mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Men of Bourgogne C. 1450Embroidered jerkin (jacket) with hanging sleeves worn over a doublet, hose, piked side- lacing boots with spurs, fur- lined & trimmed jerkin with side vents, chaperon (hat). Date: circa 1450
Costume / Aristos C. 1730French aristocrats of the court of Louis XV wear Jack boots with bucket tops & spurs, armour & swords, a sash, tricorne hats & gauntlets Date: circa 1730
Costume / Townsfolk 1796A working class woman wears a buffont, a checked apron over a quilted petticoat & skirt draped to create a polonaise. The man wears a bicorne hat & short boots. Date: 1796
French Costume Men C17ThFarmer: wears his own hair, petticoat breeches, ribbons at his throat & on his uncocked hat. Gendarm: Jack boots, a cocked hat, a sash, gauntlets & plaits in his wig. Date: circa 1690
German Nobles Circa 1650German nobles: bucket-top boots & boot hose tops or shoes with roses, ruff or lace falling collars, doublet with pointed front, side fastening breeches, Brandenburg coat. Date: 1650s
French Cavaliers C17ThThe costume of French Cavaliers include: doublets, ruffs, trunk-hose, capes, cocked hats with feathers & very high boots reaching above the knees with tabbed tops. Date: early 17th century
COSTUME 1787Man: top boots, spurs, hat with large cockade, dress coat - front border sloping away to reveal the waistcoat. Women: lace-edge pelerine, softer, curled hairstyles. Date: 1787
Walking Dress 1864The vogue for short, hitched- up skirts revealing brightly coloured petticoats & boots was originally an English fashion later adopted by the French. Date: 1864
Racegoer / Jardine 1909Robert Buchanan Jardine at the races wears a top hat, morning coat, grey striped trousers with a front crease & black boots with brown spats (gaiters). Date: 1909
Sir Daniel Cooper at the races wears a bowler hat, brown striped lounge suit, half boots & tan leather gloves. Date: 1908
Jockey / Jh Martin Vf 1907American jockey John Henry Martin wears top boots, a jockety cap & over his silks a grey overcoat (possibly fly- fronted) with a velvet collar, a large pocket. 1907
Riding Dress 1910Sir Alfred Turner wears: jodhpurs, riding boots, checked waistcoat, high all round collar, bowler hat & a brown riding coat with rounded front borders. Date: 1910
3-PIECE SUIT 1909A sobre looking R G Tatlow wears a dark chalk stripe 3- piece suit with narrow trousers, waistcoat with a collar, shirt with a turn down collar, tie & black boots. Date: 1909
Monocled BusinessmanColonel W J Bosworth wears a frock coat, grey striped trousers with a front crease, half boots, a wing collar, a carnation buttonhole & a monocle. Date: 1909
Tweed Coat 1909Sir Edward Daniel Walker in a grey tweed sac style overcoat with fly-front & tan collar, a bowler hat, trousers with a front crease, black boots & tan spats / gaiters. Date: 1909
Morning Coat & CigaretteAnthony Drexel wears a morning coat, trousers with a chalk stripe & front crease, all round collar, tie & black & brown half boots. He smokes a cigarette from a holder. Date: 1910
Turn-Ups & Topper 1910Lord Barrymore wears a top hat, frock coat, pink shirt, bowtie, waistcoat with collar, grey herringbone tweed trousers with turn-ups & a front crease & town boots. Date: 1910
Businesswear for 1910R.V Vasser-Smith in a morning coat & waistcoat with braid trim, grey striped trousers with a front crease, all round collar, blue striped shirt & black & brown town boots. Date: 1910
Cartoon, The Fashionable Shape, WW1Cartoon, The Fashionable Shape, a comment on the changing fashionable style from the narrow long skirts with tunics and drooping feathers to short, bell-shaped skirts, vertical hats and high boots
Costume / Fantasio 1915He: short trousers with turn- ups, high heeled town boots with spats, jacket with narrow shoulders & tight waist, hair in the aviator style. She: tricorn hat & cape coat. Date: 1915
Rail Travel in IndiaRail travel in India is very comfortable - for Europeans, with native servants to polish their boots, sustain them with coffee, and keep their hookah in good nick... Date: circa 1860
Pinup / Jane in Ack-AckJane in the Ack-Ack. Date: circa 1940
Male Walking Dress 1827An English gentleman in tailored country clothing for which England was renowned. His coat is cut away at the front revealing a glimpse of the waistcoat beneath. Date: 1827
Fashions Palais RoyalClothing worn by society & the demi-monde of the Palais Royal. One man wears cossack trousers, another top boots while many of the ladies wear evening dress. Date: 1822
Skirt & Blouse 1828Ruff, kerchief, ribbon adorned bonnet, blouse with full sleeves contained at the upper arm by a band, a canezou, skirt trimmed at waist & at knee level with lilac & foliage. 1828
Emp. Austria at PyramidsThe Emperor of Austria climbs the Great Pyramid at Giza. Date: 1869
Walking Dress 1819Lemon coloured pelisse, trimmed at hem, collar & cuffs with 2 narrow fluted full flounces; large pink bonnet, red Parisian reticule & Marine boots. Date: 1819
Cartoon, German officer passing by, WW1Cartoon, a German officer passing by, causing destruction as he goes. A German soldier as seen by the French during the First World War. Date: 1915
Pit Brow GirlsPit brow women Date: circa 1905
Country Course MeetingCountryfolk at a meet of the Avon Valley Coursing Club (near Salisbury) - he in plus- fours and gaiters with a cloth cap, his companion in high boots and heavy raincoat Date: 1927
French Nobleman 1650Cesar Phebus d Albret in full wig, chest and arm armour, boots and spurs, his sash blowing in the breeze Date: 1614 - 1676
Mildmay / Sir AnthonySIR ANTHONY MILDMAY Ambassador to France Date: - 1617
Harry MacleanSIR HARRY AUBREY DE VERE MACLEAN Scottish soldier in Moorish service Date: 1848 - 1920
James Lowther MpJAMES LOWTHER Politician and sportsman, riding his horse Date: 1840 - 1904
Alfonso XIIIALDONSO XIII, KING OF SPAIN In full dress uniform Date: 1886 - 1941
Manuel Ii / PortugalMANUEL II, KING OF PORTUGAL " Europes Youngest Monarch" Date: 1889 - 1932
Maj-Gen R Hutchinson DsoMajor-General R Hutchinson Dso Date: -
Horace Greeley / Vfair 72HORACE GREELEY American journalist and political leader Date: 1811 - 1872
Gen Duchesne / Vfair 1895GENERAL DUCHESNE French general in Madagascar Date: -
Vittorio Emanuele IIVITTORIO EMANUELE II King of Italy satirised as a bandit Date: 1820 - 1878
Reginald CorbetREGINALD CORBET Foxhunter: " To the manner born" Date: -
Aff Kotzebue / CabocheAUGUST FRIEDRICH FERDINAND VON KOTZEBUE German dramatist Date: 1761 - 1819
Mussolini / On Parade 1940BENITO MUSSOLINI Italian dictator on parade in 1940 with Marshal Badoglio and others Date: 1940
Disraeli / BombastesBENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy as Bombastes, daring any foreign power to go against British Interests overseas Date: 4 August 1877
Wilhelm Ii / Stafford 1896WILHELM II depicted as the modern Caesar bestriding the narrow world like a Colossus 1896
Joseph NoulensJOSEPH NOULENS French diplomat, noted for his ability to put out fires... Date: -
Lt Col DriscollLIEUTENANT COLONEL D P DRISCOLL " An Old War Horse" Date: 1912
Jockey Galop / VignettesSix jockeys wearing their colours. Date: 19th century