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Dons Collection

Background imageDons Collection: 1920S Pair in Bar

1920S Pair in Bar
A louche couple sip cocktails in a fashionable bar; he dons a blue suit, she wears a coat with a fur neck and cuffs, but precious little else

Background imageDons Collection: Eve Adamised 1927

Eve Adamised 1927
Eve Adamised : new woman in a liberated age dons male attire of suit & tie with hair in an Eton crop, but signals her gender with make-up, earings & a cigarette holder

Background imageDons Collection: Myth / Iliad / Patroclus

Myth / Iliad / Patroclus
Patroclus, when his friend Achilles refuses to fight, dons his armour and goes into battle, only to be slain by Hector

Background imageDons Collection: The man of today lays aside his frivolous evening dress clothes & dons a uniform - in this case an

The man of today lays aside his frivolous evening dress clothes & dons a uniform - in this case an officer's uniform. Date: 1915

Background imageDons Collection: Varnish tree or wax tree

Varnish tree or wax tree
Varnish tree, Ailanthus altissima, or wax tree, Rhus succedanea. (Albonia peregrina, Nobis. Rhus succedaneum, Linn.) Le faux vernix

Background imageDons Collection: Ichthyosaur, Plesiosaur and Pterosaurs

Ichthyosaur, Plesiosaur and Pterosaurs
Ichthyosaur and Plesiosaur fighting at left, Pterosaurs at right. Fantastic image copied from a mezzotint by John Martin from Thomas Hawkins Book of the Great Sea-Dragons

Background imageDons Collection: Japanese iris or hanashobu, Iris ensata

Japanese iris or hanashobu, Iris ensata (Dons flower de luce, Iris doniana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley

Background imageDons Collection: Woman Dons New Watch Date: 1950

Woman Dons New Watch Date: 1950

Background imageDons Collection: PATRIOTIC FRENCH SCARF

PATRIOTIC FRENCH SCARF
A young, blonde patriotic Frenchwoman dons a red revolutionary style cap with tricolour rosette & tricolour striped scarf. Date: circa 1917

Background imageDons Collection: French Flag-Scarf

French Flag-Scarf
A young, blonde patriotic Frenchwoman dons a red revolutionary style cap with tricolour rosette & tricolour striped scarf

Background imageDons Collection: Impressions of Cambridge during World War One, 1915

Impressions of Cambridge during World War One, 1915
Arms and the Varsity Man: some impressions of Cambridge in wartime, 1915. Date: 1915

Background imageDons Collection: Exposition des dons americains

Exposition des dons americains... Two French women, one from Alsace and one from Lorraine, making floral wreaths. Date 1916. Exposition des dons americains

Background imageDons Collection: Jerez De LA Frontera

Jerez De LA Frontera
Jerez (formerly Xeres) seen from the ramparts : it gives its name to a fortified wine to which university dons are addicted

Background imageDons Collection: Morning Noon Night

Morning Noon Night
The fashionable lady wakes in her nightdress and bonnet - dresses up to visit the shops at noon - then dons a ball dress for the nights festivities

Background imageDons Collection: Showgirl / Lydia Johnson

Showgirl / Lydia Johnson
Mademoiselle Lydia Johnson of the Concert Mayol, dons a top hat


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