Countries Collection (page 4)

Young lady of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. Her embroidered cap is adorned with large gold plates called willow leaves over a veil and can cost up to 400 florins

Young girl of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. In distinctive embroidered cap with gold plate called a willow leaf above a veil, floral cotton camisole, silk apron and skirt

Young woman of the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Young woman of the Canton of Aargau, near Baden, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a toquet in blue, black and white, and a similarly bizarre costume

Young woman of Guggisberg, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. Her hair braids are tied over her toquet, and her initials are embroidered on her breast either side of a small bib corset

Young woman of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a frogged bodice, striped apron, and long red tassels from her braided hair

Young woman of Frick, Switzerland, 19th century. Her costume features deep green, blue, daffodil and black. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis

Girl of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and bows. She wears a ruff over a laced bodice, apron and short petticoats

Young woman of Valais, Switzerland, 19th century, in traditional costume of fichu, laced bodice, petticoats and apron. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and worn above a muslin bonnet

Young girl of the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a lace bonnet with butterfly wings and notched band

Cook of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a lace bonnet, and carries a basket wof eggs and vegetables. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by

Milkmaid of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a toquet of lace made from horsehair, and carries a wooden pail with lid

Young girl of Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century. She wears short petticoats and pleated stockings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis

Young girl of the Pfafflar Valley, Tyrol, Austria, 19th century. While the hat is oriental, the rest of the outfit is gothic

Young woman of the Oetz Valley, Tyrol, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears her hair in pigtails braided with red ribbon secured with a silver needle

Woman of Sterzing, Tyrol, Switzerland, 19th century. In a pyramid-shaped bonnet of fluffy cotton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie

Fruit seller of Hamburg, Germany, with basket of apples, 19th century. She wears a starched fichu on her bonnet and many petticoats worn over the other

Flower seller of Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She wears a large straw hat over a small bonnet, and her long pigtails show that she is single

Chambermaid of Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She carries a small corbeille or wicker basket and wears a check shawl and white apron

Cook from Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She wears a muslin bonnet and carries a basket covered with a large shawl. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration

Siege of Paris War Descriptive Fantasia, by M Hobson
Promotional music sheet for the Siege of Paris Descriptive War Fantasia by M. Hobson. The music is supposed to represent the main incidents of the Franco-Prussia war

Postcard explaining the currency of Portugal, with equivalent values for other countries. Date: circa 1900

Postcard explaining the currency of Japan, with equivalent values for other countries. circa 1900

League of Nations satire
The League of Nations Incomplete : The Gap in the Bridge Date: December 1919

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665
Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. XW665 was one of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft

BATTLE OF ANDERLECHT The French take on the Allies in the Low Countries Date: 13 November 1792

Map of Africa, 1645 Date: 1645

EDWARD VIII / POINCARE 14
EDWARD VIII as Prince of Wales welcomes President Poincare of France at Portsmouth, a year before the two countries find themselves allies in the war against Germany Date: 1913

WILSON & RELUCTANT USA WILSON & RELUCTANT USA
The child who wanted to play by himself: President Wilson drags a reluctant USA to join other countries in the Temple of Peace Date: 1919

Royal Air Force - Hunting Jet Provost T. 4 XP680
Royal Air Force Hunting Jet Provost T.4 XP680 (msn PAC/W/18304) of The Macaws aerobatic team from the College of Air Warfare, based at Royal Air Force Manby

Methodist Sunday School parade with the children representing different countries / regions
Methodist Sunday School parade with the children representing different countries/regions of the United Kingdom. Date: circa 1910s

The British Empire - Mane of the Lion names the territories
The British Empire - The mane of the Lion names the principal territories. Date: circa 1910s

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - German East Africa (a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included what are now Burundi, Rwanda, and the mainland part of present Tanzania)

WW1 - German Propaganda - Taming the Allied animals
WW1 - German Propaganda - A German soldier Tames the Allied animals. Date: circa 1910s

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). The wine glass, c. 1658-1660
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). Dutch painter specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle class life. The wine glass, c. 1658-1660

Tanzania - Mbeya suburb near border with Zambia. road for Sumbawanga - Tanzania - Africa

Arctic tundra in spring - an aerial view from a helicopter. landscape near Kara sea, Taimyr peninsula, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic. Summer, July

Eritrea - The old road from Asmara to Massawa - Built by Italians during colonialism. Africa

Egypt - Acacia tree in Arabian desert. approx. 50 km from Hurghada town

Egypt - Palm trees near ancient water-well. Mountains in Arabian desert approx. 50 km from Hurghada town

RUSSIA - North Urals Mountains, Aerial, view. Taiga Forest, Ural mountains, Russia

Desolation at sea-port Dikson, Arctic Russia. Summer, August. Broken and abandoned ships and rubbish everywhere in what use to be one of the major ports in Russian Arctic ocean coast (Kara sea)

RUSSIA - Arctic tundra, melting snows, tundra of Taimyr peninsula near Kara Sea

Flags of the Allied countries during WWI circa 1916

QUININE
Quinine (Cinchona): an invaluable medicine in tropical countries; excellent at reducing fevers and used to control malaria

Trade Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptians trading with neighbouring countries

Jingoistic British propaganda card
Soldiers representing the Dominion countries stand together over the words We don't want to fight..etc WW1 Date: circa 1914

Mycenaean Art. Greece. Mycenae. Royal Tombs. Circle A. Greec
Mycenaean Art. Greece. Mycenae. Royal Tombs. Circle A. Double circle within which there are six Shaft Graves. 14th century B.C. Province of the Argolid. Peloponnese region

Eighty Years War (1568-1648). Sack of Antwerp (4 November 1576) by Spanish tercios during the reign of Philip II of Spain. Facsimile of a copper engraving of F. Hogenberg. Colored

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