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Woman in a sea-green redingote with two collars, 1787Woman in a sea-green redingote with two collars, gauze fichu, felt hat in canary decorated with ribbons, her hair tied with a hairpin a la Cagliostro. She holds a long cane or badine
Butterfly collectors tools from the 18th century: aerial net on a cane 1, scissors with racquets 2, small preservative brush 6, and soft brush to remove dust 9
Dumb cane, Dieffenbachia bowmannii (Dieffenbachia latimaculata). Drawn from nature and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1873
Sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum, Canne a sucre. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr
Battle costume of the natives of Dalagoa Bay (Maputo Bay), Mozambique. They wear reed helmets decorated with beads, cane armour at the neck, wrist and waist, and carry short spears and axes
Common sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst
Dumb cane, Dieffenbachia seguine (Dieffenbachia seguinum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Rev. J.S. Henslow from Benjamin Maund and the Rev
Grotto of Pasilippe and Dogs Cave near NaplesGrotto of Pausilippe near Naples 1, and the Grotta del Cane (Dogs Cave) near Naples with its mofetta or fumarole, volcanic discharge of sulphuric gases 2. Engraved by J.B. Hoessel, Weimar, 1802
Coffee and sugar cane plantsCoffee tree with ripe fruit, Coffea arabica 1, and sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder
Livery of a French courier, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)
Uniform of the French Commissaire des Guerres, Napoleionic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France
Cane sugar, Saccharum officinarum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse
Spring dress with Egyptian style embroidery by IsobelA frock of fine black silk jerseylene featuring embroideries in Egyptian colourings from Isobel, of 4 Maddox Street, London. Worn with a dashing hat and cane
Pan floor, Hershey Sugar Refinery, Central Hershey, Cuba. Date: circa 1920
Robertson tartan. circa 1846
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of OrfordHorace Walpole (1717-1797), 4th Earl of Orford, English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. circa 1750s
Two French men in costume 1690Two French men in costume - nobleman and officer. Date: 1690
German man and three women, including a woman from Berlin on the left. Date: 1796-1797
German men and women, including a Field Postmaster in uniform and a royal postilion from the Hesse area. Date: 1793
Windmill for processing sugar cane, Barbados, West IndiesA windmill is used for the processing of sugar cane in Barbados, West Indies (then in the British Empire). Date: 1922
Jamaican industry was struggling against fierce rivalry of production volumes from the great European Nations manufactures
Women working in sugar cane field, Jamaica, West IndiesWomen working in a sugar cane field, tending the young crops, Jamaica, West Indies (then in the British Empire). Date: 1922
English gentleman holding his fob watchWell-dressed man holding his fob watch in his hand. Date: circa 1830s
Silhouette, Man bowing in three stages. early 19th century
Rogues in Porcelain by John Austen
Postcard booklet, workers cutting sugar cane, USAPostcard booklet, workers cutting, shocking and stocking in the sugar cane fields, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937
Postcard booklet, making syrup, Dixieland, USAPostcard booklet, making syrup for hot cakes in the open air, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937
CUTTING CANE, LOUISIANABlack workers cut sugar cane on a plantation in Louisiana, USA. Date: 1886
Boyish look: comment on the masculine cut of contemporary fashions & fashionable physiques. She wears black tie & dinner jacket, fox fur stole, top hat & cane. Date: 1926
A Persian gentleman Date: 1737
A typical Englishman, Mr Plumpudding, as seen through German eyes Date: 1901
Musical terms up to date - Fortissimo - very loud1903
A fine couple - Victorian Studio photographA hand-tinted Victorian studio carte de visite (CdV) photograph of a fine middle class couple circa 1870
Smartly-dressed older man strolling along a London StreetSmartly-dressed older man in a pinstripe three-piece suit and wearing a white fedora strolling along a London Street. 1937
Elderly Gentlemen Date: 1880
Man with Top hat, Cane
La Mousme, by Van GoghLa Mousme (also: La Mousme, Sitting in a Cane Chair), half-figure, with a branch of oleander, by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) - oil painting on canvas. Date: 1888
Mauritius - Moka Railway Station. A number of narrow gauge industrial railway lines, connected sugar mills with nearby sugar cane plantations
Duke of York - Visit - Ras Tafari, Prince Regent of EthiopiaAlbert, Duke of York (1895-1952) accompanies Ras Tafari (1892-1975), the Prince Regent of Ethiopia who visited England in July 1924. Pictured here at Victoria Station, London
Admiral Sir William Garnham Luard KCB (1820-1910) - leading British naval figure during the latter half of the 19th century. Date: circa 1909
Unusual Mirror Image portrait postcardAustria - an unusual Mirror Image portrait postcard - combining two different angle shots taken at the same moment, combined into one image. Date: 1910
W Burns Esq of Edinburgh by H. L. OakleySilhouette portrait of a portly, bearded man, W Burns of Edinburgh, wearing a trilby or homburg hat and carrying a walking cane. Date: circa 1920
Edmund Hammond, Vanity Fair, ApeEDMUND HAMMOND, 1st Baron Hammond of Kirkella (1802-1890) British diplomat and civil servant, serving as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1854 to 1873
MOUNTING THE WARPTHE MANNER OF MOUNTING THE WARP (on a cane roll) Date: circa 1730
Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1890 Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1890Selection of bamboo and wicker furniture and wooden overmantels. Date: 1890
1890s CoupleHe: 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. Date: 1890s
Morning Coat 1909Lord Chesterfield elegantly dressed in morning coat, grey striped trousers, town boots, shirt with high all-round collar, black tie, top hat, pink carnation & white gloves Date: 1909
CUTTING CUBAN SUGAR CANECutting sugar cane by hand in Cuba. Date: 1922