1930s

Advertisement for Lifeguard soap -- little girl and adult female models posing (Sandra Palmer and Geraldine Hill). 1959

Chinese Mining Boy, South Africa
A Chinese Mining Boy, South Africa. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Polish pianist, composer, statesman
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) - Polish pianist, composer and statesman. Date: circa 1903

Young British Tommy - Studio Portrait WWI - seated. On the reverse, the soldier reports that he is still alive on 24th October 1914... Date: circa 1914

Playbill postcard for Alfs Button
The most popular manifestation of Orientalism after WWI seems to have been Alfs Button. W.A Darlingtons novel appeared in1920, was filmed (silent movie) the same year

Musical Terms Up to Date - Adagio - very Slow! A pretty young girl sits expectantly, whilst her elderly suitor takes a LONG TIME to make his move! Date: circa 1905

Russian Comissionnaire
A Russian Commissionaire - an attendant, messenger or subordinate employed in hotels, whose chief duty is to attend at railway stations, secure customers, take charge of their luggage

Little girl approaching pub bar to ask for Brandy
A Large Order. Little Girl - " Three penn orth o Brandy an I want a cork; an will ye wash the bottle out, cos its ad milk in it." Date: 1895

Character study by Phil May of an old man in a raincoat, seemingly down on his luck somewhat. Date: circa 1890s

Smug Cockney woman who has nabbed her rivals Gent
Jilted! A smug Cockney woman who has nabbed her rivals Gent, throws her a very satisfied glance! Date: circa 1890s

Napoleon II by Moriitz Michael Daffinger
Napoleon II (18111832), (after 1818 known as Franz, Duke of Reichstadt), was the son of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, and his second wife, Marie Louise of Austria. Date: circa 1940s

Bleriots landing at Dover after his cross-channel flight
Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) lands at Dover after his cross-channel flight on 25th July 1909. Date: 1909

Pinicola enucleator, pine grosbeak
Plate 358 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

SPAIN. Soria. Monastery of San Juan de Duero. Cloister from 13th century. Detail of crossed arches. Romanesque art. Architecture

Marconi Legs Crossed
GUGLIELMO MARCONI the Italian inventor at Naples, on board the yacht Electra Date: 1874 - 1937

Conrad / Typhoon / Parasol
TYPHOON Short story by Joseph Conrad Captain MacWhirr crossed the deck... Date: First published: 1902

Operating track, covered with rubber flooring, and crossed w
Front of operating room in which are arranged parallel with track, 24 cameras at a distance of 12 inchdes from the center of each lens, and an electro-shutter in front of each. Date c1881

Two mice, one lying on the ground with head resting on forepaws, the other is standing on hind legs with forepaws crossed, they are looking at each other

They saw their Flying Dutchman - it crossed their path, and they were lost. Illustration shows the shipwreck of a ship that lost its course at the sight of the Flying Dutchman labeled Speeches with

Varina Landing, Virginia (vicinity). View of ships on James River. (Where Gen. Ords 18th Army Corps crossed the James). Date between 1861 and 1869

Richmond, VA. Wagon park crossed out Fair Oaks, June 1862. Date between 1862 and 1865

Maxim Gorky - Russian writer
Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov - Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist. Date: 1906

Silhouette of a military badge, including a crown and two crossed lances

Opening of the docks at Birkenhead
The docks were opened on the 5th April 1847, with a great number of people coming to view the event. Steamers crossed from Birkenhead to Liverpool and back again for the whole day

Syrian woman in Baghdad, Iraq
A Syrian woman in Baghdad, Iraq Date: circa 1930s

Frenchwoman at her door, Bouchain, France, WW1
A Frenchwoman speaks with a British soldier at her front door in Bouchain, northern France, during the First World War. The German words painted on her door say No lodging for troops. 25 October 1918

Three outfits by Lucien Lelong and Philippe et Gaston
Three fashionable ladies in the latest outfits. On the left, a brown cape with pink border design, fur collar and leather details, by Lucien Lelong

The Old Dutchman in His Garden

Canadian Village Snow
Distant view of a French Canadian village, showing a frozen lake which must be crossed by sledge. Date: 1931

French Election Meeting
An appreciative crowd clap and cheer a speaker standing in front of crossed tricolore flags at an election meeting in France Date: 1902

Ethel Shipley, long distance champion swimmer
Miss Ethel Shipley, Long Distance Lady Champion swimmer, and First Lady Home in the " Weekly Dispatch" swim through London (15 miles). Date: 1910s

Victor Hugo / Gavarni
VICTOR HUGO French novelist in his late 20s, sitting in a chair Date: 1802 - 1885

Estonian Yachtsmen
Two Estonian boys, yachtsmen, who crossed the ocean in this yacht. Date: early 1930s

David Wright woman in wide green skirt
Elegant woman with dark brown hair, wearing black blouse and a wide green skirt. She is sitting on a long pink couch. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Tailoring class, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys taking part in a tailoring class at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Three people on a Devon terrace
A woman and two men sitting on the rear terrace of a large house in Devon

Family group sitting on a Devon terrace
A family group of three men and a woman sitting on the rear terrace of a large house in Devon

Buddha in Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
A seated Buddha in the Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Young girl lying on a cushion alongside her teddy. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

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