Artificial Collection (page 4)

The Sphere cover - RAF Display at Hendon by Matania
Meeting an artificial hurricane - an odd sensation at the great R.A.F. display at Hendon. Visitors at the Hendon Air Display experience the full force of an air propeller. Date: 1925

Belfast Lough from Bellevue - a view over steps and artificial garden to the fields toward the Lough, much of which is now built on today. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast)

Artificial arm by Ambroise Par
Engraving showing a prosthethic arm by French barber and surgeon Ambroise Par頨 c. 1510 1590) or one of his contemporaries Date: 1887

Courtelle advertisement, Marcus dress 1959
Advertisement for a smart sheath day dress by Marcus made in Courtelle fabric - a new type of acrylic fibre manufactured by Courtaulds

Testing teeth, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Testing artificial teeth in a modern tooth works, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C. Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library Date: 1947

San Roque Dam, Argentina, South America
San Roque Dam, on the artificial San Roque Lake (reservoir), Argentina, South America, with a railway track on the right. Date: circa 1910

Section of the city walls, c. 1530. Stockholm
Medieval Museum. Section of the city walls, around 1530. Stockholm. Sweden

Aertex pyjamas
Woman wearing aertex pyjamas, made from artificial silk and cotton. 1927

Fashion advice in The Sphere
The Spheres womens section offers a range of ࠬ a mode style tips: the woman in the top-left has visited Mrs. Adairs salon on Bond Street; the woman in the top-right has used Swedish rubaway in

Canal of 1642 with arches of the 18th
Medieval Museum. Canal of 1642 with arches of the 18th century. Gave exit to the waters of Lake Malaren during the high tide. Stockholm. Sweden

Ascot knicker elastic advertisement
Advertisement for Ascot knicker elastic, made from artificial silk. Washing won t spoil it - neither will boiling. Endorsed by actress and entertainer Ivy Tresmand who says, I like Ascot elastic

Nightdress and dressing gown, 1930
A quilted dressing gown of artificial broche silk and a sol de soie nightdress from Walpole Brothers. 1930

Stylish young ladies talking to each other
Two young stylish ladies wearing the following outfits: A Jenner brushed-wool tomato sports coat, ornamented (accessorised) with shaded blue embroidery (left)

Soho, London - indoor fish market in either Berwick Street or Brewer Street. 1973

Kenya, East Africa - Man with his two wives - it appears he may have a false (artificial) left leg (which would explain the walking stick). Date: circa 1910s

Birds, flowers, fruit, figures under glass shades, Plate 76
Birds, flowers, fruit, figures etc under glass shades, Plate 76. Date: circa 1880s

Syria. Qalat Jabar Fortress. Lake Assad
Syria. Defensive tower of the Qalat Jabar, arab fortress on the banks of Lake Assab. Near Ar Raqqah

Sevastopol. Monument to the Scuttled Ships
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to the Scuttled Ships. 1905. By A.G. Adamson, V.A. Feldman and O.I. Enberg. Sevastopol bay

Egypt. Isthmus of Suez. Blessing of the Suez Canal in Port Said. Colored engraving from 1870

Egypt. Isthmus of Suez. Arrival of the Eagle to Ismai?lia. Colored engraving from 1870

Curie, Irene (Paris, 1897-1956). French physicist. She conducted research on nuclear physics and earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935, shared with her husband

Artificial leg and arm
Illustration depicting prosthethic aids for amputees, such as a full leg with belt and an artificial arm made by M. L. Matthieu for the opera singer Roger Date: 1887

Artificial Limbs, France 16th Century
Illustration of artificial leg and hand, from the times of barber surgeon Ambroise Par頨 c. 1510 1590) Date: 16th Century

Celanese Nightgown 1944
A glamorous yet inexpensive nightgown in Celeanese artificial silk, makes good use of coupons. This model has a softly gathered bodice, gored skirt & ribbon bow trim Date: 1944

Evening Dress ?1882
Low cut with pointed bodices, decorative plastrons, epaulettes & trained skirts. Black: checkerboard fabric, jet & diamante trim. White: pearls & artificial flowers. Date: ? 1882

Lady of Ca 1760
A lady of the court of Louis XV, when fashions were perhaps at their most artificial Date: circa 1760

Artificial Flower / N. York
Making artificial flowers at 12 cents per gross, New York. Date: 1891

Artificial Flower Making
A group of women sit around a large table making artificial flowers, London. Date: 1882

John Bacon / Sculptor
JOHN BACON English sculptor. Perfected method of working in artificial stone, and transferring designs to marble Date: 1740 - 1799

Volapuk Mocked
VOLAPUK The universal language which is spoken by nobody ! Date: 1894

Artificial sunlight lamps 1929
Homesun lamps, helping with nerve weakness, insomnia and such conditions. Date: 1929

The Gorrie Monument, Apalachicola, Florida - erected in the memory of Dr John Gorrie, inventor of Artificial Ice. Date: 1938

The 1958 Season - Gay companions to sparkling debut
Double page spread from The Tatler suggesting various accessories required by the debutante to ensure a sparkling season! Clockwise from top left

Celanese utility slip, 1943 - WWII fashion
Advertisement for Utility lingerie made from Celanese, 1943. Date: 1943

Advert in Debenham & Freebody knitted coats 1917
Woolen knitted coat made from alpaca yarn. Artificial silk knitted coat suitable for indoor and outdoor wear. Graceful crepe-de-chine jumper. 1917

Terylene advertisement, 1965
Advertisement for Terylene polyester fibre featuring a model with bobbed hair wearing a pink and white striped blouse. Date: 1965

Spring feelings, illustration by William Heath Robinson
An intelligent endeavour to recapture those long lost spring feelings in the early months of the year, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Golden Tench or Schlei, an ornamental, artificially bred variety, popular for fishponds. Date: 1879

In England 2, 000 years ago: a prehistoric lake village
In England 2, 000 years ago: a prehistoric village organised and defended.The entrance to Glastonbury lake village of the ancient Britons: the skilfully built landing-stage

Switzerland - Grimsel Lake and Hospice
Coloured lantern slide of a view over Lake Grimsel. Grimselsee or Lake Grimsel is an artificial lake near Grimsel Pass in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. The dam was completed in 1932

John Grooms Sekforde Street, London
Inmates at work at John Grooms home for poor and disabled flower-sellers on Sekforde Street, Clerkenwell. Date unknown

Advert for Aertex athletic vest 1932
Aertex for buoyant health! The innumerable air cells of the wonderful Aertex Cellular weave keep the body refreshed with a constant supply of vital oxygen

Workroom at Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission
Blind, Maimed and Crippled Girls at making artificial flowers at John Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher

The Ancient Briton on his Crannog
An artists impression of the interior of an ancient British dwelling, of the type to be found at the lake village near Glastonbury, Somerset

Ermenonville battle 1914
A fierce hand-to-hand encounter between a HIghland regiment and a German unit at the usually peaceful location of the woods and ancient artificial fishponds at Ermenonville, northern France. 1914

Lady giving beggar money
A well-dressed lady giving a blind beggar with an artificial leg sitting against a wall with a poster of St. Dunstans, the charity set up to aid servicemen blinded in the war. Date: 1930s

Autres Temps; Autres - Modes By Felix De Gray
This picture shows three fashionable ladies of the eighteenth century considering a group of women dressed in fashion of the 1920

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