Aspidistra Collection

Woman & Aspidistra Photo
A woman in an enormous hat festooned with plumes & fabric sits in the garden outside her door. She rests her arm upon a small, 3 legged table on which stands an aspidistra in a pot

Young Edwardian woman and plant
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Working Class family in their Sunday Best Attire. Date: circa 1906

Ethel Sydney, actress, studio portrait in dramatic pose on chaise longue, with potted aspidistra. Date: 1895

Comic postcard, the vicar sponges his aspidistra Date: 20th century

Aspidistra lurida. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Natal lily, Clivia miniata
Natal lily or bush lily, Clivia miniata. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Drawing Room, Ranelagh House, Chelsea, London
Corner of the Drawing Room, Ranelagh House, Chelsea, SW London. 1902

H P Truefitt Ltd, hairdressers, Old Bond Street, London W
Interior, Ladies Saloon, H P Truefitt Ltd, hairdressers, 13 and 14 Old Bond Street, London W. circa 1910

Cabinet photo, design on back, John J Avery, photographer, Shacklewell Lane, Kingsland, London. early 20th century

British middle class interior
Interior of English middle-class house. Date: 1920s

Joseph Spirati, Showroom, 12 Mortimer Street, London
Joseph Spirati, Showroom displaying lamps and lampshades, 12 Mortimer Street, London. Date: circa 1910

Middle-aged woman with potted plants
A middle-aged woman, smartly dressed, sitting in front of a window surrounded by potted plants including an aspidistra. Date: C.1910

Victorian Puppets
Three Victorian puppets on a miniature stage, with all the props (aspidistra, piano, piano stool etc) necessary for a period melodrama. Date: 19th century

Metropolitan Police K Division orchestral band

Woman Graduate C1890
A young woman poses in mortar board and gown for her graduation photograph amid the clutter of a victorian photographic studio

Victoria / Disraeli / Salisb
Victoria receives Disraeli and Salisbury on their return from the Berlin Congress

Victoria / Gladstone / 1871
Victoria advised by Gladstone to abolish purchase of commissions in the army

Boy on Toy Scooter
A boy in a sailor suit on a scooter

Fairy Fancy Dress Photo
A girl in a fairy costume. Her short, white dress has sequinned sleeves & belt. Also: white stockings & court shoes with roses, a crown, wand & fingerless mittens

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