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India - Shawl weavers in Cashmere early 1900s
Gathering violetsGirl in a blue dress and floral shawl gathering violets. Artist: Ellen J Andrews. Date: 1890s
Voluptuous RedheadIllustration of a voluptuous young woman posing in a green gown with shawl. Artist: Anon. Date: 1928
Paseo de las Delicias, 1785, by Ramon Bayeu y SubiasRamon Bayeu y Subias (1746-1793). Spanish painter. Paseo de las Delicias, 1785. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid)
Puerta de Alcala and the Fountain of Cybele, 1785Gines Andres de Aguirre (1727-1800). Spanish painter. Puerta de Alcala and the Fountain of Cybele, 1785. (Madrid, Spain). History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid)
Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814-1873), 1857Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814-1873). Spanish writer. Portrait by Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815-1894), 1857. Detail. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain
Portrait Of A Young LadyA portrait painting of a smiling young lady wearing a black shawl over a red dress, exposing her shoulders. This example, painted by Albert Henry Collings
Cartoon, Bad Business! Irish Home RulePolitical cartoon, Bad Business! A satirical comment on William Ewart Gladstone and Irish Home Rule, with William Harcourt (R) depicted as an elderly woman Date: 1891
An Irish Girl by Adam Buck Date: circa 1800s
Basket Woman in Covent Garden Market, LondonThe Basket Woman, Covent Garden Market, by Hablot K Browne (Phiz) Date: 1862
Victorian scrap, old woman taking snuff Date: 19th century
The Old WomanA portrait painting of an old woman wearing a white bonnet and shawl over a simple dress, standing in a country themed kitchen. Date: circa 1921
MiriamA portrait painting of Miriam, a young woman knelt by a flora decorated screen, wearing a pink dress with a blue shawl, a cushion with a book sit beside her. Date: 1918
Dwellers In The VillagesA portrait painting of a young woman, sitting outside with her arm rested on a railing, wearing a red skirt and decorative shawl, she is interacting with a smiling man behind. Date: circa 1920
Spanish WomanA portrait of an unknown travelling Spanish woman, wearing a tasselled shawl, resting her chin on her hand, in a gesture of boredom. Date: circa 1914
The Mill GirlA portrait oil painting of a mill girl, sitting proudly, with flowing, auburn hair, wearing a pink blouse, brown skirt and turquoise shawl. Date: circa 1918
Women in ermineWomen seen wearing the fur ermine (stoat) in different fashionable ways. Women used it shawls, hats and scarfs, modelled in the photographs
A Chinese ShawlThis oil painting portrays a woman, seated, wearing a Chinese shawl with her hands folded. A patterned fabric makes up the background. Date: circa 1923
Embroidered ShawlA Floral embroidered shawl, by Mrs. Mary Davis, who also sent a scarf to the Paris Exhibition for which she was awarded a gold medal in the textile department. Date: circa 1927
ZillahPainting of a seated woman wearing a black shawl, carrying a baskey of washing. Date: circa 1928
Caricature illustration, captioned Too Much Christmas, by W Heath Robinson. Showing old woman in shawl by river bank, telling off trees
Comic Postcard - Surprise at return of sober husbandComic Postcard - A housewife explaining her surprise to a Policeman that her husband has returned home sober - there MUST be something suspicious...!!! Date: circa 1910
Carib family of Surinam, 19th century.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
May Fleming Date: 1890s
African woman street seller in Istanbul, Turkey holding a basket of bread. Date: circa 1902
Discussing the situation, apparently without misgivings: Pit lasses and pit boys after ceasing work. Date: October 1920
When Love was Lost and Life was Vain: Pierrot Forlorn. In the Autumn of Youth: " Fallen Leaves". Date: 1912
Young lady with liliesLilies. Young lady in a pink crinoline and lilac shawl carrying a bouquet of lilies. Art nouveau style. Artist: Ethel Larcombe Date: circa 1910
Lace shawlThe Lace Shawl. Young lady in a pink and lilac crinoline donning a delicate lace shawl. Art nouveau style. Artist: Ethel Larcombe Date: circa 1910
Man and woman of Cacongo, on the coast of Loango, 1818. (Angola, West Africa). The man carries a small round wooden boat on his back, and another man climbs a palm tree behind him
Man and woman of Persia, 1818. The man wears a turban, cloack, tunic, harem pants and scimitar, the woman wears a turban with veil, cloak and dress
Street entertainers or Savoyards, 1818Man and woman of Savoy or Savoie, 1818. The man ia street entertainer with box of props on his back, the woman plays a lute and the boy plays a triangle
Woman at the Freres Provencaux Restaurant, Paris, 1850. She wears a lilac jacket over a flounced crinoline. The Trois Freres Provencaux in the Palais Royal was a fashionable bouillabaise specialty
A stand at the Champ de Mars races, 1848Woman watching the horse race at Champ de Mars racetrack. She wears a bonnet and blue redingote over a crinoline dress. Men in top hat and tails. A stand at the Champ de Mars races, 1848
The terrace at Tortoni s, 1847. Fashionable women in crinolines, large cashmere shawls and bonnets. The Cafe Tortoni Italan icecream parlor, 22 Bouleverd des Italiens, was popular with dandies
Passengers by the Corbeil Steamboat, Paris, 1846. Woman in green crinoline dress with bows, bonnet and cashmere shawl. The Corbeil bateau a vapeur took travelers out of Paris along the River Seine
Opposite the first Cafe de Paris, Boulevard des Italiens, 1845. Two bearded dandies in redingotes and top hats watch a woman in long riding dress side-saddle on a horse
Fashionable woman in the Luxembourg Gardens, 1838. Woman in fur-trim cape, fur muff, fur-trim skirt. Large bonnet with ribbons. Jardin du Luxembourg. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V
Fashionable couple at a ball, Paris, 1834Dandyism in the Romantic Period, A ballroom in 1834. Fop in coat with tails, tight pants and top hat. Woman in fur-trim dress with feather in her hair. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V
Mother and child playing in the Champs-Elysees, 1832Woman and child with hoop playing in the park. In the Champs Elysees, 1832. She wears a lace collar, dress with leg of mutton sleeves, bonnet and muff
Women inside the Boulogne Panorama, Paris, 1824Women viewing the large cityscape inside the Boulogne Panorama, Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, 1824. Women in bonnets with feathers, dresses with apron, one with parasol
Court dresses in the early Restoration, ParisWomen in feather headdresses and luxurious embroidered dresses, court of King Louis XVIII, circa 1817. Interior with blue curtains and fleur de lys carpet
Lancer ice skating on the Bassin de la Villette, 1813Lancer and gentlemen ice skating on the Bassin de la Villette, Paris, 1813. Skaters on the reservoir at La Villette, Soldier in uniform of the Polish lancers of the Imperial Guard with czapka
Woman at window overlooking the Panoramas, Paris, 1810Woman at window overlooking the Panoramas and the Passage des Panoramas, on Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, 1810. View of the Two Panoramas and of the Passage between them
Couple waiting for a coach, Place de la ConcordeCouple waiting for the Saint-Cloud coach, Place de la Concorde, 1806. She in deep bonnet and high-waisted coat, he in hat, coat, breeches and boots. Saint Cloud was part of the Malmaison estate
In the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1897. The search for bygone fashions. Two women in dresses with corseted waists
King Sandaineh of Saloum, Senegambia, 18th centuryKing Sandaineh of Saloum, seated on a couch of reeds, Wolof or Jolof Empire, Senegambia, 18th century. In gold crown, cotton tunic, smoking a tobacco pipe. Scimitar and saddle on the walls
Woman in pansy-coloured dress, apron and shawlWoman in pansy-coloured dress, chiffon apron, cornette a la paysanne hat, long gloves and lace shawl. Handcoloured lithograph by A