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Children and Redcoats at Butlins holiday campA group of smiling children, with Redcoats and a few parents in the background, at Butlins holiday camp in Filey, North Yorkshire. The camp clown bares his chest for the benefit of the camera
Little girl sitting on a bench with picture bookA little girl sitting on a bench with a cloth picture book at her side, in front of a Chinese screen. Date: early 20th century
Young girl sitting on table with vase of flowersA young girl in a frilly white dress, sitting on a table next to a vase of flowers. 1915
Djibouti, East Africa - Young WomanDjibouti, East Africa - A bare-breasted young woman standing in a strong pose. Date: circa 1910s
Girls of the Federated States of Yap IslandYoung girls of the Island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia - an Island in the Caroline Islands. Date: circa 1910s
David Wright woman with black and red fanElegant woman with red hair, wearing a low-cut cream-coloured evening dress with a full, layered skirt, and holding a black and red fan
Workhouse dining hall, Oliver Twist film, 1948A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean. The religious mottos reminded the inmates that due gratitude was in order for the care they were receiving
A Giriama Woman, KenyaA smiling Giriama Woman from Kenya, East Africa. She displays the traditional filed teeth of the Giriama and wears a stap across her forehead which aided the carrying of heavy loads on her back
Bare breasted womanA stylised art deco image showing a woman with her blonde hair in an elaborate classical style, barely wearing a dress and gazing at a phallic shaped purple flower
Pair of feet with comic verse on a Christmas cardPair of feet with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Angel with trumpet on a Victorian Christmas scrapAngel with a trumpet on a Victorian Christmas scrap. Date: circa 1890s
The Crimson Alibi by George Broadhurst (June 3, 1866 January 31, 1952). First produced in England Strand Theatre on 29th November 1919
Misfitz Dolls - Jappy. early 20th century
The Orphan Boy. 19th century
Ancient Egyptian costume. From left to right: woman and man in ordinary clothing, Numidian woman, baby and man, aristocratic Egyptian man, three native Egyptian men. BCE
Bare Knuckle Fighting - Trenches, WW1 - British SoldiersBare Knuckle Fighting after a hard day - Trenches, WW1 - British Soldiers enjoying themselves on the Western front in 1914. Date: 1914
Intoxication - drawing by Paris-based artist Jan Olitzki - a woman has passed out under the effects of a heavy night on the tiles - in so doing her top has unfortunately descended
A Window in the South of France, by Suzanne MeunierStudies in Femininity, A Window in the South of France, by Suzanne Meunier. 1925
The Wooing of La Belle, by Felix de GrayThe Prince Charming who became a Monster, The Wooing of La Belle, by Felix de Gray. 1926
Angel with branch on a Victorian Christmas scrapAngel with a branch on a Victorian Christmas scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Angel with cornucopia of flowers on a Victorian scrapAngel with a cornucopia of flowers on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Native Indians, Guatemala, Central AmericaNative Mayan Indians (K iche), in the town of Chichicastenango (also known as Santo Tomas), Guatemala, Central America. Date: circa 1908
Advertisement for Felco bearing block. 1949
Girl and boy on a seesaw. 19th century
Book illustration -- January, with a robin on a bare branch and a snowy country scene. Date: circa 1880
Sinhalese boy golf caddy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910
Twin-hull sailing boat of the Friendly Islands (Tonga).. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Boys playing in street, Balham, SW LondonBoys playing in a street in Balham, SW London. They seem to be playing a game where the loser has to take off an item of clothing. Date: circa 1961
American boxers Joe Louis and Billy Conn, New York, USAAmerican boxers Joe Louis and Billy Conn weighing in before a fight, New York, USA. They fought each other twice, in 1941 and 1946; Louis won both matches. Date: 1940s
Tahiti scene by Leon CarreIllustration by Leon Carre to accompany a story in The Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1930 entitled, Tahiti Tihare - a Polynesian Legend
Sinhalese man, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s
Having Fun by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl at the seaside with bucket, spade and pet dog. Date: 1943
Little girl at seaside with toy boat by Muriel DawsonA little girl at the seaside with a toy boat by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s
Young Victorian woman in pink crinolineA young Victorian woman in an enormous pink crinoline evening dress decorated with roses. She has matching roses in her hair, and a fan in her hand. Date: circa 1860
Mrs. Letitia Sage, first Englishwoman to ascend in a balloonThe Parachute or a Sage Ladys Second Experiment. A rather saucy 18th century cartoon by Thomas Rowlandson which depicts Mrs. Letitia Sage, the first Englishwoman to ascend in a balloon. Date: 1785
The Cotton Harvest at Bondoukou, Ivory CoastThe Cotton Harvest at Bondoukou (Bonduku, Bontuku) a town in the Bondoukou Department of Ivory Coast, located in the Zanzan Region. Date: circa 1910s
Congo - Women from the Kasai regionDemocratic Republic of Congo - Women from Kasai. Date: circa 1901
Jugend front cover, young woman riding a stagFront cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a young woman riding a stag. Date: 1898
Arabs at a water fountain in Algiers, AlgeriaTwo arabs drawing water at a fountain in the Kasbah, Algiers, Algeria. The wall above the fountain is ornately decorated with tiled patterns
Guinea, Africa - A Fula Woman from TimboGuinea, Africa - A woman from Timbo - a town and sub-prefecture in the Mamou Prefecture in the Mamou Region of Guinea. It is located in the Fouta Djallon highlands of Guinea
Fulbe woman from CameroonCameroon, Africa - A seated bare-breasted Fulbe woman and a Fezzan bedouin arab woman from Southern Libya. Date: circa 1920s
David Wright woman smelling yellow flowersElegant woman in a low-cut white dress, smelling yellow flowers in a garden. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
Bedroom scene with a couple, two servants and a dogA crowded bedroom scene with a woman in bed, her lover standing at the side, two servants and a dog. An illustration to the story by La Fontaine
Winter by Adrian HillA bleak winter scene in the countryside, with bare trees and snowy, frozen ground
Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary, LondonA ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The room is decorated with potted plants and pictures. The floor is bare apart from a strip of matting
Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary, womens wardAn old womens ward in the Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary on Charles Street (later Bakers Row, now Vallance Road), East London
Gabon - Africa - Woman with ScarificationA Woman from Sibiti, Gabon - part of the Bakota (or Kota) - a Bantu ethnic group from the northeastern region of the country
Vera Le Fleming (born c1901), a child ballet dancer and impersonator, performing in costume in front of a painted backdrop