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Background imageBody Collection: Nude Danae by Jean Straker

Nude Danae by Jean Straker
A woman reclining on a bed is captured in a shaft of light. A nude study by photographer Jean Straker inspired by the painting Danae by Rembrandt which appeared in his art photography book

Background imageBody Collection: Soul Leaving Body

Soul Leaving Body
The soul - the astral body - leaves the physical body of a girl at the moment of death, unseen by the living

Background imageBody Collection: Frank Bell Body Builder from Darlington

Frank Bell Body Builder from Darlington
Frank Bell of Darlington UK. Frank was a finalist in the 1937 Mr.Britain at the age of 20. He was a Mr. North Britain finalist in 1940 and subsequently became the 2nd Superman of Great Britain

Background imageBody Collection: Ancient Assyrian Costume

Ancient Assyrian Costume
ANCIENT ASSYRIA Weaponry and armour of Warriors, the King in his court regalia and ready for battle and the costume of his body guard. Date: B.C

Background imageBody Collection: Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover - Futuristic Human Cloning

Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover - Futuristic Human Cloning
THE 4-SIDED TRIANGLE, by William F Temple. A scientist clones the body of a young woman in his laboratory in this futuristic science fiction magazine cover 1939

Background imageBody Collection: Startling Stories Scifi Magazine Cover with Science Island

Startling Stories Scifi Magazine Cover with Science Island
SCIENCE ISLAND (Eando Binder)A cold-blooded Scientific Napoleon with the Brain of a Genius and a Body of Metal threatens to Dominate Mankind Date: 1939

Background imageBody Collection: Design for Dress Silk or Print in brown and black

Design for Dress Silk or Print in brown and black. Body colour. Gouache on tracing paper. Silver Studio. 1929

Background imageBody Collection: Female Initiation - 6

Female Initiation - 6
A candidate is initiated as Mistress of the Temple, lying on a supposed corpse and restoring him to life with the warmth of her body. Date: 1891

Background imageBody Collection: The Commercial Room of Lloyds of London, 1844

The Commercial Room of Lloyds of London, 1844
Engraving showing a large body of the British public in the Commercial Room of Lloyds of London, the insurance company, 1844

Background imageBody Collection: Litesome Body Belt

Litesome Body Belt
Advert for the Litesome Body Belt, underpants devised to offer support and relief while hiking miles " without exhaustion". " Every man should wear one constantly"

Background imageBody Collection: Japanese Horse

Japanese Horse
A horse tied to a tree - an embroidered fukusa, a kind of mixed media production in which some parts (such as the horses body) are embroidered, other parts painted

Background imageBody Collection: Chinese Foot-Binding

Chinese Foot-Binding
The damage caused by the practise of Chinese foot- binding to the structure of the foot, and the foot as it would appear encased in a shoe

Background imageBody Collection: Comic postcard, Enormous man with woman in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Enormous man with woman in the sea Date: 20th century

Background imageBody Collection: Are you nervous? If so, find the nerve! Photograph of Dr

Are you nervous? If so, find the nerve! Photograph of Dr. Rufus Weaver showing the nervous system of a man. Date: 1906

Background imageBody Collection: Items of interior decoration at the seat of Sir Savile Crossley - Somerleyton Hall near

Items of interior decoration at the seat of Sir Savile Crossley - Somerleyton Hall near Lowestoft - Household Gods. These include a marble statue of Sir Savile as a boy, a bronze figure of Atalanta

Background imageBody Collection: Veet advertisement, 1926

Veet advertisement, 1926
Advertisement for Veet hair removal cream from 1926 - don t let disfiguring growths of superfluous hair destroy your charm and daintiness any longer

Background imageBody Collection: Aphrodite, called Hera Borghese. Monte Calvo. 2nd century

Aphrodite, called Hera Borghese. Monte Calvo. 2nd century AD. Goddess of Love. Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze statue of the Classical Period. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark

Background imageBody Collection: Dressing doll. Dick Whittington

Dressing doll. Dick Whittington
Dick Whittington. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Background imageBody Collection: Muffed Flying Tumblers, Pigeons

Muffed Flying Tumblers, Pigeons
A portrait of four sub-variants of the Flying Tumbler pigeon breed. The Flying Tumblers shown is the Black Rose-Wing, the Red Rose-Wing, the Red-Badge and the Black Saddle

Background imageBody Collection: Anatomical drawing of musculature, side view

Anatomical drawing of musculature, side view
Secunda Musculorum Tabulae (Anatomical drawing of musculature, side view) Source: Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, scholae medicorum Patauinae professoris

Background imageBody Collection: Unfolding female anatomy

Unfolding female anatomy
x Date: 19th century

Background imageBody Collection: Princess Diana and Prince Charles visiting the Met Police

Princess Diana and Prince Charles visiting the Met Police
Princess Diana and Prince Charles on a visit to the Metropolitan Polices burglary squad. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageBody Collection: Edward VII lying in state, Westminster Hall

Edward VII lying in state, Westminster Hall
Soldiers guard the coffin of the late King Edward VII whose body is lying in state in Westminster Hall, Central London. An estimated 700, 000 people passed through the Hall to pay their respects

Background imageBody Collection: Zon Sunbathing Oil 1930S

Zon Sunbathing Oil 1930S
Zon sunbathing oil which makes you a glorious brown

Background imageBody Collection: Goddess Sekhmet, Sculpture. Medinet Habu. Egypt

Goddess Sekhmet, Sculpture. Medinet Habu. Egypt
Goddess Sekhmet, goddess of war, represented with head of a lioness and the human body and crowned with the solar disk. Sculpture in the mortuary temple of Ramses III (1187-1156 BC). New Kingdom

Background imageBody Collection: Body of Harold II is found

Body of Harold II is found
BATTLE OF HASTINGS The discovery of Harolds body after the battle; it is taken to Waltham by the monks of the abbey Date: 14 October 1066

Background imageBody Collection: Three point turns by W H Robinson

Three point turns by W H Robinson
No need for three point turns, with this double torpedo model with revolving body for obviating the difficult of turning the car in narrow lanes. 1919

Background imageBody Collection: The dangers of getting a personal tattoo

The dangers of getting a personal tattoo
" First of All, Mary, theres something awful I must get off my chest." The dangers of getting a personal tattoo - A dapper gent has to admit to a previous romantic liason to his new young

Background imageBody Collection: Mummified sacred ibis, partially unwrapped

Mummified sacred ibis, partially unwrapped
The sacred ibis, as well as the baboon, was linked to Thoth, god of the moon and writing. He was often represented as a man with the head of an ibis

Background imageBody Collection: Portrait of a woman showing images tattooed or painted on he

Portrait of a woman showing images tattooed or painted on he

Background imageBody Collection: Snake Tattoo

Snake Tattoo
The latest craze for feminine beauty is the tattooing of the back with serpents, butterflies, etc. This picture was taken in a London salon. Date: 1929

Background imageBody Collection: Nervous System 18th C

Nervous System 18th C
The nervous system of the spine and the front body according to Vieuffens Date: Circa 1760

Background imageBody Collection: Delivery truck c. 1910

Delivery truck c. 1910
Hearse and Casket Body on Buick m/4 Four Cylinder Commercial Chassis. Photographic post card of a drawing or print of a Buick hearse

Background imageBody Collection: Portrait of Ethel Le Neve

Portrait of Ethel Le Neve
Ethel Le Neve, Dr Crippens mistress. Dr Crippen, an American citizen, lived at 39 Hilldrop Cresent, Camden, London. He was accused of murdering his wife when she disappeared under suspicious

Background imageBody Collection: EMBALMING

EMBALMING
Egyptians embalming their dead with strips of fine linen smeared with gum. In the foreground there are three jars for the organs of the body

Background imageBody Collection: Tuberculosis Sufferer

Tuberculosis Sufferer
Diagram to show how tuberculosis manifests itself in the body of a young girl

Background imageBody Collection: Two Ancient Britons, male and female

Two Ancient Britons, male and female, painted with woad (a blue dye) and armed with swords and spears

Background imageBody Collection: Colonel Festing rescuing Lieut. Eardley-Wilmots body

Colonel Festing rescuing Lieut. Eardley-Wilmots body
Colonel Francis Worgan Festing (1833-1886), rescuing the body of Lieut. Eardley-Wilmot during the Ashanti War (1873-74) from a sketch by the officer of the expedition

Background imageBody Collection: Women Sunbathers 1930S

Women Sunbathers 1930S
Three young women sunbathing in bathing caps, holding their faces up to the sun and sitting on wicker chairs

Background imageBody Collection: Chaps Exercise Regime

Chaps Exercise Regime
A variety of body exercises, requiring no special apparatus, that will keep any chap in good shape

Background imageBody Collection: Yoga Girl Apprentices

Yoga Girl Apprentices
A group of Indian girls, yoga apprentices. While squatting in this position, they must control their breathing and concentrate upon a perfect balance of mind and body. Date: 1930s

Background imageBody Collection: Soul Leaves Body

Soul Leaves Body
The SOUL leaves the BODY at the moment of death

Background imageBody Collection: Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
View inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, with the Stone of Unction on the left -- according to tradition, the body of Jesus was prepared for burial on this stone by Joseph of Arimathea

Background imageBody Collection: Internal anatomy

Internal anatomy
the nervous system of the spine

Background imageBody Collection: Chapel Royal, St James

Chapel Royal, St James
The Chapel Royal at St James Palace, London, is an establishment in the Royal Household serving the spiritual needs of the sovereign of the British royal family

Background imageBody Collection: Burial of De Soto on the Mississippi

Burial of De Soto on the Mississippi
Spanish soldiers lower the wrapped body of Hernando De Soto into the Mississippi River. A soldier holds a torch as a priest reads from the Bible

Background imageBody Collection: Misfitz - Spoony

Misfitz - Spoony. early 20th century

Background imageBody Collection: Misfitz - Qua-Qua

Misfitz - Qua-Qua. early 20th century



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