Face Collection (page 72)

Old Manchurian Man
An old Manchurian man with a wrinkled face and goatie beard, photographed in Peking

Cartoon / Fox on Elephant
CARLO KHANs TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO LEADENHALL STREET Fox as an Indian astride an elephant with the face of Lord North heralded by Edmund Burke A satire on lofty ambition

Looking at the Moon
A group of amateur astronomers look through a telescope at the moon and see a face in it (illustration to the fable, An animal in the moon )

Tibetan Inscription
A Tibetan sculptor carves an inscription on the face of a rock

Hereward Tricks William
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward played the Potter and tricked the King (William the Conqueror): Then Hereward looked at the face of the great man and met his match

Rhinos at Play
A black rhinoceros with straw on her face, playing with her baby rhino!

Roller-Skating Urchin
A ganglie, long-armed boy, with a very smug look on his face, enjoys a spot of roller- skating down a London street

Showgirl on Pig 1926
She powders her face, paints her lips and adjusts her suspenders while sitting on the back of monocled pigs, presumably symbols of her rich admirers and patrons

Battle of Arcola
Napoleon seizes the French flag from Augerau and leads his men across the bridge of Arcola in the face of fierce opposition from the Austrians

HATS FOR 1924
What to wear on ones head this year ? Louise Marsy has some answers, one of which hides the face almost completely, concealing spots, black eyes and the like

Humboldt / Steuben / Spamer
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT German scientist and traveller portrait dated 18 April 1824

Lady in Black
Woman with a pale face in black wearing a hat and red lipstick

Leigh Hunt / Ford
JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT - English poet, essayist and imprisoned for criticising the Prince Regent in 1813

Ben Jonson / Honthorst
BEN JONSON Writer

Dr Johnson / Barry Unfin
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON Writer and lexicographer in around 1777

John Evelyn / Tookey
JOHN EVELYN English diarist and author, Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital and founding member of the Royal Society

STEAMED OUT
Steamed Out Stagecoach drivers starve in the face of competition from the railway

Jefferson / Hall
THOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the United States

William Godwin / Anon Eng
WILLIAM GODWIN English philosopher and writer

Strutt / Man / Green Shield
A man in armour brandishes a sword and holds a green shield with a creatures face inscribed on it

John Hunter / Bones
JOHN HUNTER Scottish medical, with some bones

T. s. Eliot / Courier Satire
T.S.ELIOT American-born writer

Caesar Invades England
Caesars first invasion attempt - he rows ashore with his troops ready to face British soldiers

Emblem of the Sun Fire Office, insurance company
The emblem of the Sun Fire Office, an insurance company established in the early 18th century

Joseph Reinach / Rire 1899
JOSEPH REINACH French politician and Dreyfus supporter

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER German composer

AMBROISE PARE 1510-1590
Ambroise Pare, French surgeon, (1510-1590) Pare removes a lance head from the face of the Duke of Guise

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