Necked Collection

Ring-Necked Pheasant
CHINESE RING-NECKED PHEASANT phasianus torquatus

Evening Dress 1913
Exotic gown witih Chinese style tassels, a narrow draped satin skirt with train worn with an embroidered lace, square necked bodice with decorative cut under-sleeves

Northern cassowary by JG Keulemans
Hand-coloured lithograph of cassowary head by JG Keulemans (c. 1898), based on the live animals at Walter Rothschilds Museum at Tring

A canoe-necked knitted top, with a beaded design. Date: 1954

Summer fashions for women: a canoe-necked poplin dress from Bijou, and a halter-necked Paisley dress in marcella pique from Rembrandt. Date: 1954

Ring-necked spitting cobra and Martinique lancehead
Ring-necked spitting cobra, Hemachatus haemachatus 1, and Martinique lancehead, Bothrops lanceolatus 2. Vipera emacate, Trigonocefalo ferro di lancia

House gecko and broad-tailed gecko
House gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus 1, and broad-tailed gecko, Phyllurus platurus 2. Tarantola delle case, Filluro della Nuova Olanda

Red-necked falcon, Falco chicquera ruficollis. (Rufous-necked falcon, Falco ruficollis.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds

Head of the violet turaco, Musophaga violacea
Head of the violet turaco, Violet plantain eater, Musophaga violacea. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in

Red-necked footman, four-spotted footman and buff footman
Red-necked footman, Atolmis rubricollis 1, , four-spotted footman, Lithosia quadra 2-6, and buff footman, Katha depressa 7, 9

Miller moth and cinnabar moth
Miller moth, Acronicta leporina 1-5, and cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae 6-8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Indian Ring-Necked Parrakeet. Date: 1933

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

Novelties in hats, bonnets and fans 1886
Page selection of fashionable hats for women for 1886. Date: 1886

Advert for Peter Robinsons womens blouses 1905
Three women wearing lace and net blouses. Date: 1905

Advert for Peter Robinsons womens blouses 1907
Three women wearing charming creations of net and lace blouses. Date: 1907

PINAFORE 1909
Pinafore with bretelles (braces), box pleated skirt, button detail, high necked blouse with tucks; finely pleated low waisted dress with a yoke & lace trim & a sunbonnet Date: 1909

THEATRE BOX, LONDON
Some very stiff-necked theatregoers in the box at a London theatre Date: 1890

Sinbad and Giant
The one-eyed, big-eared, hairy-legged, short-necked, tusk-toothed giant encountered, somewhat to their dismay, by Sinbad and his companions

Visiting Costume 1899
Dark green costume with white floral applique trim. Open jacket bodice with puffed upper sleeve, waistcoat, lace high necked blouse, wrap over gored skirt with curved front. 1899

Edwardian women in evening coats 1905
Elegant evening coats with large slanted hats with flowers and plumes. Date: 1905

Woman police officer in uniform, London
Woman police officer in woollen V-neck jumper and trousers, together with the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985. Date: circa 1985

Women of the Burmese Kayan Lahwi tribe
Four women and a young baby from the Kayan Lahwi tribe, a group of the Karenni people of Burma (Myanmar). Women of the various Kayan tribes identify themselves by their different form of dress

Theatre Coat 1913
Fur-trimmed kimono style evening manteau / coat in an oriental floral (peonies) fabric. Worn with a V -necked gown with a high-waisted cord belt & a toque with a feather

The Education of Elizabeth by Roy Horniman
Photograph of Florence Lloyd (born in 1876) who starred in The Education of Elizabeth by Roy Horniman (31 July 1872 - 1930). First produced at the Apollo Theatre on 19th October 1907

Womens fashion, 1940
Woman poses in square-necked summer frock, designed by Walpole, New Bond Street. 1940

Edwardian tailored suits 1905
Three fashionable Edwardian women walking along the promenade, wearing bell shaped skirts, narrow waists and large slanted hats with plumes ribbons. Date: 1905

Edwardian women wearing bell shaped skirts 1904
Two women wearing bell shaped skirts, high necked lace, thin V - shaped waist and lace flounce. Date: 1904

Austrian Musical Trio - Original Wiener Schrammeln. Schrammelmusik is a style of Viennese folk music originating in the late nineteenth century and still performed in present-day Austria

Promenade Dress 1809
High-necked white muslin gown with embroidered hem worn with a white spencer possibly ornamented with braid, a blue embroidered scarf, small straw bonnet trimmed with feathers. Date: 1809

Billie Burkes Packard
Actress BILLIE BURKE wears an ensemble with a narrow draped skirt & round necked blouse which partially covers the skirt to create a short tunic & is worn with a belt. Date: 1913

Woman wear a merry widow hat and Plumes
Young woman in a narrow fitting skirt, high necked blouse, full-length coat with black lapels & turned-back cuffs & a broad brimmed hat with plumes. Date: circa 1913

Costume / Lacourriere 90S
Green spotted tunic: wrap over bodice & fur trim over a high- necked black dress. Costume bodice: short basques, gigot sleeves, pockets, gored skirt, button detail, large revers. Date: 1890s

Fashions / Lefranco 1892
Tartan blouse, gigot sleeves, sleeveless bolero with passementerie. High necked lace blouse, coat bodice with long basques simulating an over-skirt, gored skirt. Date: 1892

Grey Dress / Soutache 1899
Grey robe with soutache trim: jacket bodice with rounded basques under which is a plain black high necked front which extends over the hips to form a deep vandyked yoke. Date: 1899

COSTUME 1895
Enormous gigot sleeves with epaulettes, large skirts (possibly 7 gored skirts), tiny waists, broad belts, high necked blouse with yoke, huge hats ornamented with flowers. Date: 1895

Ec Von Kleist / Anon Eng
EWALD CHRISTIAN VON KLEIST German poet and soldier Date: 1715 - 1759

Women wearing Edwardian dresses 1907
Two charming frocks with high necks. 1907

Edwardain women wearing tea frock and bridge dress 1907
The tea gown on the right, is printed with tussore in rose-pink and black is worn with a coat of lace outlined with pink taffetas and laced with ribbon to match

Trio of charming blouses 1907
Three Edwardian women wearing fashionable blouses, (left) Fine cream net with epaulettes, straps and belt of black ribbon patterned with roses

Women in dust cloak 1907
Edwardian woman wearing a charming loose cloak without sleeves in shantung, silk trimmed with red and black embroideries. 1907

Womens Edwardian skirt with belt 1907
Edwardian women wearing tailored-made simple skirts with high necked embroidered blouses with deep collar and cuffs. Date: 1907

Hunting clothing 1907
Woman wearing a costume for the moors in Harris Tweed and brown cloth. 1907

Advert for John Barker & Co, lace blouses 1912
Three women wearing laced blouses, in ivory with black ribbon velvet introduced down the front and scallop edging, high neck of alternate rows of Valenciennes lined thoughout the net

Lesser bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor, and red-necked tanager, Tangara cyanocephala.. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary and Elizabeth Kirbys Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands

Ring-necked spitting cobra, Hemachatus haemachatus, and Martinique lancehead, Bothrops lanceolatus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles

Rufous or Nootka, Selasphorus rufus, and black-throated mango hummingbird, Anthracothorax mango.. Hand-colored steel engraving from H. G. Adams Hummingbirds 1856

Tufted-necked hummingbird, Trochilus ornatus, and Delalandes hummingbird, Stephanoxis lalandi.. Hand-colored steel engraving from H. G. Adams Hummingbirds 1856

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