Extreme Collection (page 5)

Vietnam River Scene
Native boats on the river Taifo in Cochin-China, the extreme south of Vietnam

Vietnamese Woman
Hue, a woman of Cochin-Cina in the extreme south of Vietnam

The Crimean Tartar Saloon, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of the Crimean Tartar Saloon on Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880

The Imperial Saloon, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of the Imperial Saloon on Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880

The Czars Bedroom, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of Czar Alexander IIs bedroom on his steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880. Extremely lavishly fitted out, this yacht was given a radical design

SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880. This yacht was given a radical design, supposedly based on the shape of a turbot

Dr. Scotts electric corset
Advertisement from 1886 for Dr. Scotts Electric Corset, considered a great boon for the delicate and able to cure all manner of ailments including palpitation, nervousness, hysteria

Crystal Palace Archery
Archery is the most extreme sport practised in the early days of the Palace : the football team has yet to come

French Merveilleuses
A trendy couple - an incroyable and his merveilleuse - show off their extreme fashion statements

Monstrosities of 1819-20
A satire on fashion. Amongst the styles mocked are cossack trousers, pinched male waists, high stand-fall collars, the Nelson bustle, huge headgear & profusely adorned hemlines

Two Incroyables, 1795
Two incroyables (unbeliev- ables) - the male equivalent of the merveilleuses whose extreme fashions were a defiance of old aristocratic forms of elitist dress

Two Neighbours Chatting
Two neighbours chat over the garden fence. One is a smart gentleman who has a very neat garden, the other is a more rural type who has more practical uses for his patch

Hyde Park Fashions 1822
A satire on fashion. Amongst the styles mocked are cossack trousers, pinched male waists, high stand-fall collars & large expanses of shirt front & ladies showing their legs

Extreme Vasity Suit 1907
American style: extreme Vasity sac suit (rear view) with narrow fit trousers with front & back crease & a deep turn-up or cuff. The jacket sleeves also have cuffs

Charles Duke Somerset
CHARLES SEYMOUR, sixth duke of SOMERSET, statesman known as the proud for his stately and magnificent manner of living as well as his extreme hayghtiness

Bewick - Sea-Bear
(phoca ursinus) Also known as the sea-bear, this is much bigger than the common seal and is found in extreme northern and southern latitudes

Murzuq, Libya
Muzduq, in southwest Libya, at the time of Barths visit. The appearance of Muzduq ia rather picturesque, but its extreme aridity is felt at once

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