Loose Collection

David Wright woman in short black underslip
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a short black, semi-transparent underslip. She is sitting on the edge of her dressing table, loosening her hair

Tomando Mate - Argentina
Gaucho taking mate in Argentina. Tomando mate or " taking mate, " is a cultural practice, which refers literally to drinking a semi-bitter herbal infusion of crushed yerba mate leaves in

Social / Cup Day at Ascot
Society ladies in Ascot fashions: hobble skirts & panniers, tunic dresses, a loose fitting kimono style dress with oriental embroidery. N.B unfashionably large hats!

Writing / a Rebus
A poor old MAN was driving a PIG TOE mARKet with a STRING tEYEd TOE its LEG wHEN by SUM accident the PIG got loose. The MAN ran after him BUTT PIGgy sCAPEd... now read on

Man in traditional costume of Dubrovnik region of Croatia
Man in the traditional costume of Dubrovnik region of Croatia. Date: circa 1920s

Mill Pond, Loose Valley, near Maidstone, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Pandora and Hope
When Pandora first opens her box, she lets loose all the evils that can plague mankind; but when she and Epimethus open it a second time, Hope appears

A game keeper giving directions to a couple fox hunting, 19th century. Facey Romford and Lucy Somersville on the trail of a fast bag fox. Fresh as a four year old

Loose Church and village, near Maidstone, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

ENGLAND / LOOSE
Picturesque weatherboarded cottages at Loose, Kent, England, with their unusual bridge doorsteps over the stream which flows by their front doors! Date: 1950s

Man in the Kitchen C1905
Letting your husband loose in the kitchen can be very risky; here, a pot boils over, eggshells litter the floor, and the cat laps spilt milk

Comic postcard, Vicar and drunk woman in park Date: 20th century

Man in loose fitting coat, waistcoat, trousers and boots
Man in loose fitting coat of grey cloth with velvet collar, pink-and-white check waistcoat, hazelnut colour trousers and soft boots. Handcoloured lithograph by E

Pathan Dancing Girls, Peshawar, Pakistan - NWFP (North West Frontier Province).. Date: circa 1909

A model wearing a loose blouse with a ruffle. Date: 1920s

Turf Whist, playing cards scorecard, cards and cat
Turf Whist, playing cards scorecard, cat poking its head through loose cards

WW2 Comic Illustrations
A pair of comical WW2 illustrations showing an airman attempting to tighten up a loose wheel mid flight, the second scene depicts a pair of worried faces as the men watch their aircraft's tail

Bockingford Arms, Loose Valley, near Maidstone, Kent
Old Inn, Bockingford Arms, Loose Valley, near Maidstone, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Vallee de Heads, Hautes-Pyrenees, France, Le Chaos
Vallee de Heads, Hautes-Pyrenees, Occitanie, France - Le Chaos. A chaos, in geology, is the piling up of blocks forming under the action of erosion in certain types of rocks (sandstone, granite)

Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat N212KA (msn D.902, ex BuAer 121528), fitted with a passenger compartment in the fuselage. This aircraft was destroyed on 12 December 1968 when the engine failed on take-off

Princess Pauline von Metternich, Austrian socialite
Princess Pauline von Metternich (nee Countess Pauline Sandor de Szlavnicza, 1836-1921), Austrian socialite. She married her uncle, Prince Richard von Metternich, Austrian ambassador to France

Liberty Cretonnes Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Liberty & Co Ltd of London, promoting Liberty Cretonnes, for loose covers and curtains, the image shows a colourful floral pattern. Date: circa 1918

Book, Titanic and Other Ships, 1935 first edition. Date: 1935

Gebetbuch (Fragment)
Five leaves from a prayer book (Gebetbuch) in Middle Dutch, parchment. Consists of one bifolium and three loose leaves, probably consecutive

Roman weapon. Onager. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Onager. It was an imperial Roman torsion powered siege engine. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Beard Watson Ltd Advertisement
Advertisement illustration for Beard Watson Ltd, suppliers of furniture, floor covering and furnishing fabrics. The image shows a very nicely furnished living room

Fletcher FU24 ZK-BHF (msn 8), at Mangere, NZ. (This aircraft was destroyed on 5 February 1961, during top-dressing operations at a farm air-strip, after a loose article caused loss of control)

A selection of women's loose jackets for sale. Date: 1921

Marshall & Snelgrove gown: loose fitting, high waisted ankle length gown in a bronze fabric, round neckline, Medici style collar, translucent sleeves & reverse cuffs. Date: 1915

Pinafore dress with loose fitting bodice, low waist line, gathered skirt, Medici style collar & cord & tassel lacing at the sides worn over a light-weight blouse. Date: 1915

Advert for BVD underwear for men 1914
For generations of Americans, BVDs were the underwear of choice - loose-fitting and, as you see, immensely becoming as well as supremely practical for summer wear... Date: 1914

Comic birthday postcard, Little girl with fallen knickers Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - That ll stop your careless talk
The Caption is P raps that ll stop your careless talk!. Three little kids cover-up a younger toddlers mouth with a spotty hankerchief

Bloomers - latest in fashion 1909
Suzanne Bergere walking around Paris, quite radical clothing for the late Edwardian era, a pair of nickerbockers

Cartoon, The Coming Rosalind, Violet Vanbrugh and F C Burnand - Shall I be safe in these, Mr Burnand? Burnand is holding a copy of the Fortnightly Review

Bride in classic 1920s bridal dress, heavily influenced by the wedding attire of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother). Date: circa 1924

Rosalind Russell in Fast and Loose (1939) wearing a Dolly Tree gown Date: 1939

Advert for Swan & Edgar winter fashions 1909
Page selection of Edwardian womens fur coats, stoles and muffs for winter fashion of 1909. 1909

Aino Ackte, Finnish operatic soprano, in national costume
Aino Ackte (1876-1944), Finnish operatic soprano, seen here wearing national costume. She founded an annual festival at Nyslott (Savonlinna) to foster Finnish music, first held in 1912

Young woman at home, Vietnam (Annam)
Young woman at home, Vietnam (then known as Annam). She is wearing loose cotton trousers and a square fichu tied to neck and waist. 1922

Advert for Dickins & Jones clothing sale 1917
Great two week sale on womens outdoor wear. 1917

Advert for D. H Evans womens clothes 1917
Selection of womens loose fitting fashionable clothing during World War One. 1917

Advert for International Fur Store 1923
Exclusive furs of exceptional quality. Date: 1923

Womens clothing 1929
Loose weaves a feature of new woollen. Early spring womens frocks made from trelya wool. 1929

The Losing Lady And The Cough-Drop, A Hectic Moment At Monte Carlo by H M Bateman. The innocent cough-drop and the worried officials

Group of nurses with doctors at Didsbury
Group of nine nurses, matron and two doctors outside in front of an ivy covered wall. Matron sits at centre, with doctors on either side

Loose page from a scrapbook of crests and heraldry
Loose page from a former scrapbook of crests and heraldry featuring family crests, coats of arms and many devices, shields, monograms and mottos! Date: late 19th century

Traditional Costumes from the Bresse region of France
Traditional Costumes from the Bresse region - a former French province. It is located in the regions of Rhone-Alpes, Bourgogne, and Franche-Comte of eastern France

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