Costume Collection (page 17)

Two people in fancy dress. The girl on the left is in a fanciful Pierrot type outfit reminiscent of Paul Poiret, or at least the more flamboyant fashions of the First World War, while in contrast

Roman bridge over the River Rhine, Germany. Built by Julius Caesar and his legions using timber pilings and beams during the Gallic War. Ponte gettato sul Reno

Roman legionaries in armour building fortifications. One cuts wood with an axe, other bring lime in baskets, stones and timbers. From Trajans Column. Fortificazioni

Rather wonderful pair (possibly father and son?) dressed as Tom, Tom the Pipers Son. The boy on the right is Tom, while the man on the left, dressed as a yokel, holds the pig that Tom steals

Jazz Debutante - woman and three men
Jazz Debutante - young woman in a pink dress with three men in evening dress. 1926

Downstairs servants of a country house
Group photo, downstairs servants of a country house. circa 1900

Satin gown by Reville
Photograph of a rose-pink satin gown with pink and grey beads by Reville, Hanover Square. Date: 1921

Cartoon, Miss Harriett Vernon in The P)rince of Japs
Cartoon, Miss Harriett Vernon (1858-1923), English actress and singer, as Cammpi in The Japs, or The Doomed Daimio, a burlesque by Harry Paulton and Mostyn Teddea. 1885

Advert for the London fashion house of Fifinella, 1920 Date: 1920

Margaret Atwood wearing a Dolly Tree suit and a fur wrap in We Went to College (1936) Date: 1936

Lana Turner in a scene from Calling Dr Kildare (1939) wearing a Dolly Tree gown Date: 1939

Lana Turner in Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) wearing a Dolly Tree creation originally designed for Virginia Grey in Rosalie (1937), with Robert Young Date: 1937

Sir Pertab (Pratap) Singh, Maharaja of Idar, Indian ruler
Sir Pertab (Pratap) Singh (1845-1922), Maharaja of Idar (Gujarat), Indian ruler, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Maharaja Dhiraja Holkar of Indore, Indian ruler
Maharajah Dhiraja Holkar of Indore (Tukojirao Holkar III) (reigned 1903-1926), Indian ruler, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Fashion design by Eva Lutyens. 1936

Gordon Highlanders dipping the colours to royalty on Constitution Hill. Date: circa 1908

Poster, Gilbert and Sullivans operetta, Patience
Theatre poster, Gilbert and Sullivans comic operetta, Patience, showing the title character, a dairymaid

Cottage built out of hard stone, Kinver Edge, West Midlands
Cottage built out of the hard stone of the Holy Austin Rock at Kinver Edge, on the border of Worcestershire and Staffordshire, with a toddler at the doorway and an elderly woman at the well

16-year-old Dinah Sheridan as Peter Pan in a touring production. 1936

Woman in a crinoline dress on a greetings card
Woman in a crinoline dress in a garden on a greetings card, with verse below. Date: early 20th century

Christmas card with a clown on a tightrope, with the sea and rocks below. Date: circa 1890s

Costume June 1886
Hand-coloured page of the latest Paris fashion of 1886, dinner dresses with drapped swags and flower arrangements, ball dresses with long gloves and fans and traditional garden party frocks

Advert for Chas. Baker & Co. gentlemen & boys clothing 1887
Gentlemens and boys clothing for 1887. Date: 1887

Advert for Gorringes womens bathing dresses & capes 1924
Selection of womens exclusive bathing dresses with separate knickers and capes. Date: 1924

Advert for Peter Robinson, gentlemens clothing 1895
Christmas presents for gentlemen, smoking jackets and dressing gowns. 1895

Poster, Fly BOAC to the Caribbean, designed by Hayes. circa 1950s

A scene of a fancy dress party (1920s) Date: 1920s

Duchess of Cleveland, from a painting by Sir Peter Lely.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin

CORNISH TIN ORE DRESSERS
Cornish ore-dressers. Date: 1869

LUMBERJACKS 1930S
Two lumberjacks set about the daunting task of breaking up a huge felled tree with their axes. Date: 1930s

Women riding side saddle 1895
Two women riding in th countryside, side saddle. Date: 1895

Maeda Toshiie - Feudal Chieftain of Kaga, Noto and Etchu
Maeda Toshiie (1538-1599) - Feudal Chieftain of Kaga, Noto and Etchu Date: circa 1590s

Palace Theatre Company - London - Theatrical Garden Party Date: 1912

Tbilisi, Georgia - Husband on horseback with young fiancee
Tbilisi, Georgia - Husband (a Tscherkesse - Circassian Cavalryman) on horseback with young fiancee. Date: circa 1902

Bagpiper in Glen Coe, Highlands of Scotland
Bagpiper in Macdonald tartan, playing in Glen Coe, Highlands of Scotland. Date: 1959

Viscountess Castlerosse dressed as a fish course
Doris Delavigne, Viscountess Castlerosse, dressed as a fish part of a living Christmas dinner set of fancy dress at the Santa Claus Ball held at the Kit-Cat club on 18 December 1929 in aid of Queen

Young women in fancy dress costumes
A group of young women dressed in fancy dress costumes preserve the moment for posterity with a photograph in studio. Three are dressed in variations on clown outfits

Evening clothing with pearls and lace 1912
Fashionable evening clothing using detailed embroidered lace and decorative pearls. 1912

Frocks and thrills: Gowns and headdresses from Paris 1913
Women models wearing a selection of different style evening wear, including the lamp-shade skirt, Turkish trousers, low scaft-belt cloak and the knee skirt. 1913

Advert for Gorringes womens bathing costumes 1927
One piece swimsuits and separate tunics with knickers in a variety of styles in different colours and patterns and also rubber caps with flowers, available at Gorringes, Buckingham Palace Road

Fashion for October 1913
Women models wearing the latest fashion in fox fur coats and accessories. Date: 1913

Horse Guards Blue. Coloured aquatint by and after William Heath, published by J Watson, Vere Street, Bond Street, London, 15 Sep 1820

Les Elegances Parisiennes by Jenny -- three women in dresses and coats in shades of blue. circa 1916

Habit of a Young Woman of Otaheite Dancing
Habit of a Young Woman of Otaheite (now Tahiti) Dancing, encountered by Captain James Cook on one of his expeditions. circa 1793

Cast of Chu Chin Chow catch bus to Night of the Stage Ball
The cast of Chu Chin Chow at His Majestys Theatre board a bus and head for the Night of the Stage Ball at the Albert Hall held in aid of Sir Arthur Pearsons Fund for the children of blinded solders

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Dresser. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Music cover, The Torpedo Galop, by Charles d Albert, based on music from Edmond Audrans comic opera, Olivette. 1880

Cartoon, Fred Evans in clown costume
Cartoon, Fred Evans in his clown costume. He performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. 1879

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