Boots Collection

2nd Regiment of Life Guards
A group of 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. Date: 1894

Couple kissing outside Carnaby Street boutique
A couple kissing in front of iconic Carnaby Street boutique, I was Lord Kitcheners Valet

Girl in yellow with black dog, by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a yellow coat and hat, walking along with a black dog, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s

The Night Watch, 1662, by Rembrandt (1606-1669)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. The Night Watch, 1662. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Scotland - Lossiemouth Fisherman mending his lines
Moray, Scotland - Lossiemouth Fisherman mending his lines Date: circa 1905

Jack Johnson in a boxing match
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, African-American world heavyweight champion boxer, 1908-1915, standing at the ropes in a boxing match with an unidentified opponent

People salmon netting at Bideford, Devon
Four people standing in the water salmon netting at Bideford, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

A Variety of ladies boots 1926
Ladies 1920s boots in willow calf, felt lace, riding, quilted, buttoned, lace-up and rubber. Date: circa 1926

Pretty Parisian Girl lacing up her brown leather boots
Les Bottines Jaunes (The Yellow Boots) by Leo Fontan (although the boots appear in this reproduction as brown!) - a pretty Parisian girl lacing up her brown leather boots Date: circa 1919

Boots advertisement WW1 - comforts for the trenches
Boots advertisement warning Remember, there are no Chemists Shops in the Trenches

Thomas Colleton Garth, Vanity Fair, Spy
THOMAS COLLETON GARTH (1822-1907) Master of the Garth foxhounds for over 50 years. In riding clothes, wearing boots and spurs. Caption: A Very Old Master Date: 1822-1907

Brochure illustration, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, showing the Footshape Works where the boots and shoes are made, with addresses of branches below, in London, Bradford, Brighton and Leicester

Brochure cover, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton
Brochure cover design, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, advertising boots by post, with a circular illustration of the Footshape Works where the boots are made. Date: 20th century

Ulla Street Boot Boys. Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Austrian soldiers in uniform, WW1
A selection of five Austro-Hungarian artillery soldiers and officers in uniform during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

What People Are Wearing - Annika Wills and Anne Nightingale
On the left: The English actress Annika Wills (better known as Anneke Wills, b)

Advert for Raoul Shoe Company 1912
French footwear, womens shoes for all occasions, street, town, seaside, tennis, walking, evening and court. 1912

Actor Hein Riess (Left) Playing Reichmarschall Hermann G?
Actor Hein Riess (Left) Playing Reichmarschall Hermann Goering Commander-In-Chief of the Luftwaffe in Uniform During the Filming of the Movie The Battle-Of-Britain 1968 / 1969 Date: 1968

Marthe Carpentier boxer born 1893
Marthe Carpentier French boxer. On 8th March 1914 she won a bout against Lucie Warner from England for the world female title

London Trade Card - James Potter, Leather Breeches Maker, at the sign of the Boot and Breeches, Shoemaker Row, near Aldgate. 18th century

Woman police officer, Inspector Lily Dawes, London
A woman police officer, Inspector Lily Dawes, at Kennington, London, wearing belted jacket (summer uniform), helmet with badge, white shirt and tie, and duty armband. Date: 1933

Bob Fitzsimmons v Peter Felix in heavyweight boxing match
Bob Fitzsimmons (1863-1917), British boxer, v Peter Felix (1866-1926), Australian boxer

Rene Paul Fonck, leading French fighter ace
Rene Paul Fonck (1894-1953), leading French fighter ace and his SPADs VII, which he flew as a member of the Escadrille SPA 103, part of the famous Groupe de Chasse 12, the Storks

Winter Morning by Muriel Dawson -- two children out walking in the snow with three dogs. Date: 1941

Lumber Jills, Land Girls in Devon, WW1
Lumber Jills, Land Girls in breeches, leggings and hobnailed boots, doing forestry work in Devon during the First World War. 1914-1918

Edward VII & Kaiser
King Edward VII of England, (left) with his nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (right) and brother, Arthur, Duke of Connaught (centre), during the Kaisers visit to Windsor. Date: November 1907

Man fishing, Fingle Bridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon
Man fishing near Fingle Bridge, a 17th-century stone arch packhorse bridge over the River Teign near Drewsteignton, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. Date: 1974

Boys eating fish and chips, Balham, SW London
Three boys eating fish and chips out of newspaper on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Roller-skating girl cutting a dash on the beachside boardwal
Frivolous - a roller-skating beauty cutting a dash on the beachside boardwalk Date: early 1940s

Sporty equestrian blond posing with her horse
Team-mates - a very pretty sporty equestrian blond in jodhpurs and boots, standing holding the bridle of her thoroughbred black stallion, gloved hand on hip. Date: early 1940s

Young crofter with his dog, Shetland, Scotland. Date: circa 1960s

Our Boys Clothing Company, riding and top boots
Our Boys Clothing Company riding and top boots. Date: c.1895

Cartoon, Two emancipated women
Modified wartime silhouette: skirts begin to evoke the barrel-line shape being narrower & court shoes are vying with high boots. Hats: tam-o shanter or high crown. Date: 1918

Cartoon, French soldier and his mother, WW1
Cartoon, French soldier and his mother, taking a borzoi and a lapdog for a walk. He says that people will think she is his fiancee

Mongrel puppy tempted by his masters shoes. Date: 1914

Brochure cover, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton
Brochure cover design, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, advertising Footshape boots by post. Depicting an 18th century scene with a coach and horses and a road sign: Boots by Post in 1780

Waifs and Strays Society Lincoln - Boot polishing
Boys polishing boots at the Waifs and Strays Society Home, Lincoln Date: 1896

Greetings card in the shape of an owl with top hat, monocle and lace-up shoes. circa 1890s

Thessaloniki - Street Traders and Foreign Military Personnel
Street Traders, including a shoeshine boy, a cigarette seller and a porter - all finding plenty of cutom amongst the foreign troops staioned in Thessaloniki (Indian, French and British)

Grey Top Frock 1909
Sir Maurice Fitzgerald, 20th Knight of Kerry, 2nd Baronet of Valencia, (1844-1916) wears a grey top frock coat over narrow black trousers, a top hat

Comic postcard, Drunken man and water fountain - If water rots your boots, what will it do to your inside? Date: early 20th century

Glimpses of life among fur-traders of the Canadian, far North-West

Men and women's golfing boots and shoes. Date: 1924

Kingston General store in Gordon Street, Aramac, Queensland, Australia. The vehicle is a charabanc which apparently ran between Aramac and Barcaldine. Date: 1910

Maria Guerrero, Young Girl (1867-1928). Portrait
Maria Guerrero (1867-1928). Spanish theatre actress. Maria Guerrero, young girl. Portrait by Emilio Sala Frances (1850-1910), 1878. Oil on canvas, 89 x 61 cm. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Portrait of Concepcion Serrano, later Countess
Eduardo Rosales Gallinas (1836-1873). Spanish painter. Portrait of Concepcion Serrano, later Countess of Santovenia, 1871

Louis-Jules Trochu (1815-1896). French military and politician. Portrait. Engraving by R. Cremer. Historia de la Guerra Franco-Alemana de 1870-1871. Published in Barcelona, 1891

Settlers, New Zealand, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

Charles XV of Sweden (1826-1872). King of Sweden
Charles XV of Sweden (1826-1872). Born Carl Ludvig Eugen. King of Sweden and Norway (as Charles IV) between 1859 and 1872. Portrait of Karl Ludvig as Heir Prince of Sweden. Drawing by C. Legrand

Adolphe (1817-1905). Duke of Nassau (1839-1866) and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905). Portrait as Duke of Nassau. Drawing by J. Vallejo. Lithography by J. Donon

Nicholas I of Russia (1796-1855). Tsar of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland (1825-1855). Portrait. Drawing by B. Blanco. Lithography by J. Donon

Teenage girl poses for a studio portrait with young brother
A pretty teenage girl poses for a studio portrait (at Stacey Ward's Studios) with her (slightly sullen!) younger brother. Date: circa 1920s

Dapper British Serviceman - Studio Portrait. Date: circa 1920s

Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, 1587-1658. English colonial administrator, admiral, and Puritan, commander of the Parliamentarian navy during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Sir William Waller, English Parliamentarian soldier, c. 1597-166
Sir William Waller, English soldier, c. 1597-1668. Commander of Parliamentarian armies during the First English Civil War. On horseback in plate armour, sash, collar and boots with spurs

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, c. 1599-1673. English nobleman and military leader. Roundhead general defeated at the siege of Exeter. Vignette of Exeter Cathedral and the River Exe

Thomas May, from his book Nim, the Satirical Puppy, 1637
Portrait of an English dandy called Nim, the Satirical Puppy, 1637. Perhaps its author T.M. Thomas May, English poet, dramatist and historian, 1594-1650

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1591-1646
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, Parliamentary general, 1591-1646. On horseback with baton, in lace collar and sash, breastplate and plate armour, boots with spurs, armed with pistol

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1591-1646
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, Parliamentary general, 1591-1646. In plumed hat, collar, breastplate and gauntlets, buff coat, boots, armed with staff, sword. Plumed helmet on the ground

Lazarus and John Baptista Colloredo, parasitic twins, 17th centu
Lazarus and John Baptista Colloredo, parasitic twins from Genoa, exhibited in the Strand, London, in 1637

Prince Charles, later Charles II of England, on horseback
Prince Charles, by the grace of God, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, later King Charles II of England, 1630-1685. On horseback in suit of armour, plumed hat, boots, sash, with sword and baton

Charles, Prince of Wales, on horseback
Oval portrait of Charles, Prince of Wales, later King Charles I of England, 1600-1649. On horseback, in hat, ruff collar, embroidered doublet, breeches, boots, with baton. Carolus Princeps

Sir Ralph Hopton, Governour of Bristol, 1596-1652. Royalist politician and soldier during the English Civil War. From a print in the collection of Earl Spencer, sold by W. Bentley

King James II of England, as Duke of York, 1633-1701
King James II of England, as a young Duke of York, 1644. On horseback with cane, in doublet, breeches and boots, at a stag hunt

Inuit woman with facial tattoos, Yukon, Canada
Inuit woman with facial tattoos, Mackenzie River, Yukon, Canada. She wears a parka or anorak made of seal skin, trousers and boots of animal skin. Femme Esquimaux

Native (Inupiat) man of Sarichef Island, Alaska. He wears a hooded parka or anorak, trousers and boots of animal skin, holding a bow and arrow. His mouth has piercings of walrus-ivory rings

Native of the region of Heroica Veracruz, Mexico. He wears a wide-brimmed hat, charro outfit of bolero jacket, chaps, trousers and boots. Habitant des environs de Vera-Cruz, Mexique

Woman in cloak and tunic, hose and boots, 9th century. From illuminated manuscript 510 by Gregory of Nazianzus. Figure tiree du MS 510

Costume of a woman of Granada, Andalusia, Spain, 16th century. She wears a velvet cap, large cape like a poncho, short boots with wooden soles attached by cords. Costume de femme de Grenade

Costume of an emperor of ancient Rome. Caesar wears a laurel crown, mantle tied at the right shoulder, breastplate armor, sword, boots. Within a decorative frame engraved by H

Costume of a Roman lictor. He carries a fasces or axe, and wears a brown chlamys cloak, white tunic, short trousers and caliga boots. Within a decorative frame engraved by H. Catenacci and Fellmann

Costume of a Roman standard bearer. He wears a lion's mane headdress, short tunic, short trousers or sagulum gregale, boots

Costume of an ancient Roman light cavalryman. He wears a leather helmet, tunic, carries a shield and dart, or throwing arrow. Within a decorative frame engraved by H. Catenacci and Fellmann

Shoe-maker cutting leather at a table in a shop
Shoe-maker cutting leather with a round knife at a table in a shop. A boy in an apron sits with a last behind him

Currier in apron shaving an animal hide with a knife
Currier in apron shaving hair from an animal hide with a knife in a tannery. Behind him, leather hides hang drying on the wall, and other animal skins are piled up on a table

Roman leather footwear and sandals
Roman leather footwear, sandals or solea, boots or calceus, etc. Military boots or caligae at bottom. From sculptures in the Galleria Giustiniana

Roman sandals and footwear
Roman leather footwear, sandals or solea, shoes, boots or calceus, etc. Imperial Roman boot or caligae at lower right. From sculptures in the Galleria Giustiniana

French costumes, 16th century. Woman in voluminous cape with child in ruff collar. Men in doublets and hose. Costumes Divers, France, XVIe siecle

Leander sending a love letter to Hero. In plumed cap, doublet, and boots, he hands a letter to a ferryman. Leandre adresse un message d'amour a hero. From Letter XVIII, Leander to Hero

Isaac and his son Esau in 15th century French costume. Esau dressed as a hunter, in doublet, hose and boots with bow, quiver and sword. Isaac et Esau. XVe siecle

Portrait of a standard bearer, Germany, 15th century. In the flamboyant costume of a landsknechts, with plumed hat, slashed doublet, codpiece, hose, beribboned boots

The Cadaver of Death separates the lovers with his bolt. The man in plumed cap, doublet, dagger, striped hose, boots. France 15th century

French costumes, end of the 15th century
French costumes, end of 15th century. Equerries in doublets and boots with falcons 1, 2, widow in black 3, marquise in crown 4 with maid 5, baron with sceptre 6, and knight with sword 7

Roger Bontemps locking his heart in a box
The fool Roger Bontemps locking his heart in a forgotten box. Rogier Bon Temps, France, 15th century

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