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Couple at EastbourneHe: straw boater, cane, wing collar & single-breasted suit. She: hat adorned with chiffon & plumes, blouse ornamented with pin-tucks & feather trim & a plain skirt cut in panels
Male Type / Rich Toff 1922Arrogant young gent ready for a night on the tiles wears a 3/4 length double-breasted overcoat lined with sable, also white gloves, top hat, silk fringed scarf & monocle
Countrywear / Men 1876A country gentlemen wears a Norfolk shirt (the forerunner of the Norfolk jacket), knickerbockers, bowler hat, woollen socks & leather shoes & carries a knobbly cane
Coat / Brandenbourg TrimHat with spreading crown, white cravat, brown coat with Brandenbourg trim & roll collar, strapped pantaloons, red under-waistcoat, black & yellow waistcoat
Grey Top Frock 1909Sir 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
Nicholas Nickleby as an assistant to Wackford SqueersNicholas Nickelby (left) gets a low-paying job as an assistant to Wackford Squeers, who runs the school Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire
May Lilian Levey music hall male impersonatorMay Lilian Levey male impersonator, dancer, pantomime principal boy. Here dressed in top hat and tails with cane. Called herself the ?premier male character comedienne?
Louie Tracy music hall male impersonatorLouie Tracy male impersonator dressed as a man about town with top hat and cane. ?Faultlessly attired, by everyone admired?. Billed as the ?Dapper, Dandy Boy?. Signed card. Date: circa 1910
Wee Georgie Wood music hall comedian and actor 1894?-1979Wee Georgie Wood comedian, actor and writer. Here dressed as Vesta Tilley in uniform with cigar and cane. Card entitled Vesta Tilley. Date: circa early 1900s
Woman in fur-trimmed outfit, era of Marie AntoinetteWoman in floral bonnet, wearing a fichu and pink fur-trimmed coat over long white skirts and carrying a cane. Era of Marie Antoinette. Handcolored engraving by Ap
Young man in fashionable outfit with top hat and cane, 1912. Mise d un jeune homme. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Bernard Boutet de Monvel from Tommaso Antonginis
Sugar-cane, Saccharum officinarum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880
Jem Mace and Sam Langford, boxers of different generations
The Last of the Dandies, Her Majestys Theatre, LondonThe Last of the Dandies, by Clyde Fitch, Her Majestys Theatre, London, proprietor and manager Henry Beerbohm Tree, who directed the production. 1901
Charlie Chaplin in London - Arrival at Victoria StationCharlie Chaplin (1889-1977) English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer - arriving in London - A wild arrival at Victoria Station with the star resorting to sitting on the roof of his cab as
Cutting sugar cane, Jamaica Date: early 1900s
Cutting sugar cane, Jamaica, early 1900s Date: early 1900s
Cutting cane, Jamaica
Jamaica Sugar Mill - Victorian period
Sugarcane Sellers, Cairo, Egypt Date: 1898
Cutting sugar cane, Jamaica, Victorian period
Sugar Mill, Jamaica, Victorian period
WW2 Soldier And New ZealanderA pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a soldier guarding the wire, while the right picture portrays a New Zealand military man holding his cane
Colonel Robertss Baden-Powell in Mafeking, South Africa Date: 1900
Canton. Chinese Marine Store Stall, and Sugar Cane DealerPierre Joseph Rossier. Views in China issued by Negretti and Zambra in 1859 and 1861. First Series and second series. These important images were the first commercial views of China to be sold in
Summer In The CountryA portrait sketch of a lady reading a book, sat in a cane chair outside her country house in the summer, she is accompanied by a man behind, also reading. Date: circa 1901
Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons!This illustration portrays a gentleman wearing a top hat, and holding a cane under his arm, observing some old French military uniform hung in the wardrobe, possibly his own. Date: circa 1901
Le Galant JardinierA portrait sketch of a proudly postured man, known as The Gallant Gardener, standing with his cane in hand, by a patch of tall grass, his countryside home visible in the background. Date: circa 1901
Ferdinand BacA side profile portrait illustration of French cartoonist, artist and writer, known widely for his caricatures, Ferdinand-Sigismond Bach, 1859-1952, standing, holding his hat and cane
Poland. Mazoviens, Highlanders, Lithuanians, CracowiansPoland. From left to right: 1- Mazoviens, 2- Highlanders, 3- Lithuanians, 4- Cracowians. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840
Le Chiffre DAmourA portrait painting of a young woman, wearing a summer hat, pressing the palm of her hand to the bark of a tree, she is holding a dead bird with a cane. Date: circa 1918
Japan - Umbrella MakerUmbrella Maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
Japan - Bamboo Blind makerBamboo Blind maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
Sir Arthur Wing Pinero in role of Sir Anthony AbsoluteSir Arthur Wing Pinero, playwright, seen here as an actor in the role of Sir Anthony Absolute in Sheridan's play, The Rivals Date: circa 1900
Samuel Ward McAllister (1827 - 1895), arbiter and social commentator, United States and Europe. Renowned for his published commentary on social class and customs, Society as I have found it
Mr Furrow the Farmer
United States. Niagara Falls. Engraving by Van der Burgh. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G
Timucua Indian tribeHistory of the United States. 16th century French expedition. Florida. Timucua Indian tribe. Traditional architecture of the indigenous villages, with the installation of a defensive palisade
Burial of a Pauper in Germany, 1880, by Franciszek StreittFranciszek Streitt (1839-1890). Polish painter. Burial of a Pauper in Germany, 1880. Detail. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018
Anna May Wong, actress, studio portrait with top hat and cane. With description, A fantastic camera-study of this well-known actress by Cannons, the English photographer of Hollywood
Comic postcard - Train Held up - in broad daylight!A young paper boy winks at a passing gent, who is paying close attention to the pretty young lady wearing a glamorous pink dress (which she is holding up) and enormous hat
Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor, as MalvolioHerbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and theatre manager, as Malvolio in Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night. Date: 1907
A man dressed as Charles II, or at least somebody who looks very like him. Date: c. 1910A man dressed as Charles II, or at least somebody who looks very like him. Date: c.1910
Death grabs holds of the Blind Man's stick and drags him away.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death
Charlie Chaplin and Max Linder in HollywoodCharlie Chaplin (1889-1977), comic actor, film star and director, with Max Linder (1883-1925), French pioneer of silent film, comedian, writer and director
Samuel Carter Hall Cdv 1800 1889 Irish Born Editorsamuel, carter, hall, cdv, 1800, 1889, irish, born, editor, writer, based, london, wife, death, became, involved, spiritualism, full, length, white, hair, cane, bowtie, wife's, history
GHOST OF DEAD WIFEAn old man is visited by the ghost of his dead wife (illustration to Thackeray's The cane-bottom'd chair) Date: 1894
Smartly-dressed older couple - Brighton, East SussexA smartly-dressed older couple striding purposely along the Brighton Waterfront, East Sussex, England. Date: circa 1930s