Two Indian women are approached by a bead merchant Date: early 20th century?
Lourdes - The statue in the GrottoStatue of Our Lady of Lourdes, France in the Grotto at this sacred Christian site
Lady Charles Cavendish aka Adele AstaireAdele Astaire (1896 - 1981) comedy actress and dance partner of her brother, Fred Astaire from childhood until 1932, when she retired from dance to marry the British aristocrat Lord Charles Spencer
Sri Lanka - Hindu Ascetic - Incredibly long hairSri Lanka - Hindu Ascetic Sadhu with incredibly long hair, worn in thick dreadlocks called jata. Date: circa 1910s
Decorated Christmas tree with toys and food below. Date: circa 1890s
Feather Flapper headband 1912Woman wearing a flapper style headpiece, with feathers and beaded detail at side. 1912
Girl from Mali with wonderful beads and headdressYoung Soninke Girl from Mali wearing wonderful beads and beaded headdress. The Soninke (also called Sarakole, Seraculeh, or Serahuli)
Dorma Leigh in 1920Dorma Leigh (1890 - ?), British stage performer, appearing here in The Whirligig, at the Palace Theatre, London. 1920
Romanian Women - Traditional costumeA pair of Romanian women, in traditional National costume. A particularly fine example of the highly-decorative embroidery emplyed to decorate the skirts
Shilluk Girl bearing extensive traditional scarficationA Shilluk Girl bearing extensive traditional facial scarfication and wearing thick wood-block earrings - Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1910s
Christian Dior dress, 1953A woman enjoys a glass of champagne while wearing a Christian Dior evening dress of blue silk organza worn over a number of full net underskirts and embroidered with swags of silver bugle beads
Belinda WillisTop 1960s model Belinda Willis, photographed for London Life magazine by Alan Ballard wearing a multi-layered choker of beads and moody eye makeup
Production of Gounods Faust by Carl Rosa Opera CompanyCharacters from Charles Gounods opera Faust in a touring production by the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Seen here are Charles Manners as Bertram, the Irish tenor Barton McGuckin as Faust
Young woman, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s
Flower Power 1967HIPPIES His and Hers Flower Power outfits at the great Love-In at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire, England. Date: August 1967
Three people in Cowboy and Indian costume in studio photoThree people in Cowboy and Indian costume in a studio photo -- signed The Three Shentons. Date: circa 1910
Fashionable women in new creations 1913Women models wearing the latest winter beautifully decorative wraps. 1913
Federico Cattani Amadori (1856-1943). Colored engravingFederico Cattani Amadori (1856-1943). Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura (1924-1935). Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1877. Colored
Front cover of The Bystander by Rick ElmesA front cover illustration by Rick Elmes entitled The Minx, depicting an elegant young woman in evening dress, with her fur-trimmed coat falling off her shoulders
Algerian DancerAn Algerian Belly Dancer - holding aloft her scarf, in an alluring pose
Punjabi Muslims - North-west Frontier Province - an area of South Asia spanning from central Pakistan to north-western India
Chinese MandarinA Chinese Mandarin in ceremonial court costume
The Island King by Percy GawthornePromotional postcard for The Island King by Percy Gawthorne; music Harold Garstin. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 10th October 1922. This image shows W. H
Elderly Jewish Couple - Thessaloniki, Greece Date: circa 1916
Swing High Swing Low by Muriel DawsonA little girl sits placidly in a baby swing clutching a necklace of brightly coloured beads
Gilt-edged Security by Elsie HardingIllustration by Elsie Harding featuring a beautiful and elegant young woman with red hair just visible tying a bandeau style cloche hat in gold colours around her lovely head
Platinum Blonde FlapperA typical flapper with platinum blonde bobbed hair, green eye-shadow, rouge and pencil thin eyebrows. She wears emerald and diamond bangles, ear-rings & beads
Queen Nenzima, Belgian Congo, Central AfricaQueen Nenzima of the Mangbettus (Mangbetu) tribe, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Date: 1922
Two Girls of the Nuer Tribe - SudanTwo Girls (sisters?) of the Nuer Tribe - Sudan. Date: circa 1910s
Five male members of the Mois Tribe, VietnamFive male members of the Mois Tribe, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam (just about preserving their modesty). The Mountain People ( Mois is actually a derogatory term) are The Degar
Model wearing a short-skirted afternoon frock and a string of pearl beads Date: 1930
Saint Rose of Lima (1586-1617), circa 1670Saint Rose of Lima (1586-1617). Christian mystical religious, member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Portrait by Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), circa 1670. Detail
Colour illustration of woman with red, long beads, earringsColour lustration of woman with red, long beads and earrings, and jewel box, in front of a hand mirror. Captioned: ??Man-Killers: The Weapons Woman Wields??
Queen Mary Date: 1935
An array of colourful beads and ear-rings. Date: 1954
Illustration of fashionable women's gloves and jewellery. Date: 1954
Illustration of fashionable women's shoes and jewellery. Date: 1954
A canoe-necked knitted top, with a beaded design. Date: 1954
AN IRISH PENITENT A pious Irish pilgrim to Saint Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Dergh (Donegal), tells his beads in one of the seven Saints Beds on the island Date: 1847
Man and woman of China, 1818. Man with tobacco pipe, holding hands with a woman. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal
Lady Diana Abdy by Madame Yevonde(Helen) Diana (nÚÑáBridgeman), Lady Abdy (1907 - 1967), Fashion leader; wife of Sir Robert Henry Abdy; daughter of 5th Earl of Bradford
Various types of clothes worn by Indian men. Man of distinction with prayer beads, and men in dhoti. Handcoloured copperplate drawn
Sudanese woman showing traditional facial scarification and elegantly braided hair - (see 10284598 and 10587718 (close-up) for the original B/W print versions). Date: circa 1907
Zulu Maid showing traditional beadwork and scarification Date: circa 1920s
Masai, Kenya, silhouetteKenya, Masai warriors in genuine traditional clothes. One carries a spear with the tip protected by a feathered su-su. The other carries a rifle. Silhouette
Young South African girl in the bush Date: circa 1910s
Buddhist priest, China, c. 1900Buddhist priest, China, c.1900
