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Basin, marble. Montfort. Roman period, 1st century CE. DetaiBasin, marble. Montfort. Roman period, 1st century CE. This imperial Roman vessel was found in a Crusaders fortress and use of the baptismal fount or a receptacle for holy water. Detail. Head
WW2 Comic Postcard - Short WaveWW2 - Comic Postcard - Short Wave! A blonde girl has her hair curled into a short wave by a fellow ATS member with some curling tongs - a play on the short wave radio craze
Womens hairstylesA young woman in profile with an elaborately curled hairstyle. Date: 1970
Clotilde Cerda (1852-1926). Engraving. ColoredClotilde Cerda (1852-1926). Spanish concert harpist, with the pseudonym of Esmeralda Cervantes. Engraving at The Illustration, 1884. Colored
Antoine Barnave (1761-1793). Engraving. ColoredAntoine Barnave (1761-1793). French politician. Engraving in The History of France, 1881. Colored
Bust of Metrodorus of Lampsacus the Younger (331-277 BC)Metrodorus of Lampsacus the Younger (331-277 BC). Greek philosopher of the Epicurean school. Bust. Roman copy. Glytothek. Munich. Germany
Head of Hermes Propylaios. Roman copy from an greek originalHermes Propylaios. Head of Hermes, found on the steps of the Acropolis of Athens. Roman copy of a Greek original of Alkamenes (active 440-400 BC). Glyptothek. Munich. Germany
Votive bust of a woman. Terracotta. 300-200 BC. Etruscan artVotive bust of a woman. Terracotta. 300-200 BC. Sculpted in Cerveteri. Etruscan art. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Head from a statue of a warrior with conical helmet. 625-600Head from a statue of a warrior with conical helmet. Terracotta. 625-600 BC. Neo-Cypriot style. From the Sanctuary of Apollo, Phrangissa, Tamassos. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Late 1930S HairdoAn immaculately styled coiffure. The sides of the hair are drawn back from the face, the top is coiled into a large wave curl with the length tightly coiled. Date: late 1930s
Advert for International Hair Co. 1913Latest transformation in wiglets for women. 1913
Advert for Eugene permanant hair 1938The secret of beautiful dressing is largely hair dressing! 1938
Advert for Eugene permanent wavy hair 1937A beautiful wave discovers new beauty in you ! 1937
Hair Curling ClipsA girl having rather painful looking clips put into her hair, presumably to make it curl into the kind of curly hairstyle made popular by child star Shirley Temple. Date: 1930s
Advert for Pierre et Albert Jenin womens hair 1910French advert for the latest hairstlyes with curls. Date: 1910
Womens hairstyles 1886The latest coiffures for women. 1886
Advert for Eugene waves and curls 1936Fashion favours fascinating Eugene waves and Curls.... 1936
Gracie Fields, English singer and actressGracie Fields (1898-1979), English singer and actress. Date: circa 1930s
Advert for Eugene permanant hair waves & curls 1937To give you natural, graceful waves and curls which readily lend themselves to a perfect setting in any of the new hair styles. 1937
Tailors dummy, head and shouldersA tailors dummy, head and shoulders, with wavy blonde hair and long eyelashes
Advert for Eugene permanant hair waves & curls 1938Eugene waves are essential to the smart set Enchanting little curls and natural waves imparted by the Eugene. 1938
Curling Hair ExtensionsGirls wetting lengths of hair to curl them into hair extensions or to made into wigs. Date: early 1930s
Tatler photoshoot -- still life of jewellery. 1959
Indian Watchman (Choakee-dar or Chow Kidar). Date: 1828
Lizard embryoModel of a lizard embryo
A Natural History of JamaicaTab 274 from A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane
Morelia spilota, diamond pythonWatercolour 40 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)
Bungarus fasciatus, banded krait (top)LS Plate 109 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856
LS Plate 108 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)LS Plate 108 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856
LS Plate 104 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)LS Plate 104, snakes illustration from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856
LS Plate 107 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)LS Plate 107 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856
LS Plate 110 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)LS Plate 110 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856
LS Plate 106 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)LS Plate 106 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856
Reptilia (class), snakeWatercolour 57 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)
Snake and rodent by Albertus SebaTab 29 depicting a snake and a rodent from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba
Snake by Albertus SebaTab 54, depicting a snake from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba
Monograptus, graptoliteShown here is Monograptus, a slender and delicate Silurian graptolite. Graptolites are the fossil remains of small colonial animals. Graptolite colonies were connected together by living tissue
Serpentes (suborder), snakeWatercolour 39 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)
1938 hairstlyes for womenHigh hair with long straight back, side sweep and curls well forward on the crown where much the fashion in 1938. Date: 1938
Trafalgar hairstyle 1940sDuring the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses. This hairstyle was influenced by Horatio Nelson. Date: 1940s
Bulls eye hairstyle 1940sDuring the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses
The new Coxcomb of the 1940s
Classical style of the 1940sDuring the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses. 1940s
Change of contour hairstyle 1940sDuring the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses. A hairstyle with essential simplicity. Date: 1940s
Circular roll hairstyle 1940sDuring the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses
Forward movement hairstyle 1940sDuring the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses
D Elegance hairstyle 1940sDuring the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses
Grecian contour hairstyle 1940sDuring the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses