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Music cover, Thinkin about the Wabash, Mae WestMusic cover, Thinkin about the Wabash, words by Sammy Cahn and Walter Bullock, music by Jule Styne, sung by Mae West in the Columbia film Tropicana Date: 1943
The Card PartyOil painting with great character and detail, showing four people playing cards at a table, three of whom are glaring at the nearby lady in a feathered hat and colourful skirt. Date: circa 1930
Pauline Chase (1885-1962), American actress, studio portrait in gown and feathered hat. Captioned, Pan Re-Petered'. Chase had recently returned to London from New York
Photographs of Gainsborough shooting party, outdoor sporting portraits and group shot. Captioned, Those Idle Rich: The Earl of Gainsborough's Birthday shooting party, at Exton Park, Rutland'
Elegant couple in evening dress dancing the tangoThe 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
Statuette of Osiris. Granite. Third Intermediate Period. EgStatuette of Osiris wearing crown and royal scepters in their hands. Granite. C. 700 B.C. 25th Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark
Painted wooden statuette of Osiris. EgyptPainted wooden statuette of Osiris depicted as a blindfolded man, wearing crown and royal scepters in their hands. Contains the rolled Book of the Dead papyrus of a lady Anhai. 1170 BC. 20th Dynasty
Parisian frocks of satin, georgette and lace. Date: 1923
1928 WOMAN LIPMANNSpring fashions on the cover of Die Dame - a woman carries her handbag under her arm Date: March 1928
Typical Autumn day citywear - a sporty suit worn underneath a fur coloured sportscoat with a feathered hat. Date: circa 1930
Baby on hat box in large feathered bonnet by T. Gilson
Canadian Indians in traditional dress taking part in the war. Date: 1916
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, British-born conservationist, fur trapper, writer, disguised as Native American Grey Owl
Ada Broadbent wearing an exotic plumed and featheredAda Broadbent, premiere denseuse, wearing an exotic plumed and feathered costume in the Plume Idea - a new Fanchon and Marco presentation on the West coast USA, 1927 Date: 1927
Finely Dressed LadyA Victorian lady in an alpine scene, wearing a finely frilled dress with puffed sleeves and a wide-brimmed feathered hat, holding a posy of yellow roses. Date: 1902
Seadragon and striped cowfishCommon seadragon or weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus and striped cowfish, Aracana aurita. (Superb dragon, Phyllopteryx foliatus, and ostracian)
John Dory, magpie perch, silver fish and butterfly lobsterJohn Dory, Zeus faber, magpie perch, Cheilodactylus nigripes, migratory silver fish, and butterfly lobster, Ibacus peronii
Emu and young, Dromaius novaehollandiaeEmu and young chicks, Dromaius novaehollandiae. Lithograph after an illustration by Louisa Anne Meredith from her book Tasmanian Friends and Foes, Feathered, Furred and Finned, Marcus Ward, London
Turqoise berry and Aristotelia peduncularisTurquoise berry, Drymophila cyanocarpa, and red, white & black, Aristotelia peduncularis. Moth butterfly, Liphyra brassolis
Native fuchsia, lilac and pepperNative fuchsia, Correa speciosa, native lilac, Tetratheca glandulosa, native pepper, Tasmannia aromatica with green mantis, Mantis religiosa var
Margin-winged stick insect and red epacrisMargin-winged stick insect, Ctenomorpha chronus, and red epacris, Epacris impressa. (Walking stick mantis, Phasma sp.) Chromolithograph after an illustration by Louisa Anne Meredith from her book
Copperleaf snowberry and purple apple-berryCopperleaf snowberry, Gaultheria hispida, and purple berry, Billardiera longiflora. With emerald king butterfly, Papilio palinurus
Common stargazer and longsnout boarfishCommon stargazer, Kathetostoma laeve, and longsnout boarfish, Pentaceropsis recurvirostris. (Catfish, Kathethostoma loeve, and pig-faced lady)
Globe flower and buttercupsGlobe flower, Trollius europaeus, and other species of buttercups, Ranunculus glacialis, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Daniel Rabel after a botanical illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian
Feathered gothic and Rannoch sprawler mothsFeathered gothic, Tholera decimalis 1-5, and Rannoch sprawler, Brachionycha nubeculosa 6. Bombyx lolii, nubeculosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann
Dingy shell, dusky marbled brown and brown rusticDingy shell, Euchoeca nebulata1, 2, dusky marbled brown, Gluphisia crenata 3, 4, and brown rustic, Rusina ferruginea 5, 6. Phalaena obliterata, Bombyx crenata, Bombyx ferruginea
Cartoon, Smoking the Calumet (Gladstone and Alabama Claim)Cartoon, Smoking the Calumet -- a satirical comment on the American governments claim for compensation for the sinking of the CSS Alabama during the American Civil War
Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands (Tonga)Poulaho (Polaho), King of the Friendly Islands (Tonga) at the time of Captain Cooks visit. Date: 1770s
Ethel Comyns Lewer, editor of The Feathered WorldEthel Harriet Comyns Lewer (1861-1946), periodical proprietor and editor of The Feathered World. and author of Poultry Keeping (1914). 1897
Glossy nerite and feathered nerite sea snailsGlossy nerite, Nerita polita, and feathered nerite, Nerita pennata. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder
Wart biter locust, moths and beetleFemale wart biter locust laying eggs, Decticus verrucivorus 4, feathered footman, Spiris striata 1, and crimson-speckled flunkey, Utetheisa pulchella 2, and Lixus paraplecticus beetle 3
Old maid, humourThe Old Maid girl. Humorous illustration of old maid with pince-nez and feathered hat. Date: circa 1904
Two Native Indian Chiefs, Calgary Stampede, CanadaTwo Native Indian Chiefs and a warhorse, Calgary Stampede, Canada. Date: circa 1930s
Native Indian Chief, Calgary Stampede, Canada. circa 1930s
Chief Wolf Robe, Cheyenne Indian, Oklahoma, USAChief Wolf Robe (1846-1910) of the southern Cheyenne Indian tribe, western Oklahoma, USA. Date: 1900s
Buffalo Calf, Jicarilla Apache Indian, Arizona, USABuffalo Calf, a Jicarilla Apache Indian from Arizona, USA. Date: circa 1912
Children in fancy dress - bird costumeTwo children in fancy dress - the child on the left is in a particularly fabulous bird costume. Date: c.1950
The Bystander, Arming for the Fray by Barribal 1930Front cover illustration for The Bystander by William Barribal featuring a woman with flame red hair using a hand mirror to apply lipstick. Date: 1930
Advert for Swan & Edgar winter fashions 1909Page selection of Edwardian womens fur coats, stoles and muffs for winter fashion of 1909. 1909
Military costume, 15th centuryMilitary costume, middle of fifteenth century. Mid 15th century
Italian knightsGroup of Italian knights on horseback. Date: 16th century
Suit of armour 15th centurySuit of Demi-lancers armour, around the time of Henry VII. Date: 15th century
Suit of armour, 14th centurySuit of very long-breasted armour. Date: circa 14th century
Suit of armour 16th centurySuit of ribbed and engraved armour, foot-soldier. Date: circa 1530s
Military costume in the time of Henry VIIIFour men wearing military dress for the end 15th to the middle of 16th century. end 15th to mid 16th century
Latest summer fashion from Paris, dress or undress? Decollete and slit up, but not clinging. Date: 1913
Attractive black mourning clothing 1910Suggestion of black mourning clothing for women due to the recent death of King Edward VII. Date: May 1910
Four children in fancy dress, c. 1925Four children in fancy dress. From left, Peter is a Native American with his feather headdress and grass skirt, Lorna is perhaps a bumble bee or a cat (difficult to tell)