Bare Collection

The Thief - painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa
Postcard image after a painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa La Ladrona (" The Thief" ) in the los Tiros art gallery in Granada, Spain

Moses / Millais / Hands Up
MOSES Hebrew prophet and lawgiver watches the Israelites defeat the Amalekites, his arms held up by Aaron and Hur to ensure success

Rock and roll dancing couple

English Prizefighters
A pair of bruisers slug it out with their bare fists while a genteel crowd watches the action

David Wright woman in short black underslip
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a short black, semi-transparent underslip. She is sitting on the edge of her dressing table, loosening her hair

Tattooed masterpiece by Mr. Sutherland Macdonald of Jermyn S
A battle royal in mid-air: a tattooed masterpiece by Mr. Sutherland Macdonald of Hamman Studio, Jermyn Street, London. Date: 1897

Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou (The Fool)
Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou or Le Mat (The Fool)

Children doing handstands on a Balham street, SW London
Two children, a boy and a girl, doing handstands against a concrete wall on a Balham street, SW London. A smaller child watches them, backed into a corner. Date: circa 1961

Eritrea - Water Carrier
Eritrea - Female Water Carrier Date: 1936

T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918

Moroccan dancer
Exotic Moroccan Dancer and entourage of backing clappers!

Bunny and Child
A bunny dances with a child in a bunny costume, while coloured eggs lie on the grass and a robin sings on the bare branches of a silver birch

1940S Housewife Cooking
A housewife cooks on a simple stove in a bare and austere kitchen, adding milk to the pan she is stirring

Ballad / Twa Corbies
THE TWA CORBIES Two crows plan to dine on the body of a new-slain knight, then o er his white banes, when they are bare, the wind sall blaw for evermair. Date: traditional

Four boys in a street in the East End of London
Four boys walking along a street in the East End of London, passing the premises of the East End News. Two of them have bare feet. Two are wearing hoods, though it doesn t appear to be raining

Sayers V Heenan 1860
English champion Tom Sayers fights the American challenger for the belt. Unresolved, the fight is stopped by the police

Tarot Card 6 - L'Amoureux (The Lover or Lovers). Date: 20th century

Tunisian Beauty showing plenty of front
A beautiful Tunisian Moorish woman who decided to forgo the usual lacing up of ones bodice for a more Summery open-air look... Date: circa 1909

Jem Mace, Boxer
" Gypsy" Jem Mace (1831 - 1910), English champion and known as the " Father of Modern Boxing"

Farmer leads his cows down a country road
A farmer leads his cows down a country road

Poster advertising Union Castle cruises for South Africa, East Africa and around the African coast

Johnson V Perrins 1789
Tom Johnson and Isaac Perrins square up to each other at Banbury

Poster advertising Union Castle cruises: the goings good!

Advertisement for Bovril - nurses must use Bovril in place of beef tea as it is infinitely more nourishing. Date: late 19th century

Madimba - Congo - Pipe-smoking lady
A rather powerful looking lady from the Congo, smoking a pipe and carrying a large wicker basket on her head. She is the wife of the Chief of the Mpongo Tribe of Kibweta, Madimba, Congo, Africa

Mali, Africa - Young women from Timbuktu
Mali, Africa - Two young women from Timbuktu Date: circa 1910s

Behind the Scenes at Theatre de L Abri, Paris, France
Behind the Scenes at the erotic revue performed at the Theatre de L Abri, Paris, France with principal dancer Louis Espinoza - Le Ballet des Nymphes. Date: circa 1910s

Jugend front cover, naked woman with dragon
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a naked woman with a large red dragon. Date: 1898

Mali, Africa - Two women from Timbuktu Date: circa 1910s

American Indians scalping
American Indian holding up the scalp of a died man, that he has just been in combat with. Date: Circa 1870s

Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills, WW1
Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills for Active Service, showing a man undergoing an army medical examination during the early stages of the First World War. Date: 1914

Little boy lifts his jumper, Balham, SW London
A little boy lifting his jumper on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Girl climbing tree, line of washing, Balham, SW London
A girl climbs a tree under a line of washing in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Tipton Slasher sculpture
Welder and sculptor Jack Bouckley, of Wolverhampton, works on a metal sculpture of 19th Century Black Country heavyweight prize fighter William Perry, known as The Tipton Slasher

Royal Navy sailor with Union Jack and Red Ensign flags. circa 1900

Children doing handstands on a Balham street, SW London
Two children, a boy and a girl, doing handstands against a concrete wall on a Balham street, SW London. A smaller child watches them, backed into a corner. Date: circa 1961

Women brickmakers in the Black Country
Women brickmakers at work in the Black Country -- south Staffordshire and north Worcestershire

Female Type / Topless 1920
Demure-looking young woman, going topless

Lesbian Couple Chatting
Two young women, one in her underclothes, one fully dressed, relax and chat

Cover design, London Mail, Christmas Extra 1923
Cover design in art deco style, London Mail Christmas Extra 1923 Date: 1923

Christmas card, silhouette of gypsy caravan

Marianne Faithfull, singer, songwriter and actress
Marianne Faithfull (b.1946), English singer, songwriter and actress. Seen here as a teenager at the Prospect Theatre, Reading, where she went to school. circa 1962

DIY mechanic fixing car, Eccles, Manchester
A DIY mechanic fixing a car in front of his Eccles house. He doesn t appear to have any shoes on, only socks! Date: circa 1981

Canadian gunners, Battle of Vimy Ridge, France, WW1
Canadian gunners firing a 6 inch Howitzer during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1917

Materialisation of Geordie, controlling spirit of Annie Fairlamb (later Mrs J B Mellon, 1850-1938). He was described as a tall Scotsman who had lived most of his life in Newcastle. Date: 19th century

Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague 1920s
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

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