Female Collection (page 3)

Sophie Blanchard in balloon ascent, Milan
Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819), famous French aeronaut, in a night-time balloon ascent performed in Milan, Italy, in the presence of Napoleon, to mark his 42nd birthday. 15 August 1811

Cover design, Exposition de Locomotion Aerienne
Cover design, official catalogue of the 7th Exposition International de Locomotion Aerienne, Grand Palais, Champs Elysees, Paris, 12-27 November 1921

Pin-up preliminary sketch by David Wright
A rough sketch for a pin-up by David Wright. Date: c.1947

Woman Butcher 1920S
A young British female butcher proudly displays her freshly slaughtered pigs, hanging from their hooks. Date: 1920s

The Modern Girl by Wilton Williams
A series of sketches by Wilton Williams, subtitled Full dress and bathing dress (other artists show undress, and underwear in this series of three) showing the modern girl of 1925

Whittingham Asylum, near Preston, Lancashire
Female quarters at Whittingham Asylum, Cumeragh Lane, Goosnargh, near Preston, Lancashire. The asylum, designed by Henry Littler of Manchester, opened in 1873 as the Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum

Women of Britain - World War Two poster
World War Two poster encouraging the women of Britain to answer the call and go and work in the munitions factories

Woman on Super Sunbeam motorcycle
A lady sits astride a Super Sunbeam motorcycle outside the Red House in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, smiling and wearing a beret style hat, a fur-collared coat and Fair Isle jumper

Japanese woman in traditional dress. A modern painting, done in the traditional Japanese style

Agra, India - Sitar player
Agra, India - Lady Sitar player

Female munitions workers. By Fortunio Matania
As it became clear there would be no decisive swift victory for either side in World War I, the constant demand for munitions increased

Types Of Femininity by Suzanne Meunier
Half naked lady posed with a feathered fan. Suzanne Meunier was a French artist who produced a number of erotic illustrations for The Sketch and The Bystander during the 1920s and 30s

Female Lumberjacks
Two young women, female lumberjacks, chopping wood with huge axes on a college farm in Finchley, north London, England

Removing T Shirt
Smiling brunette, with perfect teeth, begins to remove her t shirt

Lis / Fat Lady Sings
It isn t over.. til the fat lady sings. A female singer sings a song

Indian Summer
A group of bathing ladies enjoy the good weather

National Service Wwi
Poster recruiting women to work as clerks and administrative support to the British Army in France during World War One

Indonesian Dancers
Two royal court dancers performing the female style of Javanese dance. The bent knees, flexed wrists and refined movements are characteristic of this style

Tower Circus / Blackpool
Two girls perform tricks while riding a white horse. A clown holds a hoop with a paper surface which one of them has just leapt through

Female Type / Pre-Raph
A Pre-Raphaelite style girl with long flame-coloured hair and white gown sits amongst the pink blossoms of a tree in bloom and gazes dreamily upwards

Female Medical Students
Under the watchful eye of the House Physician, a group of female medical students, trainee doctors, examine a patient at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London

Woman Shaving Man
A female barber or barbers assisitant, probably during World War Two, applies shaving soap to a mans face before his shave

Female Blondin / Tightrope
Madame Genevieve Young, the Female Blondin crosses the Thames between Battersea and Cremorne

Female Centaur & Harp
A centauress gallops with a harp in one hand, a two-legged friend in the other, with whom she is making music

A Kurdish Lady Warrior
A Kurdish female warrior rides to war alongside the men

Tarot Card 2 - La Papesse (The Female Pope)
Pope Joan or Joanna depicted on a tarot card. Pope Joan was a legendary female pope, thought to have reigned for a time during the Middle Ages, but probably a fabrication

Mademoiselle Chauvin the first female barrister 1901
Mademoiselle Chauvin, the first female barrister, illustrated as she is sworn in at the French Bar. The Sphere describes the mixed reaction to Mdlle Chauvins right to practise

Suffragettes Gathered at Bow Street
A group of W.S.P.U members in sashes and long motoring scarves wait outside Bow Street Magistrates Court Date: circa 1908

Boy in school uniform with figurehead at seaside
Boy in school uniform with a ships figurehead at the seaside. Date: circa 1920s

Advertisement for Ford Anglia cars -- male and female models posing (Geraldine Hill, Susan Ingram and Ossie O Leary). 1959

AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). English novelist. Engraving

Members of a Republican Militia; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing two female members of a Republican militia unit taking a break on their march towards the frontline in the Guadarrama Mountains, 1936

Hikers by Signpost / 1935
Feminine rambling fashions of 3/4 length tweed or checked skirts worn with matching or contrasting jackets. Stockings or ankle socks are worn with various styles of shoe

Female high jumper in orange costume
A female high jumper in an orange costume leaping over a pole

As I see my soul reflected in Nature... the Female I see... Date: 1913

Royal Female Orphanage, Beddington, Surrey
A view of the Royal Female Orphanage, Beddington. Date: circa 1912

Pavlova, Anna (1882-1931). Russian classical dancer. Poster of the Russian Ballets

The Festival of Reason, created by the French

Saved by a female Bather
A gentleman bather who has found himself in trouble, is rescued by two extremely glamorous lady bathers. One has him firmly In Tow

A family of lions
Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith of a family of lions in sub-Saharan Africa

The Bystander Cover 1929
Striking cover of The Bystander featuring a leggy, athletic woman clad in bathing costume and cap dancing around in the surf with a beach ball

Cocktail Girls 1950S 3 / 4
Two smiling, leggy young models enjoy a drink together at a cocktail bar. A towels is slunged nonchalantly over a bar stool. I hope they don t intend to drink & swim!

Female Chartists Cartoon
How to treat the female Chartists Cockroaches, rats and mice should see off the most ferocious crowd of females

Ursuline Nuns (Nuns of the Order of Saint Ursula of Cologne)

Dominican Nuns
DOMINICAN NUNS

The Fencing Female 1907
A portrait of a female fencer who is " handy with the foils". Date: 1907

Brixton Prison / Mayhew
Female convicts during the silent hour at Brixton Prison, London. All prisoners were required to sit quietly outside their cell

Female Souls / Purgatory
Dante and Virgil walk among female souls in Purgatorio

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping