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Advert for Debenham & Freebody lace race wraps 1912Selection of luxurious lace jacktets, coats and wraps for racing. 1912
Edward III on a battlefieldEdward III, King of England (1312-1377, reigned 1327-1377). Seen here on a battlefield in France. Date: 1312 - 1377
Plate 327 from The Gleanings of Natural History by George EdPlate 328, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 3 (1764). Annotated Brasilian saw-billed roller
Dromaius novaehollandiae, emuDrawing No. 67, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpeckerPlate 16, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby. Size: 380 x 255 mm
Asia. Pacific Island. Expedition of Malaspina (1789-1794). Anchorage of Umatac in Guam Island. Feather drawing by Fernando Brambila. Drawing. SPAIN. Madrid. Americas Museum
Sister and brother with hoop and stick, walking along hand in hand. first published 1879
Music cover with Scottish harpistAn unidentified music cover depicting a female Scottish harpist wearing a tartan shawl and medieval costume. The emblem at the top contains the Latin words, Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
Poster advertising Quinquina Dubonnet tonic wine, as enjoyed by a lady in a flamboyant green and white striped dress
Robert Graves / MorganROBERT RANKE GRAVES British poet, novelist and critic, with a reference to his autobiography, " Goodbye To All That"
Paris fashions for November, 1864A selection of dresses designed for the winter of 1864. From left, The manteau marchesa made from cloth and velvet, trimmed with a silk border
Patriotic Italian GirlA young, brunette patriotic Italian girl in a feather adorned hat & a scarf whose decorative design is based on the Italian flag
Jolly Plump Cook 1640A jolly, plump cook (surrounded by poultry and other meats) proudly holds up a freshly made pie, decorated with a feather
Caro Brunswick / Players43Caroline of Brunswick Queen to George IV
Wladyslaw Iv / PolandWLADYSLAW IV VASA King of Poland (1632-48)
Great Macdermott / FeatherTHE GREAT MACDERMOTT (Gilbert Hastings Farrell) Music hall singer of patriotic songs: I ll strike you with a feather
Darwins PigeonsCharles Darwin gave his personal collection on pigeons to the Museum in 1867 and 1868, as part of a bigger collection of domestic birds including ducks, chickens and even cararies
Client: Woollands - Model: Naomi Leon - Shoot date: August 31, 1960 Date: 1960
Dance of the Powhatan Native Americans of Carolina within a circle of totem poles. (Based on Captain Whites drawing of the Algonquian dance in Virginia.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A
Chief Two Guns White Calf, Blackfeet Indian, Montana, USAChief Two Guns White Calf (1872-1934), Blackfeet Indian, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Date: circa 1920
A pigeon fancier at the Tipton Racing Pigeon Club, in the Black Country of West Midlands, England, holds a prize bird in his hands. It is a pied chequered hen. Date: 1990
Jolly farmers wife with hen and eggsA jolly grey-haired farmers wife holds a red hen and a basketful of eggs. She wears a large straw hat and a floral-patterned apron. It is summer. Staffordshire, England Date: 1990
Ada Reeve music hall singer 1874-1966Ada Reeve (Adelaide Mary Reeve) music hall singer, pantomime favourite, stage and screen actress. Wearing full length pleated skirt and high black hat with ostrich feather. Holding long gloves
French women visting the Cossack bivouac in Paris, 1814Woman in fur-lined coat with fur muff visting the Tatar and Kalmyk Cossack bivouas in Paris after the fall of Napoleon. Cossack encampment on the Champs Elysees, 1814. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V
The tall Tehuelche people of Patagonia exchanging gifts with short European colonist. The Native Americans wear feather headdresses and fur cloaks
Lillie Langtry as Pauline - The Theatre MagazineLillie Langtry, actress, as Pauline - in The Theatre Magazine, January 1885. 1885
David Frances Barry photo - Sioux ScoutSioux Scout wearing full traditional native American clothing, including a feather in his hair and a hairpipe buffalo bone breastplate, He is holding a long calumet ( peace pipe )
The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi)L Dorado. The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi) (1835-1908) causing trouble for a (representation of) the Chinese Emperor. Date: 1900
Diola Man from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa - at a Festival Date: circa 1907
The Woman in the Case, Kennington Theatre, LondonThe Woman in the Case, at the Kennington Theatre, London, a Frank Weathersby production, previously at the Garrick Theatre and the New Theatre. 1915
Pigeon fancier - kabooter baz - Old Delhi, IndiaA pigeon fancier on a rootop in Old Delhi India. He calls to bring his birds back to the loft, and uses a net to catch them
The Dogs Dinner Party Date: early 19th century
Green Chartreuse Liqueur, by William Barribal Date: 1930s
Cherries, Fourpence a Pound! Cries of London
Arthur Feather, YMCA entertainer during WW1
Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). 1789, by VelazquezMaria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). Queen consort of Spain (1788-1808). Wife of Charles IV. Portrait by Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez (1763-1834), 1789. History Museum. Madrid. Spain
Anne of Austria, circa 1571, by Alonso Sanchez CoelloAnne of Austria (1549-1580). Queen of Spain, fourth wife of King Philip II. Portrait by Alonso Sanchez Coello (1531-1588), circa 1571. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain
Giuseppe de Begnis, Italian operatic bass singerGiuseppe de Begnis (1793-1849), Italian operatic bass singer Date: early 19th century
Colonel P H Enthoven, Royal Horse Artillery, Boer War
Pigeons on roofGroup of fancy pigeons on a loft roof. Including some interesting feather foot varieties. Date: circa 1890s
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, British-born conservationistArchibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888-1938), British-born conservationist, fur trapper and writer, disguised as Native American Grey Owl Date: circa 1930s
Fairy IllustrationAn illustration of fairy-like young woman, wearing a sequin dress with pink ribbons strapped around her shoulders, bursting through some paper
Music cover, Mephistopheles Polka, by Richard EilenbergMusic cover, Mephistopheles Polka for piano, by Richard Eilenberg Date: 1895
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Lord of Rothesay and Lord of the Isles (later King Edward VII). Date: circa 1850s
Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817). Polish general and statesman. National hero in Poland and Belarus for his leadership of a national insurrection
Wladyslaw IV Vasa (1595-1648). King of Poland. PortraitWladyslaw IV Vasa (1595-1648). King of Poland (1632-1648). Grand Duke of Lithuania and titular king of Sweden. He was the eldest son of Sigismund III Vasa and Anna Habsburg of Austria. Portrait
Mahmud I (1696-1754). Ottoman sultan from 1730 to 1754Mahmud I (1696-1754), known as The Hunchback. Ottoman sultan from 1730 to 1754. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Pannier
Selim III (1761-1808). Ottoman sultan from 1789 to 1807. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Moret. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840