Back Collection (page 60)

Chekhov with Family
ANTON CHEKHOV at the age of 17, with his family. (he is the tall youth in the back row with his hand on his heart...)

Arlington Row, Bibury
These cottages on Arlington Row, Bibury, Gloucestershire, England, are fine examples of Cotswold architecture and were originally a wool store dating back to the 14th century

Rambler Takes a Break
A lady rambler wearing a houndstooth check skirt, shirt style blouse, beret and haversack takes a break to mop her brow

Young Boy and Two Dogs
A little boy in a rather flamboyant outfit and tricorn hat, hugs his two pet dogs as he poses for a portrait in his back yard

Two Sisters and Dog
Two little girls pose in a back garden with their pet dog sat centre-stage on a chair. The dog is a terrier of indeterminate breeding. The girls dresses suggest the

WEEKs LUGGAGE 1926
A Parisienne packs for a weeks stay......and if I find I ve forgotten something, you can always pop back to Paris in your car and get it for me !

Communards Take Bus
Communards commandeer a horse bus to carry them back from the fighting

A crawling experiment at the London Hospital
Crawling used as an exercise for the treatment of spinal curvature for patients up to the age of sixteen. It was administered three times a week for twenty minutes at a time

Three Frontiersmen Mending their Canoe, Canada, 1883
Engraving of three frontiersmen mending their canoe with hot wax or gum, in the Canadian back woods

Miller & Water Mill C19
An elderly miller carries his corn to the mill on his back

Women on Balcony 1878
Jacket bodices with plastrons, tie-back skirts & trains. One with an over-skirt fastening across the front with buttoned straps over an under-skirt of flounces

Fashions November 1879
Olive green dress, patterned jacket with wrap-over front cut away below the waist; brown dress with ruched bodice panel. Girl: grey tailor-made with rear pleated panel

Green Costume 1877
Vertical silhouette enhances by vertical trim on the cuirasse bodice and skirt. The front plastron is in the same shade as the cuffs. The skirt has a rounded train

Red Costume 1878
Two fabric costume: jacket bodice, high collar, revers & cut-away to reveal a waistcoat; narrow skirt, single flounce & a panel with buttons down the front

WOMEN & BOW 1877
Boy: angle-fronted jacket, spatterdashes & tyrolean hat. Women: dark brown dress with beige back plastron; green & cream dress with habit bodice & striped ornament

MYRAs MODELS 1875
Evening dresses ornamented with roses & lace, short sleeves, long waists (one ending in a point), double skirts trained & tied back, over-skirts with apron fronts

History of Fashion 1876
Change in silhouette: the bustle has slipped, bodice is elongated, the skirt is tightly swathed at the front & has a long train. Dresses of 2 colours are fashionable

History of Fashion 1880
Coat bodice, basques well over the hips, double-breasted, cut-away at the front & trimmed with cord; straight skirt with vertical stripes, train & diagonal drapery

Pius IX Returns
Now that the French have rescued Rome from those awful Republicans, it is safe for Pius IX to go back : he lands at Naples where the pious citizens fall to their knees

Back of Two Boys Heads
Two boys watch a band playing through the fence Date: 1930s

Faust in Auerbachs Wine Cellar
Faust in Auerbachs wine cellar. Faust, is a legend dating back to early Christianity but in its present form based on Dr. Johann Faust who lived in Heidelberg during the sixteenth century

I want to go home, mother
A photographic study entitled, I want to go home, mother. A small child pictured at the edge of a large crowd being held back by the police

WOMEN & GIRL 1859-60
Vertical trimming is fashionable. The brown dress has a jacket body with long basques at the back & ornamented with black dots & a gathered trim

Ladies & Girl 1865
Dress with Swiss ceinture, flounces applied in waves held with rosettes & a red bordered mantle; straw hats & plumes, gabrielle sleeves, bodice with long basques at the back

Debs Evening Frocks 1933
Debutantes practice their bowing wearing evening dress. The back view of the gowns are reflected in a mirror. Two of the gowns have cowl necklines

Io Human Again
Io was transformed into a heifer when Juno discovered she was having an affair with her husband Zeus; later Zeus begs for her to be changed back, and Juno relents

Dancing a Hornpipe
The hornpipe, which dates back to 1485 at least, is traditionally danced by sailors

Robe d
An indoors dress, both front and back views, featuring a high waist, full, bunched skirt and a deep lace collar

Mazzini Goes to Exile
Giuseppe Mazzini, a member of the Carbonari, is imprisoned, then sent into exile at Marseille. But he ll be back

Paris Fashions ?1840
Yellow dress: bishop sleeves, skirt en tablier showing white underskirt, trimmed with scalloped edged lace. Hair: plaited & coiled at the back with ringlets round the face

Advertisement for Daimler Vogue sports saloon car, showing a photograph of a sporty couple with their car, loading a rifle and with a large dog in the back seat of the car

Back view of a horse-drawn ambulance
A back view of a horse-drawn ambulance, with the doors open to reveal the benches inside, providing accommodation for up to three patients

Council of Amagni 2
The Council of Anagni, under Alexander IV, is notable for Thomas Aquinas (back to us in foreground)s defence of the attack on the monastic orders made by Paris university

Nigerian Women
Two Shouaa ladies of the Bornu district of Nigeria, one with an infant on her back : both are wearing fashionably striped garments looking surprisingly modern

Prisoners Regrets
A revolutionary in prison looks back with nostalgia to the early, heroic days of the Revolution, before everything started to go wrong

Punch & Judy / Blackpool
A crowd gather around the Punch and Judy show on Blackpool beach, with Blackpool Tower behind

Preserving life in mines, the aerophore apparatus. Invented by Mr B. Rouquayrol and Mr. Denayrouze, the Aerophone, which supplied compressed air through a hose

Cephalus & Procris
Procris is inordinately jealous of her husband, and deserts him on account of suspected infidelity, but welcomes him back with gifts of a dog and a javelin

Girl Relaxing Outside
A young woman with bare feet lies on her back on a grassy bank and stares up at the sky in a mood of relaxation and contemplation

The River Gannel
Two boys walk back from the beach with their towels, by the shores of the River Gannel, near Newquay, Cornwall

David and the Ark
David recovers the Ark of the Covenant from the Philistines and brings it back in triumph, dancing at the head of the procession though his wife thinks this is undignified

Jairuss Daughter Reborn
Jesus brings the daughter of Jairus back to life

Juggling on Horseback
A girl with Barnum & Baileys circus, juggles four balls which standing on the back of a cantering horse

Horseback Acrobatics
A couple with Barnum & Baileys circus, perform an impressive feat. He controls two horses, with a foot on eachs back, while she stands balanced on his knee

Harella Coat 1948
A light brown, double- breasted, tailored coat with large pocket flaps and turn back cuffs. The skirt is flared and is 3/4 length

Horseback Feat / Bon Ton
A scantily clad girl stands on the back of a horse

Royal Evasion - 8
The would-be escaping royals are brought back from Varennes to Paris under armed guard

Festival White Knight
The " White Knight" (with the morale raiser on his back) in the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion (symbolising British action and imagination respectively), at the South Bank Exhibition

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