Cape Collection (page 15)

Elegant Parisian man in the 1792 style and a young German woman in cape and bonnet.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century

Giant Hyrax, Riesenklippdachs, extinct ancestor of the Rock or Cape Hyrax (Procavia capensis).. Colour printed (chromolithograph)

Natives of Fiji and Tahiti with tattoos.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Tattooed Iroquois man, woman and baby in papoose, and chief.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Tattooed Acadian man, and male and female natives of Canada.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

An officer of King Kamehameha II of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

South Africa - The RMS Arundel Castle (Union Castle Line)
The RMS Arundel Castle (Union Castle Line), Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Date: 1927

Chacma / Cape Baboon - sitting on the road (Papio ursinus). Kruger National Park, South Africa

Helmet with cape pieces by Marjory Tillotson, WW1 knitting
Pattern from a Baldwins knitting booklet during the First World War for a wool helmet with cape pieces to protect the neck and chest designed by the leading knitting expert

Weldons garments & hospital comforts, knitting booklet, WW1
Be useful in this time of war. Front cover of a Weldons booklet with instructions on how to make a variety of garments for soldiers and hospital comforts for wounded men

Robert Brindle, Bishop of Nottingham
Dr Robert Brindle (1837-1916), Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham (1902-1915). Date: early 20th century

Knitted helmet, WW1 knitting, comforts for soldiers
Photograph and pattern written by Marjory Tillotson for Baldwins yarn manufacturers, to make a knitted helmet with cap pieces - one of numerous comforts for soldiers suggested during the First World

Mount Vernon Hotel at Cape May, New Jersey
The palatial Mount Vernon Hotel at Cape May, New Jersey. Built in the Italianate style, it could accomodate 3, 500 guests, who came seeking the sea air and healthful recreation

Advert for Harrods white fox capes and muffs 1937
Harrods incomparable furs 1937

Advert for Jays womens quality furs 1934
Jays international fur store. 1934

Fashion for summer evening wear 1932
Two women modelling full length evening dresses for the summer. Woman on the left wearing a cross over back dress made of heavy crepe-de-chine printed in small floral pattern

Painted Silvertree leaves, Cape Town, South Africa
Leucadendron argenteum leaves (Silver tree, Silver leaf tree, Afrikaans: Witteboom, or Silwerboom) - an endangered species in the family Proteaceae, endemic to a small area of the Cape Peninsula

Courtyard - The Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa
Courtyard of The Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa - the oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa. Date: circa 1902

South Africa - Queen of the Pondos
South Africa - The Queen of the Pondos. The Pondo or Phondo are a Xhosa speaking ethnic group who have given their name to Pondoland

A Classic English Summers Day on the beach! The rain is pouring, it is freezing cold and even the dog appears to not be relishing his daily stroll

Port Elizabeth, South Africa - The Horse Memorial - erected to honour the Gallant Animals which perished during the Second Boer War 1899-1902

Irish Girl from Kildare - A Little Irish Colleen Date: 1904

Ponte Dona Maria Pia - Oporto, Portugal. Forerunner to the iconic Ponte Dom Luis - a single decker bridge for carrying the rail line out of Campanha Station to Gaia

Amatola Mountains, by Thomas Baines
The 74th Highlanders with the Beaufort and Port Elizabeth Fingoe Levies, Storming the Stronghold of the Rebel Chief Sandilli, in the Amatola Mountains, 24th June 1851, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875)

Panthera leo melanochaitus, cape Lion
This mounted skin was sent to the Museum in 1954. Shot near South Africas Orange River in about 1830, by Captain Copland-Crawford of the Royal Artillery

Hand tools made by the Inuit of Greenland
These tools were made from the Cape York meteorites and were brought back to Great Britain by the explorer John Ross

Nymphaea capensis var. zanzibariensis, cape blue waterlily
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 133

Natives of St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Map of the West of African coast with the Islands of Macaronesia, the Canary Isles and Cape Verde. 1514. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Maritime Museum

Kuchi nashi - cape jasmine. Drawing shows a branch of a kuchinashi, or gardenia (cape jasmine) tree, with leaves and flowers. Date 187-

From the Cape to Cairo. Illustration shows Britannia carrying a large white flag labeled Civilization with British soldiers and colonists behind her, advancing on a horde of natives

Mitchells and Butlers Brewery fire engine
The volunteer fire brigade based at the Mitchells and Butlers Cape Hill Brewery, Smethwick, West Midlands Date: 1909

Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, South Africa
Part of the Voortrekker Monument in Gauteng Province, Pretoria, South Africa, showing Voortrekker ox wagons in the wall surrounding the Monument -- in total there are 64 of these wagons

Eskimo Ladies from Alaska
Four Eskimo Ladies from Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. The woman on the left is wearing (interestingly) a very western pair of lace-up shoes as opposed to her fellows in traditional fur boots!

Djibouti Warrior, East Africa, carrying a rather fearsome knife, rifle and dagger

Summoning bearers to Cape Coast Castle, 1874
Natives from protected tribes are summoned with a bell and shouts to act as bearers or carriers for the British in the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

Panoramic view of Cape Coast Castle, 1874
Panoramic view of Cape Coast Castle, headquarters and garrison of the British on the Gold Coast, West Africa. It has been sketched from the bridge of the steam ship Volta ans shows the coastline

View from Government House, Cape Coast Castle, 1873
This is the view from Government House, Cape Coast Castle, headquarters of the the British on the Gold Coast. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

The Ashanti War (1873-74) Arrivals at Cape Coast Castle
Arrivals at the North Gate of Cape Coast Castle. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

The Ashanti War (1873-74) The 42nd Highlanders in the front
This shows the soldiers from the 42nd Highlanders engaged in the front of the battle against the Ashantis during the 2nd Ashanti War towards the end of 1873

Cape Coast Castle and forts in 1873
Cape Coast Castle was the was the seat of British colonialism upto the time of the 2nd Ashanti War. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

The Yacht Eira in the Arctic, 1881
Engraving showing the yacht Eira, used by Benjamin Leigh Smith, to explore the Arctic region around Franz Joseph Land and the ocean North of Russia, 1881-1882

HMS Duke of York, 1943
Photograph showing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York firing a salvo from her after turret in 1943. The Duke of York, launched in 1940

Kaffir Kraal
A Kaffir kraal : the term Kaffir is used somewhat indiscriminately of South African natives, but these are probably Bantu-speaking people of Cape Province

Suits & Dresses 1935
Stylish & unusal details enliven these dresses & suits. Some features include a 3- piece suit, jabot, pleated cape sleeves, over-stitching, patch pockets & angular panels

Costume / Dandies / Cossacks
Sir Lumley Skeffington and Lord Petersham wear cossack trousers & box coat with single cape

King Paul of Greece
PAUL I OLDENBURG, Third from the left, at the Royal Christening of his daughter Princess Irene, in Cape Town. Field-Marshal Smuts, holding the baby, was godfather

Town Ulster Coat 1913
A bowler hatted businessman in a double- breasted coat with velvet collar described as a Town Ulster - but unlike the Ulster has no cape. His narrow trousers have turn-ups

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