Bows Collection (page 2)

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Madame de Sevigne, French epistolary writer famous for her letters to her daughter Madame de Grignan, 1626-1696

Ninon de l Enclos, French author, courtesan and salon hostess, 1615-1705. She wears her hair loose in ringlets, a low-cut mantua dress with bodice and skirt in green velvet decorated with bows

French explorers drawing natives on the island of Ombai (Ombay), Indonesia, 19th century. Jacques Arago drawing warriors in breastplates with bows and arrows

Woman in hairstyle with ringlets and a Phrygian hat, Chapeau a la Phrygienne. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of King

Cover design, Monsieur Beaucaire, opera by Andre Messager
Cover design, musical score, Monsieur Beaucaire, a romantic opera by Andre Messager, with lyrics by Adrian Ross, based on the story by Booth Tarkington

Three Young girls with their Mother and their Aunt (?)
Three Young girls (sisters) posing for a formal studio photography between their seated Mother and (possibly) their Aunt. circa 1920s

Form, Girls, Form, by John E Astes and Carlo Minasi
Promotional music sheet for Form, Girls, Form song of 1860 by John E. Astes, and Carlo Minasi, sung by Miss Kate Harley. There was hysteria about a possible French invasion in the years around 1860

Champlain Attacks the Iroquois
Champlain and Wendat soldiers battle against Iroquois soldiers, mostly with bows and arrows, with Champlain and his two party members using rifles. Date: 1610

Attack of a Fortified Village
A battle scene as early Brazilian warriors fight with clubs, bows and arrows, attacking a fortified village. One warrior sounds a horn. Date: circa 1500

Advert for Swan & Edgar winter fashions 1909
Page selection of Edwardian womens fur coats, stoles and muffs for winter fashion of 1909. 1909

Women Archers - Kent vs. Surrey at Beddington, Surrey
Women Archers - A Match between Kent and Surrey at Beddington, Surrey. Note the quite spectacular hats!! Date: 1908

Pygmy hunters of the Welle, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Six pygmy hunters of the Welle district, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Shown standing in a row, aiming their poison arrows. Date: 1922

Bluebird, kingfisher and jar on a greetings card -- Triple Extract of Good Wishes. Date: circa 1920s

Girl on cliffs on a windy day on a circular greetings card, with a quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson: O wind a-blowing all day long, O wind that sings so loud a song. Date: circa 1910s

Flowers, holly and bell on a Christmas card
Flowers, holly, horseshoe and bell on a Christmas card -- With Fondest Love. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1910s

Flowers with heart and star on a greetings card -- Best Love. circa 1910s

Girl in a frilly pink dress on a cutout birthday card. circa early 20th century

Fan with lace and flowers on a Valentine card. Date: circa 1930s

Woman with a large red nose on a comic greetings card with verse. Date: circa 1880s

Kittens with box of flowers on a German birthday postcard
Five kittens with a box of flowers on a German birthday postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Holly and mistletoe with bell on a Christmas postcard
Holly and mistletoe with bell and red ribbon on a Christmas postcard. circa 1890s

Holly with bell and red ribbons on a Christmas postcard. circa 1890s

Music cover, Les Chats Quadrilles, The Cats, composed by G Redler. 1843

Four girls on a cutout greetings card -- Four little maids are we. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Evening frock 1905
Side-view of a woman wearing an evening frock made from crepe-de-chine, available from Shoolbred, department store. Date: 1905

Womens hats 1905
Edwardian women wearing slightly titled forward hats, decorated with a bird, feathers, plumes and bows. Date: 1905

Advert for Woollands of Knightsbridge womens hats 1937
Latest styles of womens hats with pretty trimmings. 1937

French fashions for December 1860
Latest womens fashion. Date: 1860

Fashions for September 1862
Womens and girls fashionable clothing. Date: 1862

Costume April 1862
Latest Paris fashion of 1862. Date: 1862

Christening robe 1868
Beautiful embroidered Christening robe. 1868

Selection of fashionable hats 1929
Shady hats for cloudless skies. Selection of womens hats. 1929

Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1857
Christened Leviathan in construction, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, showing the bows with shipbuilders on the sides of the vessel hanging form hoists. Date: 1857

British infantry landing on one of the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. On the left of the image one can see the bows of the landing craft. Date: 1944

Fashions for April 1870
Entering the spring fashions of the early 1870s, paletots and waistcoats in the place of bodies, especially for dinner and afternoon events. Date: April 1870

Woman wearing a coarse brown straw hat, lined with brown velvet shade mordore and trimmed with velvet bows and pink roses. Date: 1886

A yellow evening dress with low cut corsage ornamented with bows. Her hair is dressed in long, soft ringlets. A decorative comb is visible at the back of her head. Date: circa 1840

A typical elegant Englishwoman: Mrs Verschoyle Date: circa 1845

In fighting between the Portuguese and the natives, the musket proves its superiority to bows and arrows, despite the disparity of numbers Date: circa 1600

Waking with a Smile Date: 1950

The Marquesa de Pontejos, by Goya
The Marquesa de Pontejos by Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) - painting on canvas (1785-1790). Date: circa 1788

French woman wearing the fashion of February 1792.. French woman wearing the fashion of February 1792. She wears a wig decorated with flowers, fichu (neckerchief)

Advert for Debenham & Freebody womens clothing 1934 Advert for Debenham & Freebody
Selection of new winter designs for women. Date: 1934

Womens archery in Regents Park, London 1900
Ladies meeting of the Royal Toxophilite Society, in the Botanic Gardens in Regents Park. Date: 1900

GIRLS JUMPER 1930S
A jumper suitable for a young girl with round neck & long sleeves. The body is enlivened with rows of different colours. It is worn with a box pleated skirt. Date: 1930s

PORUS GATHERS ELEPHANTS
Porus musters his war elephants in preparation for war with Alexander the Great of Macedon. Date: 326 BC

EVENING DRESS 1819
Gauze round dress with pink spots over white satin slip; flounces of blond lace at the hem. The bodice is cut low revealing the shoulders & is trimmed with bows. Date: 1819

Balck dress 1930s
A black dress with pink bows at the neck and cuffs. Date: 1930s

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