Boots Collection (page 4)

View of Saint Peters Basilica, Rome. Esterno di S. Pietro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

English tourist sketching the waterfall from Ossian s
English tourist sketching the Black Linn falls of the Braan River from Ossians Hall of Mirrors, Dunkeld, Scotland. A dog attacks its reflection and Dr. Factobend smashes a mirror

Woman in white dress with pink trim, striped apron
Woman in white dress with pink trim, casque hat with pink panaches, and striped apron. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Carrache after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les Modes

Woman in white tunic dress trimmed with lilac velvet, velvet hat with lace veil, and yellow fichu. Handcoloured lithograph by A

Cartoon, The Liliput Levy on John Bull Gulliver -- a satirical comment on taxation putting the strain on John Bull (representing the middle-class British man)

The Boots Who Forgot to Chalk the Boots, H. M. Bateman
Sequential cartoon by H.M. Bateman showing a young man given shoe cleaning duties in a hotel muddling up various pairs with hilarious consequences the following morning. Date: 1920

Charless Stratton, General Tom Thumb as Napoleon. 19th century

Man with his bicycle. circa late 19th century

Victorian scrap, a native of Crete. circa 1890

Man dressed as Charles Dickens character Mr Micawber
Studio photo, man dressed as Charles Dickens character Mr Micawber (from David Copperfield). circa 1860

Sir William Edmonstone, naval commander and politician
Admiral Sir William Edmonstone (1810-1888), Scottish naval commander, courtier and Conservative politician. Seen here with a horse. 1874

A Pretty Fellow, London Swell

ARP Warden in uniform, September 1939
An ARP warden wearing anti-gas clothing, knee-high impermeable boots and a metal helmet. This warden was in charge of the protection of a hotel in London. Date: 1939

Music cover, The Life Guards Polka by C C Amos. circa 1860

Music cover, The Dark Girl Dress d in Blue, sung by Kate Harley, and written and sung by Harry Clifton at the London Music Halls. With the International Exhibition of 1862 in the background. 1862

Fourteenth century German student in colourful costume. 1906

Toby Weller, Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Toby Weller, Pickwick Papers. 1912

Samuel Weller, Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Samuel Weller, Pickwick Papers. 1912

Puss in Boots, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

Helena Millais as Nance in Silver Creek
Helena Millais (1886-1970), actress and writer, in costume as Nance in Silver Creek. Date: circa 1912

Christmas Card or Present Tag, Santa Claus. 20th century

Advert, John Glen, Shoe and Boot Manufacturers, Glasgow
Advert for John Glen, Shoe and Boot Manufacturers, Ingram Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Birthday Card, 2 Years Old, Little Boy Blue. (front cover, 1 of 2) 20th century

Advert, Andrew Lees, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, Ayr
Advert for Andrew Lees, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, St Crispin Works, Ayr, Scotland. 1905

Albanian soldier with dagger in waistband, heavy cloak, cap and boots. Illustration from Francois Pouquevilles Travels through More, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1805

Visitors in Pelisses
Guests at a fashionable salon, all wearing extravagent fur-lined clothes, jackets, dresses and pelisses. By the early 19th century, fur lined and trimmed cloaks, coats and jackets were all the rage

The Incomparable Ravel, French rope dancer
The incomparable Ravel, a guitar-playing French tightrope artist from the early 19th century, with two dancers on thick ropes

Cavalcade at Longchamp racetrack
Cavalcade de Longchamp. Two incroyables (fops) mounted on heavy dray horses instead of thoroughbreds at Longchamp racetrack

The problem with Capote bonnets: two womens deep-brimmed bonnets collide as they greet each other, while fashionable men watch

Two incroyables (fops) with cudgels hinder the promenade of two merveilleuses by pinning the tails of their dresses. One looks back coquettishly at the ridiculous dandy

Choosing the jockey: Young woman in form-revealing dress and short martyr hairstyle seated on chaise longue pointing to a young man with a dog, while two older men and a black servant boy watch

Girls skipping in a park, early 19th century
Girls playing the skipping game of Walking under the Arch, boy playing hoop, while another girl watches. Scene in a Paris park

Caricature of English costumes, circa 1815. Men with flowerpot hats, long coats and trousers worn over boots, women in shawls with tassles

Egoism personified. This gentleman occupies six chairs on his own, and without regard to the arrival of strollers, he stretches out an army boot with spur and waves his whip

English military uniforms, Napoleonic era
Caricature of English military uniforms, Napoleonic era, Hussar with flared trousers worn over calf-high boots. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Fashionable people playing the Bridge of Love
Fashionable people playing the parlour game of Bridge of Love. For this forfeit, the man kneels on the floor and the lady who nominated him sits on his back

Fashionable people playing the Capucine kissing game. The players must sit back to back with their arms entwined and endeavor to give each other a kiss on the lips by their contortions

Fashionable people playing the parlour game
Fashionable men and women playing the parlour game called the Statue. When one is condemned to be the statue, she is placed in the centre of the room

Fashionable people playing the memory game of the gentle knight. Players who have made errors have to wear paper horns in their hair. At the beginning, everyone is a gentle knight

Fashionable people playing the game of the candlestick base
Fashionable people playing the parlour game of the candlestick base. For a forfeit, one fool kisses a candlestick base which drips hot wax on a woman on a sofa

Fashionable people playing the game of Guess the Kisser
Fashionable people at a party play the game of Guess the kisser, a parlour game where a blindfolded girl has to guess who is kissing her on the cheek

The informal umbrella. A gentleman grabs the hand of a young lady and kisses her, while using his umbrella to prevent her aunt and chaperone from seeing it

A Yeoman of the Guard attending Queen Elizabeth I on a Progress. Copperplate engraving by N.C. Goodnight from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale

Soldier of the time of King James I armed with a caliver or arquebus, 17th century. Copperplate engraving by N.C. Goodnight from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of

Female dancer in costume of a woman of Krakow, 1845
Female dancer performing a mazurka in the costume of a woman of Krakow, Poland, at the Academie Royale de Musique, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie

Russian serfs or peasantry, 18th century
Russian serfs or peasantry. A peasant in travel clothes with hat, shirt, boots and bark shoes, and women spinning yarn and washing clothes

Inuit family, and man in kayak in front of igloo and teepee
Inuit (Eskimo) family in sealskin clothes, and man in kayak in front of igloo and teepee, from the north of Hudson Bay. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Costumes of the Inuit (Eskimo) wearing sealskin clothes with hoods and long boots. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francesco Lavagnoli Veronese from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

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