Feathers Collection (page 4)

Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Joining feathers 1907
Edwardian women sitting along a table, using a sharp knife they cut and trim the quill thin and flat, so the colourful feathers can be glued together. Date: 1907

Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Changing Hue 1907
The feathers were taken out of bleaching and dyed to show their new appearance. The white ones are bewildering in their snowy whiteness and the coloured have quite forgotten their former dinginess

Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Plumping 1907
After the ostrich feathers complete there journey from Cape Town, South Africa, bales of cruelly plucked feathers arrive by boat to London, the Worlds feather market

Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Washing 1907
After the ostrich feathers complete there journey from Cape Town, South Africa, bales of cruelly plucked feathers arrive by boat to London, the Worlds feather market

Parisian woman 1906
Parisian woman wearing slanted black hat. Date: 1906

Parisian frocks of satin, georgette and lace. Date: 1923

Fur Animals
Selection page of animals. 1913

SAMPIERO CORSO Corsican soldier Date: 1498 - 1567

Showgirls Die Dame Entertainment Entertainers
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NAPOLEON I/ASHES/BOUGRD
His ashes are brought to Paris and a procession takes them down the Champs Elysees which is lined with soldiers. 15 December 1840

C17 FEATHER PLUCKER
A feather plucker plucks feathers from a goose - dead, I hope - to stuff pillows, bolsters and duvets. Date: 17th century

BOOK OF THE DEAD/31
The Hail of the Two-fold Maat decorated with uraei and feathers symbolical of the Law. Within are the 42 judges of the dead, 33 shown here

LITTLE CROW Famous fighting chief. Date: 1905

Arquebusiers (infantrymen armed with arquebuses, a form of long gun) on horseback with snaphance carbines, reproduced from Instructions for the Cavallrie, 1632

Woman wearing a elegant dress for Royal Ascot. Date: June 1909

Lucy Doraine - Hungarian film actress
Lucy Doraine (1898-1989) - Hungarian film actress of the silent era. Date: circa 1920s

Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, in Ruy Blas
Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, as Dona Maria, Queen of Spain, in Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo Date: 1890s

Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, British-born conservationist, fur trapper, writer, disguised as Native American Grey Owl

A Birthday Present - pretty woman in winter clothes, holding a wrapped parcel. Date: circa 1890

The Siege of Basing House, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, during the English Civil War. It was a Parliamentary victory. Three sieges took place, in 1643, 1644 and 1645. Date: 1643-1645

Tattooing a Maori Chief in New Zealand, during a period of conflict that included the First Taranaki War and the Invasion of the Waikato (1860-1863). Date: early 1860s

Comic postcard, Cockerel and hen Date: 20th century

Billie Burke (1884-1970) - American actress, famous on Broadway and in early silent film. Date: circa 1920

Comic postcard, Cat and empty birdcage - Guess where the Dicky is? Date: 1914

Regine Flory, French dancer, as Babette in Paris Frissons, a musical comedy by L E Berman, music by Herman Finck, at the Palace Theatre, London. Date: 1913

Betty Beryl in A E Smiths Revue, All Bluff, now in 20th year of tour. Date: early 20th century

Come Over Here! A new revue by Wilson Mizner and Max Pemberton at the London Opera House, Kingsway Date: circa 1913

Photograph of Prince Of Wales Feathers PH, Euston, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Sketch of Feathers Hotel, Westminster, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Sketch of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Photograph of Feathers Hotel, Westminster, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Feathers Hotel, Dersingham, Norfolk. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Feathers Hotel, Brighton, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds. Artists interpretation of a traditional proverb. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1916

Peasants of Bohemia drinking in a tavern, 1818
Peasants of Bohemia drinking wine in a tavern, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World

Women of Normandy, France, in a kitchen, 1818. They wear elaborate tall lace headdresses. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of

Fashionable gentlemen at Longchamp racetrack, 1820
Fashionable gentlemen in top hat and tails with canes. At a big race day at Longchamp racecourse. Crowds of fashionable people and carriages. The Great Longchamps Day, 1820

Couple waiting for a coach, Place de la Concorde
Couple waiting for the Saint-Cloud coach, Place de la Concorde, 1806. She in deep bonnet and high-waisted coat, he in hat, coat, breeches and boots. Saint Cloud was part of the Malmaison estate

Japanese women picnicing in a field, Tokyo, 18th century
Japanese women picnicing in a field outside Tokyo, 18th century. Women smoking a tobacco pipe while waiting for a soba-shop woman to bring a kettle and tray of noodles

Trades in Norfolk, Regency England. Barley, turnips and game. Farm laborers on a straw bail after a barley harvest 34, sheep eating turnips 35, and hunter poaching for game rabbits 36

Medieval knight in armour with troops outside a castle in the moonlight. Sir Ethelbert searching for an assassin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Riders at a donkey post-house, France, 18th century
Men and women flirting at a donkey post-house, France, 18th century. Pleasures of a Poste aux anes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of

German costumes of the late 15th century. Woman in dress with long hanging sleeves holding a bird, and man in doublet with jagged sleeves and skirts, red hose, feathered hat

Fashionable woman drinking coffee, era of Marie Antoinette
Fashionable woman drinking coffee in an English-style dress, era of Marie Antoinette. Robe vraiment a l Anglaise. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du

Fashionable woman in pouf hairstyle, era of Marie Antoinette
Fashionable woman in pouf hairstyle, drape skirt over petticoat, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle

Woman in large hat with dress and apron, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle

Woman in fashionable hat with feathers and ringlets, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle

Woman in fashionable straw hat, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century

Woman in giant bonnet with feathers, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle

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