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Studio photographic portrait of a young girl in white dress, sporting a pretty circular hair clip Date: circa 1908
Stylish French Girl in revealing negligee with hand mirror" Please Come" - a pretty ginger-haired girl with bright red lipstick, wearing a large hat with green feathers and a brown fur, makes a forward invitation... Date: 1913
Congo, Africa - Terrifying Warrior with bullet piercingsA Bougbou Tribesman from the region close to the start of the Kotto, a major tributary of the Ubangi right bank, so a sub-tributary of the Congo River - Congo, Central Africa - Terrifying (pre-punk)
Kyabe, Chad, Africa - Sara Man with enormous lip platesKyabe, Moyen-Chari, Chad, Africa - Man of the Sara People with enormous upper and lower lip plates. Date: circa 1920s
Minoan Art. La Parisienne or the Minoan Lady with the sacral knot at the back of the neck that seems to indicate that she is a priestess or even a goddess
Straw hats by Otto Lucas Junior and Chez ElleOn the left: model wearing a plum straw hat with versatile brim by Otto Lucas Junior. To give her that natural, glowing look
Loose Lips Might Sink Ships - United States Office of War Information poster, reproduced on postcards by House of Seagram. Date: circa 1942
The Crimson Alibi by George Broadhurst (June 3, 1866 January 31, 1952). First produced in England Strand Theatre on 29th November 1919
The Lady With the Fan by Abel FaivreInside front page of The Graphic - Christmas Number 1912 - The Lady With the Fan by Abel Faivre (18671945). A grand lady wearing an elaborate hat (with thick long silk ribbon and ostrich feathers)
Portrait of a Girl, c. 1892, by RenoirPierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). French painter. Portrait of a Girl, c.1892. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary
Jean HarlowJEAN HARLOW American film actress Date: 1931
Tangee lipstick advertisement, 1939A smiling woman wearing a military helmet and a red Tangee lipstick, " for Beauty on Duty" ! Date: 1939
WW2 Poster -- Serve in SilenceServe in Silence. Se Taire C est Servir. Colour photolithograph, with a profile of Britannia against a Union Jack flag. Date: 1940
Wright you Are by David Wright - Calendar GirlA young woman in a red dress with a plunging neckline and a large, wide brimmed hat to protect her English rose complexion from the sun, contemplates the viewer with a slightly arrogant air
Black Moroccan man pouting, creating an extraordinary expression, enhanced by the fact the shot captures the gentleman in profile
China - A Manchurian Girl in Traditional attire - Manchuria was occupied by the Japanese for most of the early part of the 20th century. Date: circa 1903
Advertising card for the Copacabana Club, NYAdvertising card for the Copacabana Club, New York, NY, USA. Minimum charge for entry of five dollars and fifty cents (per person)
The Seaside Girl. Date: circa 1910s
Lip stick in Tutankhamens dayIllustration reflecting facts described in Adolph Ermans Life in Ancient Egypt showing an Egyptian woman applying rouge - apparently the Egyptians applied this even to corpses. Date: 1924
Young Italian girl in profileA full-face postcard depiction of a young Italian girl in profile Date: 1918
Young Italian girl wearing a wide-brimmed hatA full-face postcard depiction of a young Italian girl wearing a wide-brimmed hat Date: 1918
Young Italian girl with an elaborate hatA full-face postcard depiction of a young Italian girl with an elaborate hat. Date: 1918
A portrait of Jenny Hasselqvist, film actress in Swedish Biograph productions and lately in Gaumonts Guarded Lips, London, 1923 Date: 1923
Woman with many presents, in Art Deco style. 1936
Perfume label, Soyons Discrets, ParisPerfume label in art deco style, Soyons Discrets, Lorenzy-Palanca, Paris. Date: circa 1930s
Dog with a large boneOscar the dog, having collected a large, juicy bone from a local butchers shop in Eastbourne, Sussex, pulls it home on a roller skate. He is seen here at home, holding the bone and licking his lips
Reconstruction of a Lion from a greek tomb. C. 570 B. C. PainReconstruction of a Lion from a greek tomb. C. 570 B.C. Detail. Painted cast, 2003. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark. Europe
Head from a statue of a warrior with conical helmet. 625-600Head from a statue of a warrior with conical helmet. Terracotta. 625-600 BC. Neo-Cypriot style. From the Sanctuary of Apollo, Phrangissa, Tamassos. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Womans head painted. 13th Century B. C National ArchaeologWomans head painted. It comes from the Worship Center area of the acropolis of Mycenae. 13th century B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece
Japan - Geisha Girl - Studio portrait. Date: circa 1907
Young woman in red and gold cloche hatA young woman with large eyes and bright red lips wears a coat with a fur collar and a red and gold cloche hat with a miniscule brim. Date: 1920s
Lipstick / Mauzan 1917A pretty woman sits still while Cupid paints her lips red. Date: 1917
Cowper / Westall / GoldingWILLIAM COWPER English poet contemplating his mothers picture: O that those lips had language! Date: 1731 - 1800
Body Deformation / LipsLip-ring of South American native
Leather Breton by Chez ElleModel wearing a beige and white leather Breton tied under the chin by Chez Elle. Worn with make-up by Helena Rubinstein using " French Beige" Silk Tone Foundation under " Golden
Page design, secret societies, School SilhouettesPage design for secret societies in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA. Depicting a young woman holding her finger to her lips
Heads of Botocudo men from Eastern Brazil, and mummified head.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Suffragette Stumping for Votes. A suffragette out Stumping for Votes plant a kiss on a young mans lips. He is so taken aback (literally) that his hat flies off. Date: circa 1910
G Studdy. Puzzle for Mr Lion. (c. 1916)Ostrich with its head in the sand. The lion licks his lips while the ostrich keeps his head buried in the sand. Date: 1915
Portraits of Five Maoris - New Zealand. The two male portraits (centre left and centre) show tattoo markings, or moko; all over the face; the four female portraits show how the women tattoo only
Fruit Label -- textFruit Label -- Fine oranges for beautiful girls, red oranges for red lips and no lipstick required, all done by the vitamines [sic] of these oranges. Date: 20th century
Advert for Galaof London lip and nail colours 1950Advert for Gala of London lip and nail colours for " every fashion shade". Date: 1950
Mae Murray & Ship 1930SMAE MURRAY American star of many silent films, including The Merry Widow (1925), known as the girl with bee-stung lips, here with a model ship. Date: 1889 - 1965
Portrait of an American girl in a large floppy hatPortrait of a pretty American girl in bright red lipstick and wearing a large floppy hat anda loose necktie Date: 1917
Pretty French girl putting a shell to her ear to hear the sounds of the sea. Date: 1943
Italian Beauty - Portrait1920s Italian Beauty - Close-up Portrait Date: circa 1920s
Pierrot in white ruffle collar and red face paintA pierrot wearing a white ruffle collar and black scull cap, with bright red lips and white powdered face. 1937