Characteristic Collection

Art Exhibition Glasgow
Poster for an exhibition at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts - a striking example of the characteristic style which makes this one of the most advanced schools of art

Nelson in his cabin on the H. M. S. Victory
This is a painting of Nelson in his cabin. The attitude is characteristic of the Admiral who had periods of great despondency even in his hours of greatness

Indonesian Dancers
Two royal court dancers performing the female style of Javanese dance. The bent knees, flexed wrists and refined movements are characteristic of this style

Groucho Marx / Postcard
GROUCHO MARX (Julius Marx) American comedian with his characteristic cigar and painted-on moustache

Poster against American capitalism, showing a man in a stranglehold, with a stars and stripes design on the aggressors sleeve. 1944

A Prize Fight
A characteristic scene at a prize fight - we haven t been able to identify the two fighters, but no doubt they are well-known pugilists of the day

Indonesian Dancer
A Javanese dancer performing the female style in a seated pose. The use of the wrists and scarf are characteristic of this style

Bridge Street / Chester
Bridge Street, Chester, showing some of the characteristic Rows which are features of Chesters unique architecture

Jos Chamberlain Monocle
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Statesman, depicted by Renouard in characteristic pose with his trademark monocle. Date: 1836 - 1914

Sandhurst / Field Green
Field Green, Sandhurst, Kent, a characteristic example of a small country house for a well-to-do household Date: 1860

Chelsea Arts Ball
The Chelsea Arts Ball, held annually at the Albert Hall, London the gayest and most characteristic of our English artists revels

Horse-Drawn Railway / 1820
Birkinshaws horse-drawn railway, characteristic of those in general use at this time

The Language of Eyes - each expression of the eyes conveying a different feeling, emotion or reaction. Date: circa 1910s

Comparison of British & German skull shapes, WW1
Long-head versus short-head: Opposite types of humanity which are fighting for opposite ideals. A diagram to demonstrate the inherent differences in skull shapes between the British

Days of the Week by John Hassall
Illustration by John Hassall to the traditional rhyme attributing different characteristics depending on what days of the week a person is born

Music cover, Whistling Rufus, by Kerry Mills
Music cover, Whistling Rufus, a characteristic march which can be used effectively as a two step, polka or cake walk, ragtime music by Kerry Mills Date: 1899

Fish
The influence of Western naturalism upon the Japanese tradition of calligraphic drawing is shown in this water colour and one can also trace in it the influence of Western composition

German bourgeois fashion, 15th century
German costume of the 15th century. A rich German bourgeois and his wife depicted in prayer. He wears a doublet with open sleeve, a dagger, and an illuminated prayer book

Music cover, In a Monastery Garden, Albert W Ketelbey
Music cover, In a Monastery Garden, Characteristic Intermezzo, by Albert W Ketelbey, arranged for piano solo. Date: 1915

MUSSOLINI AT 14
Even at the age of 14, the future Duce sticks his chin out in characteristic manner Date: 1883 - 1945

A characteristic narrow street in Aydin, western Turkey. Date: 1890s

A woman in Spanish costume with the characteristic Spanish shawl. Date: 1930 s

Southern Home on River Date: 1948

Rhino Chasing Native Date: 1950

Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 14. Abe Mitchell
A giant of the game whose name crops up in conversation sooner or later wherever two or three golfers are gathered together

PROVINCIAL SHOPPING ST
A solitary cart is the only traffic in this characteristic provincial shopping street - this is the High Street at Littlehampton, Sussex. Date: 1905

St Ouen Station, Paris, France
Saint Ouen Station (Clement Bayard), a characteristic suburban station on the Ceinture line which runs round Paris, in the avenue de Saint-Ouen, 17th arrondissement. Date: circa 1905

Frenchwoman 1614 - 2
A lady of the court of Louis XIII wears the wide lace collar characteristic of the day, over a fine gown with puffed sleeves Date: 1614

FRENCH PROVINCIAL HOUSE
A characteristic example of an elegant French provincial town house - described as a petit hotel particulier, at Fontenay-aux- Roses (Seine) in the environs of Paris Date: circa 1900

Spanish Children sing and play music - kitsch postcard Date: circa 1903

France (15th c. ). The hierarchy of the social
France (15th c.). The hierarchy of the social class. Picture belonging to a codex owned by king Charles VIII, where are represented the characteristic estates of the medieval society. Gothic art

Following in fathers footsteps by George Studdy
Following in fathers footsteps -- the Bonzolines take after their father by getting into a complete mess with ink and paint, which Bonzo finds hilarious

Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti; Al-Hariri of Basra

Persepolis / Architecture
Details of the capitals and column bases from the site of the citadel of Persepolis. Columned halls were characteristic of Persian architecture. Date: 1854

Gnostic in Ecstasy
GNOSTICISM The prophetess Priscilla in ecstasy : this was a characteristic feature of the movement

Music cover, Humpty Dumpty, Louise Willis
Music cover, Humpty Dumpty, a dance dedicated to Louise Willis, by Gilbert Neville. 1904

Music cover, Flapperette, characteristic intermezzo by Jesse Greer. 1926

12th Earl of Eglinton
HUGH MONTGOMERIE, twelfth Earl of EGLINTON Scottish landowner, depicted in Highland military dress - a characteristic Kay portrait with its bold cropping. Date: 1739 - 1819

Mme Recamier (Gerard)
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- RECAMIER French social leader in a characteristic pose. Date: 1777 - 1849

Mme Recamier, Reclining
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- RECAMIER French social leader in a characteristic pose, reclining on a day-bed of the style she has made famous. Date: 1777 - 1849

Algeria Street Scene 20C
Characteristic street in an Arab city - Constantine. Date: early 20th century

Warwickshire Street
GEORGE ELIOT Orchard Street, Milby, the setting for Janets Repentance in Scenes of Clerical Life Date: 1819 - 1880

COUPLE YANKEE
Two girls wearing costumes allegorically representing a French persons conception of what is characteristic of America... Date: late 19th century

Turkish Soldiers
TURKEY Bashi-Bazouks behaving with characteristic disregard for the finer feelings Date: circa 1850

Nightclub interlude by Teddy
A characteristic night club interlude in 1928 as a young woman lights her male partners cigarette. Date: 1928

Syrian Housing
Syrias villages are poor, and these domed houses are characteristic dwellings. They are made of clay and erected over a wall of stones or ruins. Date: 1930s

John Watson
JOHN WATSON churchman, rector of Stockport, and antiquary : a very unusual engraving not at all characteristic of the period. Date: 1725 - 1783

Characteristic Mammals of Borneo. Alfred Russell Wallace (1823-1913)

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