Breeches Collection (page 8)

Sir Charles Wakefield at National Childrens Home, London
State visit by Alderman Sir Charles Wakefield (1859-1941) and other City of London dignitaries to the London Branch of the National Childrens Homes (NCH), Bonner Road, Bethnal Green, East London

Two Edwardian children in historical costume
Two Edwardian children, a boy and a girl, in historical costume, perhaps for the purposes of home theatricals. The little boy is holding a toy trumpet

Young boy in Georgian costume in a garden, Mid Wales
A young boy wearing Georgian costume poses for his photo in a garden in Mid Wales. He is leaning against a folding metal chair

Edwardian man on a window ledge, Mid Wales
A middle class Edwardian man wearing a cap and breeches sits on a window ledge in a garden, Mid Wales

Two young brothers in a studio photo, Mid Wales
Two young brothers pose for their photo in the photographers studio, probably in the Mid Wales area. The younger brother is sitting on a chair, wearing a sailor suit

Madame Vestris as Little Pickle
Madame Vestris (Lucia Elizabeth Vestris, 1797-1856) in the role of Little Pickle in The Spoil d Child

Gaula boys with flag, Funchal, Madeira
Two boys belonging to a Gaula folklore group holding up a flag on a street in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira

Croatia - National Costume of Cattaro - Dalmatia

Beefeaters at the Tower of London
Beefeaters, guardians of the Tower of London, line up in full uniform as they are greeted by military officers

Naughty Pupil - Germany
A German teacher expresses his contempt for a lackluster pupil with the comment " That is a good-for-nothing!"

Apache native American Indians attacking a ranch, c. 1887
Two Apache braves wearing breeches and head scaves prepare to attack a white Americans ranch. This image was made at the time of the last war between the Apache native American Indians

Licenced to wear the Breeches

The Jockey / John Doyle
A political caricature. Wot hopes in the long run, to distance the Colonel & Old Shiver-my-Timbers, give Kentine the " go by", and win the CROWN STAKES

Claude Perrault / Langlois
CLAUDE PERRAULT physician & architect wearing plain, modest clothes of breeches, hose (stockings), falling collar, a cloak with cape collar & shoes without buckles

Horn Dance / Musto
ABBOTS BROMLEY HORN DANCE: The leader of the dance holding the antlers. The costume of oak leaf decorated breeches, velvet tammies & fancy waistcoat is clearly visible

Grenadier / Napoleon 1814
A Grenadier of the Napoleonic era in ceremonial dress, carrying an enormous rifle tipped with a bayonet

Military / Dress / 16th Cent
A French rifleman in helmet, tunic, brown breeches, and boots

Spanish Man 18C Bullfigh
A young Spanish man dressed in bullfigher costume: a short jacket, red cummerbund, breeches, and black slippers

Englishman of 1790
Though he still wears a wig, a tail-coat has replaced the skirted coat, the waistcoat is shorter, black knee-breeches and stockings are now general

German Man 1550
The artist Lucas Cranach, the elder, wears a short, thick fur coat and leather breeches

Racial Types Swiss Man
A Swiss man out hunting in the mountains

Two boys and a tree
Two little boys threaten to fight each other -- fortunately, the tree manages to keep them apart!

Jack and Jill take a tumble on the hill
Jack and Jill take a tumble on their way down the hill -- the water is spilt and Jack injures his head

Tom the Pipers Son and toy soldiers
Tom the Pipers Son shows Margery and Freddy some toy soldiers standing guard outside a palace

Costume / Men / Bourgeo 1580
A middle-class man, probably French, in a wide green cloak and red breeches and shoes

Engraver in Studio 1827
An engraver at work in his studio

Victoria / Disraeli / Salisb
Victoria receives Disraeli and Salisbury on their return from the Berlin Congress

EARL OF WARWICK 1428-71
RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF WARWICK (" THE KINGMAKER" ) Aided Yorkists in the Wars of the Roses; virtual ruler in the early reign of Edward IV

Man and Woman, 1606
An elegant couple of Henri IVs time - she in a high lace ruff and extraordinary farthingale, he in equally remarkable breeches of unsurpassed bagginess !

Riding Dress / Photo 1860S
Breeches, calf-length boots & spurs, a short square cut single-breasted coat with velvet collar (possibly hunters pink ), a riding crop & top hat on the floor

Costume Men / Gronow
Top boots & Wellingtons, top hats, frock coats, striped trousers, lace up shoes, cut-away coats & breeches. Townshend the Bow Street Runner looking less fashionable than the others

Man in Gaiters 1814
Brown double-breasted coat, cut away at the front & with tails & stand-fall collar worn open to reveal a short striped waistcoat, white cravat, breeches, gaiters & top hat

Frock Coat & Cane 1807
Top hat, pink waistcoat with stand collar, fawn coloured frock coat with stand-fall collar & sleeves gathered at the shoulder, breeches, top boots, cravat & handkerchief

Costume Men Spencer 1806
Top hat, brown spencer with stand-fall collar & sleeves gathered at the shoulder, blue cut-away coat with narrow tails, white breeches & silk stockings, black laced pumps

Bon Genre No. 65 Costume
Men wear English style country clothes: cut-away tailcoats with roll collars & breeches. The ladies wear white muslin dresses & classically inspired hairstyles

Lady Rider Not Sidesadd
This young lady rider of advanced views is wearing breeches so that she can ride cross-saddle - still a very unusual thing for a lady to do

Occupation / Costermonger
London barrow boy in breeches, stockings, waistcoat, short jacket, red muffler & peaked cap, shouts his wares of carrots & cabbages drawn by a donkey cart

English C17th Costume
Duke of Newcastle: breeches trimmed with ribbon loops, bucket-top boots & cloak. Charles II: petticoat breeches. Countess of Chesterfield: decollete gown

Revolutionary Costume
Costumes of the French Revolutionaries: phrygian caps with tricolor cockades, pantaloons (sans-culottes), greatcoat, breeches are worn with a short military jacket

French Menservants
French menservants in outdoor and indoor livery: top hat with cockade, braided cutaway coat with stand collar, spatterdashes, coat with M- cut collar, breeches

Hunting Dress 1813
Single-breasted green coat cut away below the waist, cuffs unbuttoned, stand-fall collar & leather belt, red waistcoat, cravat, breeches, top boots, spurs, velvet hard hat

Rescue Breeches Buoy
The crew of a sailing ship which has wrecked on a rocky shore are carried to dry land by a breeches buoy slung between the vessel and the beach where rescuers wait

Chess Game Duboy 18C
A smartly-dressed young man studies the pieces on a chessboard

Casanova meeting the Duchess of Northumberland
Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) is introduced to the Duchess of Northumberland by Lady Harrington

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