Elaborate Collection

D-DAY MAP 1944
Plan 1C - Operation Neptune, an elaborate map detailing the proposed D-Day Normandy assault landings by Allied troops on the French beaches. Date: June 1944

French Bathroom 1906
A chambermaid helps her mistress take a shower in this elaborate bathroom containing bath, shower, bidet and loo, as well as the geyser to supply the hot water

Geisha Playing Shamisen
A young geisha practises on her shamisen

The Zen priest Ikkyu Osho. Date: circa 18th century

Madame Sarah Bernhardt as Theodora - photograph by Downey
Madame Sarah Bernhardt as Theodora - photograph by Messrs Downey. Date: 1894

American Indians. Sitting Bull, Chief of the Sioux
Portrait of Sitting Bull with elaborate feathered head dress reaching to the ground. Sitting Bull lead the resistance against the Americans which culminated in the defeat of General Custer

1940s hairstyle
An elegant woman with an elaborate 1940s hairstyle decorated with pearls. circa 1940s

Trumpers Barbers - Mayfair, London
Barbershop in Central London - Mayfair. G F Trumper & Sons. An elaborate belt-driven machinery above the mirror drives a head massaging brush. Established 1875

Le Strange Coat of Arms
An elaborate coat of arms for the Stigleman Le Strange family of Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK

Beckford / Fonthill Abbey
WILLIAM BECKFORD Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, built at enormous expense by the English writer, art collector and eccentric

San Luis Potosi - Mexico - Public water fountain
San Luis Potosi - Mexico. A very fine decorative public water fountain

Beckford / Fonthill Abbey
WILLIAM BECKFORD Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, built at enormous expense by the English writer, art collector and eccentric

Japanese Tea Ceremony
A Japanese lady makes the preparations for the elaborate tea ceremony

Racial / Spanish Flamenco
A haughty Spanish lady in traditional dress

Woman of the Algerian Berber Ouled Nails Tribe
Woman from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Rosie - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Rosie - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

The Diving Belles music hall divers and aquatic acrobats
The Diving Belles led by Daphne ?appearing in an elaborate sea cave scena Mermaids in Shells with clever and original tricks and fancy diving?

Ancient Assyrian Costume
ANCIENT ASSYRIA Weaponry and armour of Warriors, the King in his court regalia and ready for battle and the costume of his body guard. Date: B.C

Siena, Italy - Contrada - Drago (Dragon)
Standard bearer of the Contrada of Drago (Dragon), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada

Bugandan Royalty (card 1 of 2)
Card 1 of 2. The young King Daudi Cwa II of Uganda, seated on his elaborate golden throne (topped with a very British crown!), holding a staff of office, with his feet on a cheetah skin

Too Fishy
Unsportsmanlike tactics of a competitor at a recent fishing tournament at Hampstead Ponds. Humorous illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944)

Loading a V2 Rocket
A V2 rocket on the launch pad. More elaborate than the V1, these were first fired against London on 8 September 1944

Dorma Leigh in 1920
Dorma Leigh (1890 - ?), British stage performer, appearing here in The Whirligig, at the Palace Theatre, London. 1920

Royal Wedding 1871 - wedding cake
A magnificent royal wedding cake for the wedding of Princess Louise to the Marquis of Lorne in 1871, made by Queen Victorias chief confectioner at Windsor Castle

Mask dancers in Kerala, India
Two mask dancers in Cochin, Kerala State, India

Tunisian woman with elaborate coin necklace
Tunisian woman with elaborate necklace made of many strings of coins with holes in the middle, metal bangles, thin silken clothing and a pointed hat

Lady Coursing
A lady and her greyhound at a coursing meeting : her outfit is in prune-coloured velvet, the dogs is less elaborate. Date: 1913

Hopi Potter 1908
Nampeyo, a renowned pot-maker of the Hopi village of Tewa, northeastern Arizona : her pots are hand-made in every sense - no wheel or elaborate tools are used

Fula tribeswoman in headdress, French Sudan, West Africa
Fula (Fulah, Fulani) tribeswoman in an elaborate headdress, French Sudan, West Africa. Date: 1922

The celebration of the Mawlid al-nabi at Cairo, Egypt - the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad which is celebrated in Rabi al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar

Copper Moulds
Copper jelly and cream moulds - the more elaborate cost as much as 18 shillings, a great deal of money in those days, 30 or more in year 2000 term"

Dance of the Ouled Nails in Southern Algeria, North Africa
Dance of the Ouled Nails in Southern Algeria, showing their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Royal Wedding 1947 - the cake
Wedding cake made by Mr F. Schul of McVitie and Price in Harlesden, London for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in November 1947

Princess Beatrice in 1860
Princess Beatrice, later Priness Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944), fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert photographed in 1860

Spitfire by David Wright showing a semi-naked woman, half-dressed in an elaborate evening gown and carrying a feather fan

Japanese Geisha / C1900
Young geisha reading

Railway station and hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. circa 1920

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage - France
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France - The Swiss Village and the entrance to the Forest Date: circa 1910s

Guests at an eastern-inspired party
Montage showing party guests wearing their elaborate oriental costumes. The top two women were guests at the Countess Aynard de Chabrillans party, on the left is Mlle Van Hoobron

Stylish young lady writing a letter sitting on cushions
A stylish young lady seated on a set of plump and elaborate cushions, writing a series of blank letters to a male friend, as a lead-up to an April Fools Day prank! Date: 1923

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Sovereign Weighi
Engraving of elaborate machinery used for weighing gold coins, to ensure that the coins weight is exactly right. Members of the public are observing the process

Swaffham Cyclist 1950S
A lone cyclist pauses to study the elaborate town sign of Swaffham, Norfolk, which commemorates the famous pedlar John Chapman, and the churchs rebuilding in the 1400s

Wiskers Face - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Wiskers Face - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Naked Girl with Blue Truss - Murrays Cabaret Club Costume
Naked Girl with Blue Truss - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Michelle - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Michelle - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Madelaine - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Madelaine - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Honor - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Honor - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Hair Styles Mc - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Hair Styles Mc - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

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