Dressed Collection (page 7)

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) the American actress, wearing what was viewed at the time as relatively masculine clothing. Date: 1939

Taking a stroll at the Hurlingham Club, Fulham
Lady Helen Grosvenor (1888-1970), Lady Castlereagh (1878-1959), Lord Charles Beresford (1846-1919), Lord Hugh Cecil (1869-1956) and Miss Chaplin take a summer stroll at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham

Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, writer, poet and traveller
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874-1945)was a prolific poet and novelist, penning more than 70 books. As well as being married to a man for fifteen years

The front cover of Britannia and Eve from February 1932. Date: 1932

National Children's Home (NCH), Edgworth, Lancashire
A smartly dressed group gather at the National Children's Home (NCH), Edgworth, Lancashire Date: Date unknown

Smartly dressed Edwardian lady cab driver with whip
This is a set of four picture postcards showing the lady driver on top of the cab and her then falling into the cab and into the arms of a top-hatted elegant gentleman passenger. Date: 1900

Middle class violinist and singer watched by envious couple
The musical pair are well dressed Edwardians. The other pair are well dressed working class carrying a crying child, and the man is making remarks behind his hand

Edwardian lady hailing a top hatted cabbie
The lady is beautifully dressed in pink with matching hat. The cabbie is fully booted. The cab is horse drawn. Date: circa 1900

Elegant couple in evening dress dancing the tango
The artist is well known. She was born in Vienna where this card was drawn and moved to Sweden in the 1930s. The man is dressed in tailored black tie and the lady has a long frilled tube dress

The audience of the Old Time Music Hall TV show, entitled The Good Old Days, filmed at the City Varieties in Leeds. Dressed in Victorian and Edwardian costume, they were an integral part of the show

A man dressed as Charles II, or at least somebody who looks very like him. Date: c. 1910
A man dressed as Charles II, or at least somebody who looks very like him. Date: c.1910

Delightful photograph of a little girl called Margaret dressed in a costume embellished with love hearts. Date: 1926

Front cover of The Sketch with a photograph of the actress, Brigitte Helm dressed as her character, the Italian spy, the Marchesa Marcella Galdi in Atlantide by Pabst

Children, dressed in Communist jumpers and with toy rifles, marching through the streets of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, 1936

Queen Victoria's Funeral - Royal Mourners Following Coffin
The Royal mourners following the gun-carriage, from Osborne to Trinity Pier, East Cowes. Date: 2nd February 1901

Poster Pageant - Advert for Michelin Tyres 1920
The pageant was to promote the up-and-coming International Advertising Exhibition at White City, London. Over a mile long in the West End, well known familiar bill board posters

Poster Pageant - Advert for Egall, Pure Dried Eggs 1920
The pageant was to promote the up-and-coming International Advertising Exhibition at White City, London. Over a mile long in the West End, well known familiar bill board posters

Poster Pageant - Advert, Dean's Untearable Rag Books 1920
The pageant was to promote the up-and-coming International Advertising Exhibition at White City, London. Over a mile long in the West End, well known familiar bill board posters

ARCHBISHOP IN STATE
The archbishop of Paris lies in state in the chapelle ardente of the archbishopric, dressed in his robes. Date: 1863

ENGLISH FUNERAL PICART
Part of the custom of death in England in the Georgian period. The corpse dressed in a shroud & laid-out in a body- shaped coffin. Mourners take sprigs of Rosemary. Date: 1737

Two smartly dressed women pile into a London black taxi cab, after a spot of shopping on Oxford Street. Date: 1981

Noel Coward acts in his own play with Ann Trevor. Dressed for dinner, they peer anxiously out of a window. Date: 1923

BEFORE LEAVING EGYPT
Following the last plague - the death of the first-born - the Hebrews eat their last meal standing, dressed for travel, staff in hand... ready to leave Egypt

PILGRIMS/COMPOSTELLA
Two pilgrims - Die Jacobs Bruder - make their way to Compostella, dressed in the traditional garb ornamented with coquilles saint-Jacques identifying them as pilgrims Date: 1568

Napoleon on his deathbed
Napoleon I On his deathbed at St Helena, he is dressed in his uniform Date: 5 May 1821

Delivery boy delivering a turkey
A smartly-dressed delivery boy brings a present of a dead turkey to the door. Date: 1884

Three trolls laughing at a fox dressed up as a priest ! Date: 1887

Elephants dressed as children Children's childrens
Elephants, dressed, as, children, Children's, childrens, Postcard, design, Watercolour, painting, Enid, Bond, 12022162

Elephants dressed as children by Enid Bond

Boy dressed as policemann by Bob Wilkin

Mac Beardall, Doug Frazer and Dennis Wright dressed as skin-clad savages in the aftermath of the H-bomb on the Westminster College float at a procession of London students in aid of the National

The equestrian group at the Circus Ball, Grosvenor House, 1933. From left, Nancy Mitford, Cecil Beaton, Lady Castlerosse and Viscountess Weymouth. Date: 1933

Lady Morvyth Bensen and Mr Valentine Whitaker dressed up as Ford Madox Browns painting, The Last of England, for the Empire Day Ball held at the May Fair Hotel on 24 May 1928. Date: 1928

Raine McCorquodale at the Vacani matinee at the Hippodrome
Raine McCorquodale, daughter of the novelist, Barbara Cartland, performing as a canary in the charity matinee held by pupils of Madame Vacanis dancing school at the London Hippodrome in June 1937

Postcard, Little boy getting out of bed in the morning Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scotsman dressed as Napoleon at fancy dress ball Date: 20th century

Patience Barnoldswick Choral Society, Lancashire, England Date: circa 1910

Comic postcard, Woman with dress improvers the wrong way round, as pointed out by her maid Date: early 20th century

Page from The Sketch reporting on an anonymous Watteau party in fact arranged by Heather Pilkington and Olivia Wyndham. Attendees

Women in traditional costume, Copenhagen fish market
Women dressed in traditional costume sell fish in a street market in Copenhagen, Denmark. Date: circa 1930s

Woman walks past bronze dog, London
A woman dressed in furs walks past a bronze dog outside St Georges Church, Hanover Square, London. Date: circa 1950s

Japanese Actor (possibly dressed as a woman?) - traditional play Date: circa 1930s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Deep in the Heart of Texas
The caption on the postcard is Deep in the heart of Texas. During the war tens of thousands of Americans came to the UK and things American became very popular

A photograph of a young woman called Lily, dressed up as Aladdin, either for a fancy dress or event, or perhaps a pantomime. Date: 1927

Three children in fancy dress, one as Little Bo-Peep, another as a Native American.. Date: c.1925

A feature about What Paris Says: the art of being well dressed is the art of choosing wisely and well, Paris, 1925. Top left a dinner frock from Alice Bernard

Advert for Tatler Man Dolls, 1926 - designed and dressed in Paris Date: 1926

A Sketch by Hemjie of the Dolly Sisters at the battle of the flowers, Cannes, Cote d Azur, 1927 dressed by Jean Patou Date: 1927

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