Dressed Collection (#12)

C17 COOKING SCENE
Preparing foodstuffs of every kind - fowls are dressed, cows are milked, grapes are trod, soup is heated, bread and other items are carried by porters, biscuits are tasted Date: 17th century

Ladies at Piano 1851
Two fashionably dressed ladies at the keyboard Date: 1851

FAUSTUS & MEPHISTOPHELES FAUSTUS & MEPHISTOPHELES
Doctor Faustus with Mephistopheles dressed as a monk. Date: 1600

SPORT / CRICKET / 1883
Well-dressed spectators attending a cricket match Date: 1883

AUGUSTE FRANCOIS BIARD French painter of landscapes and animals, depicted dressed as a polar bear to get closer to his subject... Date: 1800 - 1882

Cross Paris Street - 1815
An elegantly dressed Parisienne raises her skirts as she crosses a Paris street with its flowing gutter Date: circa 1815

Minstrels on Beach
Three brightly dressed minstrels entertain a group of holidaymakers on a beach Date: late 19th century

GREENWICH ROYAL OBSERVATORY A young well-dressed couple admire the magnetic clock outside Greenwich Royal Observatory. Date: 19th Century

GARDE IMPERIALE dressed for show - and for trench warfare, wearing cuirass and a helmet Date: 1855

CHILDRENS XMAS PARTY / 79
Children going downstairs to a Christmas costume party Date: 1879

NELLIE FARREN / PHOTO
Nellie Farren (on the right) with Fred Leslie, dressed as schoolgirls. Date: unknown

Alexandras dog Japanese Chin
ALEXANDRA QUEEN TO EDWARD VII A photograph of Alexandra, looking very beautiful and splendidly dressed, sitting with her dog, a Japanese Chin. Date: 1844 - 1925

Childrens Party - circa 1855
Children dressed in their best clothes for a party Date: circa 1855

Formal Family at Seaside 1891
A French family dressed up for the beach Date: 1891

MALE TYPE / MEN ABOUT TOWN
Men about town - dressed up for the evening ahead Date: 1927

FLIGHT / FLYING GIRL
Woman dress in clothing for flight. Date: 1924

Horseback dancer at a circus
Horseback dancer dressed as a ballerina performs in the ring with some clowns and a beautiful white horse, all under the direction of the ringmaster. Date: 1890s

Wax figures in the Abbey
The effigies - life-sized figures made of wax and wood, and lavishly dressed in robes and jewels - were often carried during funeral processions

Mull Sack & Lady Fairfax
The arch pickpocket named Mull Sack, dressed as a trooper, audaciously steals a valuable watch from Lady Fairfax, wife of the then leader of the Rump Parliament. Date: 19th century

Toddler boy dressed up for his first studio portrait photograph circa 1903

Leading Ladies at Cambridge University. Date: 1925

Fine Gent dressed up as a Red Indian Chief. Date: circa 1910s

Hungary - Ballassa Balint
A Hungarian Actor dressed as Baron Balint Balassi de Kekko et Gyarmat (15541594) - a Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet, the founder of modern Hungarian lyric and erotic poetry. Date: 1904

Dorothy - dressed up as a Star or as The Fairy Queen. Taken by a photograph in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. Date: circa 1920s

French satire on Boer War - Gracious Queen on the Warpath
The Theatre of War - The Gracious Queen on the Warpath - French satire on the Second Boer War as Queen Victoria is shown in the guise of a Native American Indian Warrior

Judging a Fancy Dress Competition - Huntingdon
Judging a Fancy Dress Competition at a Summer Festival Fair Parade Pageant at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The two (possible winners) are a pair of mice (with added hand-drawn tails!)

WW1 - Convalescent Soldier and his bride
WW1 - Convalescent Soldier (right - in typical Hospital Blues Uniform that was worn by patients in Military or Convalescence Hospitals during World War One)

Children curtseying to Duchess of York - Hospital at Welwyn
A lovely photograph showing a group of children curtseying to Duchess of York as she arrived to open the new Hospital at Welwyn, Hertfordshire on 24th July, 1934

Woman in clown fancy dress outfit
A woman poses for her studio photograph, looking quite pensive considering the wacky checked clown outfit shes wearing. Date: 1920s

The Carnival of Basel, Switzerland
The Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel

Man driving a Horse and cart with black sacks on a street in
Man driving a donkey with cart carrying black sacks on a street in Cairo. The man is dressed in black traditional Arab work wear, facing the camera

Young man on a 1910 / 14 Triumph motorcycle
Young man on a 1910/14 Triumph 3.5 HP 500cc Single motorcycle circa 1914

Dickins and Jones advertisement, 1950s fashion
Advertisement for department store, Dickins and Jones of Regent Street, London, featuring a model wearing a black velvet coat with Dolman sleeves and collar. Date: 1950

Two pigs enjoying afternoon tea on a Christmas postcard
Two well-dressed female pigs enjoying afternoon tea on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Human Chess Game 1904
A game of chess using people (dressed as soldiers) as pieces, is played at the home of the American millionaire George J. Gould. Date: 1904

Billie Burke (1884 - 1970) American actress, dressed as a shepherdess. Date: 1905

Fancy dress - Old Father Time
A man dressed up as Old Father Time with obligatory scythe and hour glass. Date: c.1920

Dogs as Riffians during Melillan Campaign
During the Mellilan campaign in Morocco where Spanish troops fought against local Riffian forces, the Riffians dressed up dogs in turbans and burnous

Tribal Dancer - Bushmen Girl ready to dance in Manghetti dunes. Namibia - Africa

Boy scouts dressed as natives at camp, British Honduras
Boy scouts dressed as natives at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Crinoline Difficulties 1860s
A lady goes to extreme lengths to wear the widest, most fashionable crinoline skirt during the 1860s when the fashion was at its height. Date: 1865-70

India - A Hindu Man dressed as the Hindu God Lord Shiva. Date: circa 1906

Dakar, Senegal - Woman of the Lebou Tribe
Dakar, Senegal - a woman of the Lebou (LeOu) dressed for a Festival. The Lebou are an ethnic group from Senegal, West Africa, living on the peninsula of Cap-Vert. Date: circa 1903

Half Pierrot costume
A gentleman in (most of) a Pierrot costume, although he seems to feel that his Mothers bathcap would be suitable headgear to accompany the voluminous check trouser suit... Date: circa 1920s

Statue of Kaiser Leopold
Kaiser Leopold is depicted on horseback and dressed in the style of the Roman emperors whose successor he claims to be. Date: 1640 - 1705

The Sphere Spring Fashions 1926
Front cover design for The Spheres spring fashion number, showing three elegantly dressed women out on a breezy spring day with a dog

The Prince of Wales in a sailor suit
Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, King Edward VII (1841-1910) dressed in a sailor suit, after a painting by Winterhalter

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