Half Collection (#19)

Courtyard / Ightham Mote
The cobbled courtyard of the moated manor house of Ightham Mote, Kent dating from the 1340s. The chapel & half- timbered tudor gables are depicted

Costume / Pedal Pushers
White open neck blouse with half-length sleeves & turned back cuffs, red & white vertically striped pedal pushers worn with shoes with multi-coloured polka dots

Wellington / Lightfoot
DUKE OF WELLINGTON Half-length portrait; full face; middle age

Ightham Mote Postcard
A view from one of the entrance gates of Ightham Mote showing the buildings from the road. The cottages are visible in the middle distance to the left

AT THE GROCERs 1880
A woman purchases half-a-pound of soap at the grocer s

Pan Honoured by Ladies
Pan - also known to the Romans as Sylvanus or Faunus - is honoured by half-a-dozen ladies who drape his statue with garlands

King George Iv / Wageman
KING GEORGE IV OF ENGLAND Half-length portrait

Persephone / Proserpina
Persephone is abducted by Hades, who takes her in his chariot to the Underworld, where he is the king; but she pines for the sunshine, and he lets her come up half the year

Defending a Fort
As the enemy approaches, the defenders prepare to repel them with guns and bows : by pulling on ropes, half-cut trees can be felled to fall on the attackers

Beaver Coat 1922
Woman: full-length wrap-over Australian beaver coat with deep collar & cuffs. Girl: mole fur coat with a shawl collar & funnel sleeves & a half-belt at the back

Gulliver Transported
Gulliver is transported by the Lilliputians: " We rested at night with 500 guards on each side of me, half with torches, & half with bows & arrows."

Poiret Day Dress / Photo
Design by Paul Poiret: high waisted Directoire / Empire revival day dress in a Chinese floral fabric, half-length sleeves with engageantes & a red ribbon belt

Suffolk Shepherd
A scene on a lane near Aspall, Suffolk, England. showing a shepherd leading his flock of over 300 Suffolk sheep and Scotch half-breed ewes to the lambing pens on a winters day

Sears Roebuck Coats 1914
American winter coats: double- breasted coat with astrakan fur collar & cuffs & a quilted lining; herringbone tweed overcoat with a half-belt at the back & pocket flaps

Social / Us City in Snow
Young American wears a half- length blue double-breasted overcoat with velvet collar, broad lapels, cuffs & pocket flaps, a bowler hat & a high detachable collar & cravat

Half a Mile to Egypt
A cyclist near Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England, pauses to contemplate a strange sign reading Egypt half a mile !

Paris / Sacre Coeur 1919
The Montmartre Funicular : the two coaches pass, precisely half-way up (or down) the slope leading to Sacre-Coeur

Moscow Trenches Made
Approximately half a million Muscovites take part in the digging of anti-tank ditches around Moscow

Pan Plays his Pipes
A maiden is enchanted by the sweet pipe music of Pan. Pan was half-man, half goat and the protector of shepherds and their flocks

Dryden / Salamander / 107
Poster advertisement for the Salamander shoe company

Hunt the Slipper 1886
Cobbler, cobbler, mend your shoe, Have it done by half past two, Stitch it up and stitch it down, And then I ll give you half a crown

Olympics / 1932 / Wrestling
Wrestling: Foldeak (Germany) beats Jensen (Denmark)

Edward Viii / In Uniform
EDWARD VIII Half length portrait wearing uniform and medals

The Minotaur - half man, half bull - is here depicted as bull up to the waist, man above the waist: most depictions are the other way round (bull head, mans body)

Anne of Denmark / With Hat
QUEEN OF JAMES I Half-length portrait bust, finished in a truncated manner

Wild Cat (Half Breed)
A half-breed wild cat, which won First Prize in a cat show

Englishwoman 1530
Her low-cut gown with long half-sleeves reveals not only quite a lot of chest but also the under-gown below

English Headdresses C15
Tournament spectators: their gowns have deep V -necklines & revers, narrow sleeves & fur cuffs. Headdresses: truncated cone, butterfly, V shaped roll, veils, cap with liripipe

Danding the Demi-Lune
Two dancers - she wearing the attractive fashion of the day - perform the demi-lune in a dance hall on the eve of World War One, which seems to have eclipsed the half-moon dance

Andrees Departure
Andree, with Strindberg and Fraenkel, leave Spitzbergen on their adventurous flight, hoping to reach the North Pole : they are depicted half an hour after lift-off

Panama Feasibility Stud
The Anglo-French station during the early feasibility studies for the Canal, more than half a century before it is completed !

18th Century Seamen
Seamen of the Royal Navy during the first half of the century

Sporting Fashions C. 1805
A group of ladies enjoy a spell outdoors. Two ladies wear their hair in the fashionable titus cut. Their gowns have half-length sleeves & low, square necklines

Red or White Dress 1838
Grey robe redingote: bishop sleeves with 3 rows of ruching. Round dress of blue & floral vertical stripes: half sleeves, single flounce, pointed waist, bow trimmings

Misses Price 1825
The Misses Price: half, full, high & low! Costume includes: spencers, a fur-trimmed pelisse, feather trimmed bonnets, reticule & a fur muff

Ww1 Guadelupe Soldier
A half-caste native of Guadelupe, West Indies, serving with the French army in World War One

Ww1 Tunisian Soldier
Selim ben Hamed, a Tunisian half-caste fighting with the French during World War One

Nu Kua Shih
The goddess Nu Kua, half woman, half dragon, created the first humans out of clay. She also repaired the sky & heavens after a great battle

Harpies / Johnstone
Though Johnstone includes the harpy in his natural history of birds, they are only half- birds, having human faces; they have nasty habits and they smell awful

Barouche 1825
The barouche has four wheels, and a half-head which can be lowered; it has space for two couples to sit facing each other

Lightning and Ship 3
A sailing warship, under half sail to keep from being driven by a storm onto the rocky coast, is struck by lightning on both its mainmast and foremast

Coconuts and other Fruit
A still life showing a coconut - split in half and some apples

Discussing US Football
American version of a Chester or Chesterfield overcoat. This is a restrained model with fly-front & without a velvet collar. Worn with trousers with turn-ups & half-boots

Ryton Overcoat 1907
American gentleman in town boots (half-boots) & Ryton overcoat: 3/4 length, loose fitting with a back vent & velvet collar, reads a magazine

Tailored Suit by Worth
Tailored suit by Worth in salmon pink & black: sac-like jacket with half-length sleeves, pockets & high loose fitting collar & a barrel-line skirt or 2-piece dress

Exchequer Gate, Lincoln, close to Lincoln Cathedral. The gate is three stories high and dates from the 14th century and forms part of the walls of Lincoln Castle

Demolition / Paris
Demolition work prior to the building of the Rue des Ecoles with half demolished tenements propped up with wooden buttresses. Residents continue to dry their washing

Royal Crescent Bath
The Royal Crescent in Bath was designed by John Wood II and built between 1767 an 1775. It is comprised of 30 houses, and is shaped like a half- Colosseum, with Ionic columns

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