Knee Collection

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - with two kittens. circa 1910s

Sir Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (1857-1934), English composer. He composed oratorios, chamber music, symphonies, instrumental concertos, and songs

Advert for Gorringes womens dyed fox collar coat 1937
Furness. Original coat in fancy weave woolen with handsome collar and flounce of dyed fox. Date: 1937

Diagram of the bones of the right leg and hip
Diagram of the bones of the right leg, showing the joint with the pelvis at the hip

Kaufmann Lady Cycle Troupe refined trick cyclists. One bicycle in photograph with the lady cyclists wearing ruched shorts to the knee, long sleeved blouses, tights and flat shoes

2nd Regiment of Life Guards
A group of 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. Date: 1894

Ice Skating Women 1899
Grey & white fur trim with wrap over jacket bodice, gored skirt decorated just below knee level. Blue costume with brown fur trim, red blouse, jacket with striped revers. Date: 1899

Hands Full. Southbank Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Marthe Carpentier boxer born 1893
Marthe Carpentier French boxer. On 8th March 1914 she won a bout against Lucie Warner from England for the world female title

Young Algerian Mother breastfeeding her infant. Date: circa 1910s

Tango craze: The Girl on the Film, 1913
A front cover from The Sketch, 1913, showing Mr. George Grossmith(1874 6 June 1935) and Miss Kitty Mason knee to knee at The Gaiety Theatre, for " The Girl on the Film". 1913

Doctor Examines a Child
A mother takes her little girl to a female doctor for a routine examination. She sits on the doctors knee

French Tailors C18Th
An elegant Frenchman has a fitting for a new coat. A tailor, down on one knee, makes some adjustments. Another, sewing buttons, sits cross legged on a bench

The Forest Lovers / Hewlet
A medieval Knight, with his young lover, gets down on one knee

Frocks and thrills: Gowns and headdresses from Paris 1913
Women models wearing a selection of different style evening wear, including the lamp-shade skirt, Turkish trousers, low scaft-belt cloak and the knee skirt. 1913

Advert for Gorringes womens wool lace for coats 1937
Dainty unlined coat of wool lace. 1937

Male Type / Bowness C1850S
Man wearing a tweed lounge suit consisting of a lounging jacket, waistcaot & trousers all of the same fabric. He holds a straw boater across his knee

Malvina Dunreath music hall singer and long boot dancer. In costume, wearing ?little girl? knee length white dress with full skirt. Hair in long plaits with large bow

Daisy Jerome music hall mimic, comic singer and dancer
Daisy Jerome music hall mimic, toe dancer and wooden shoe dancer. A comic singer with a reputation for sauciness. Here depicted in a toe dancing pose wearing ballet shoes

Herculine strongwoman
Herculine, known as the female Samson as she lifted weights by her hair. Hooks can be seen in this photograph attached to her hair

Sisters Warwick music hall trick cyclists
The Sisters Warwick music hall trick and acrobatic cyclists. Five women dressed in knee length full white skirts with short white jackets, large hats with decorative veiling and flat shoes

Megalomania
A portrait illustration of a large lady wearing a white dress and a yellow hat with orange floral decoration, looking down at a child acting older than his age, as he smokes a cigar at her knee

Le Messager De Cupidon
This illustration, titled Cupid's Messenger, portrays a seated man, with his wife sat on his knee in a dining room, routing through his mail bag. Date: circa 1901

Study For Bather
A sketch study of a bathing woman seen from behind, knelt on one knee. Date: 1918

Girl and Spinning Wheel
A portrait painting of a seated young woman, clutching her knee, beside a spinning wheel. Date: circa 1916

Suspense
This painting depicts a girl, eagerly sat on a chair in a living room, with her arms clutching her knee, facing towards a fire surround and looking upwards. Date: circa 1918

Royal Doulton Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Royal Doulton, showing a figurine made by Charles John Noke. A mortal on the knee of the Gods. Date: circa 1921

Types ofantique armour
Types of antique armour - 1. roundel (shield), 2. target, 3. lead mallet used by archers, 4. iron mace used by cavalry, 5. black bill in armoury of Canterbury Town Hall, 6

Dame Edna Everage and Larry Hagman on a chat show
Comic personality, Melbourne housewife and superstar (or gigastar) Dame Edna Everage (played by the Australian comedian Barry Humphries, b 1934) with the American actor Larry Hagman (b 1931)

Advert, Surgical Hosiery Co Ltd, Nottingham
Advert, Surgical Hosiery Co Ltd, Russell Street, Nottingham - manufacturers of elastic knee caps, anklets (plain, felted or padded), jock straps, suspenders etc. for all athletes Date: 1933

Bombas Big Brother. Emperor of Russia: "They shan t take away his playthings
Bombas Big Brother. Emperor of Russia: " They shan t take away his playthings, that they shan t." Ferdinand II (1810-1859), King of the Two Sicilies

Victorian scrap, Robinson Crusoe tells his story
Victorian scrap, Robinson Crusoe as an old man tells his story to his grandchildren

Boy and girl dancing
Boy in a blue suit and knee length breeches dancing with a girl in a blue dress. Artist: Ellen Jessie Andrews Date: 1904

Victorian scrap, black musician with violin. 19th century

Brilliant Fashions for the Little Season, 1926
Smartly dressed members of London society leaving the theatre on a night out. The women wear the knee length tubular dresses that were to epitomise 1920s fashion

Figures representing Aztec kings of Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843

18th century surgical knee pad and dislocation machine
18th century surgical knee pad in place on a leg 1, Jean Louis Petits machine for dislocated joints 2-5. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderots Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779

18th century knee pad 1, slipper 2, winch 3 and key 4. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderots Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779

Effigy of Ulrich Landschaden, Heidelberg, 1369. Knight in suit of chainmail with tight cote-hardie or jupon, moveable nasal bascinet, gauntlets, knee armour and chest chain

Advert for Goochs childrens spring coats 1923
Selection of kids spring coats for spring 1923. Date: 1923

Cartier Visits Hochelaga
A man bends on one knee with his hands outstretched, with various French soldiers standing is armour behind him. From his place of focus, and lack of armour, this could be Jacques Cartier

Boy and a toy horse - Young boy on nursemaids knee playing with his wooden horse. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

The Sleeping Beauty Date: 1911

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Knight in armour from the 15th century with heraldic shield and helmet.. Gravestone of Peter von Stettenberg, died 1441. Details of the armour fastenings at the knee and ankle

Oldest lace-worker in bucks 1904
Old lady sitting with a pillow with bobbins and pins. Date: 1904

OUTDOOR GIRLS 1832
Girls: white knee-length dress ornamented with tucks, black velvet spencer with imbecile sleeves, pantalettes, pelerine with vandykes; red & black plaid mantle with a cape. Date: 1832

CHILD PRAYS / MOTHER C1860
A boy kneels in prayer at his mothers knee. Date: circa 1860

AMERICAN KIDS 1927
Two smartly dressed youngsters from an American farming region - he in plus-fours, lounging jacket & tie, she in a simple dress and knee-length socks : good muscles, too. Date: 1927

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