Finger Collection (page 4)

Favourite Sayings - Mind your own business
Black and white lantern slide of a man sitting at a dinner table looking at his finger while a woman stands and gestures with her hand.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

Steamer on Yukon River, Yukon, Alaska, USA
Steamer the White Horse at Five Finger Rapids on the Yukon River, Yukon, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1910

Suffragette, Will Women Ever Have Votes?. Woman asks a man in a straw boater, Sir, will women ever have votes? He wags his finger and replies, Wait and SEE Date: circa 1910

Suffragette Domestic Servant, Pankhurst. A young housemaid reclines on a sofa saying, I cut my little finger and I must take it very easy in case it hurts me anymore

Dial 999 display in an LFB exhibition
A Dial 999 display in a London Fire Brigade exhibition with details on either side of the services available

Night, View, No, Mans, Land, France, 1915, reverse, postcard, Saturday, February, 5, 16, Dear, Ma, Am, still, here, same, hospital, finger, lot, better, but, probably, take, week, before, they

Coronation of George V, receiving ring and Sceptres
The keeper of the Jewel House having delivered to the Aribishop the Kings Ruby Coronation Ring, the Aribishop placed it on the fourth finger of George V on his right hand

WW2 poster, To all the hands in this factory, you ve got the right idea at your finger tips -- thanks! Increased Production. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

David Penhaligon, Cornish MP
David Charles Penhaligon (1944-1986), Cornish Liberal MP, seen here giving a speech

Advert for Eugene permanant hair waves & curls 1937
To give you natural, graceful waves and curls which readily lend themselves to a perfect setting in any of the new hair styles. 1937

Advert for Eugene permanant hair waves & curls 1938
Eugene waves are essential to the smart set Enchanting little curls and natural waves imparted by the Eugene. 1938

Ludekenus, Churchman
LUDEKENUS German churchman, depicted standing in his study, his finger pointing to the heading symbolium in a book from his library, partly shown. Date: 1634? - 1679?

Seated Woman with Finger on Mouth, Study for Il Pensoroso. Fuseli, John Henry (Johann Heinrich Fssli) 1741 - 1825

The problems of a long distance relationship
Both the American guy and his gal are concerned about their other half (and their romantic activities) whilst he is posted to the other side of the globe during World War II. Date: 1942

Abelmoschus esculentus, ladys fingers
Plate 166 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pseudopanax arboreus, five finger
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Eleusine coracana, finger millet
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Pan paniscus, pygmy chimpanzee
Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Accipiter nisus, Eurasian sparrowhawk
Plate 81 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Touch-screen display in the Central Hall
A visitor at the Natural History Museum using one of the touch-screen display panels located in the Central Hall

Iguanodon hand
Fossil remains of a hand that once belonged to the herbivorous dinosaur, Iguanodon. Notice the very sharpe spike like thumb which is thought to have been used for defending itself against predators

Fairy and butterfly on sun flower

The new Coxcomb of the 1940s

Daily inspection of teeth and finger nails. Older pupils make the inspection under the direction of teacher who records results. This has been done every day this year. School, 49, Comanche County

Half length image of bearded tramp in hat, touching finger to nose with full length image of same tramp to the left. Date c1890

Twelve proverbial silhouettes given a literal depiction: the fat is in the fire, to have a finger in the pie, sending coals to Newcastle, one sows and another reaps

Cartoon - Two lads having a joke about their Fathers
Two young lads trade insults, each one trying to belittle each others Father. " Your Father couldn t pass the Doctor!" " Garn, yours can t pass a pub." Date: circa 1915

Model Sucking her Finger
A model wearing a nightie, sucking her finger provocatively. Date: 1960s

Austrian Peasant Game
Peasant men of the South Tyrol, Austria, playing a traditional game around a table. The aim is to grab the opponents finger over the half way line on the table! Date: 1930s

Varnishing Nails
Nail varnish should be applied very carefully, with a small brush, first horizontally from left to right, then vertically from the fingertips downwards. Do not smear the varnish! Date: 1930s

The Seven Ravens 2
The daughter opens the lock with her finger

Santa up Chimney / C20Th
"...& laying his finger aside of his nose, & giving a nod, up the chimney he rose". Date: First published: 1823

The Dolly Sisters in bridal wear
The Dolly Sisters in His Bridal Night, Republic Theatre, New York, 1916 in creations by Lucile (Lady Duff Gordon) 1916

Lenin Monument, Sevastopol, Ukraine
Statue of the Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) on the Lenin Monument in Sevastopol, Ukraine

Factory worker operating control box
A worker, standing at a control device, signals for a part of the production process to proceed. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A dogs education
Three young girls train a small white dog who sits obediently on the table in front of them. One of the girls takes the dogs paw and orders him to be quiet by holding her finger against her lips

Glamourous yet coy young lady
A hand-coloured photographic postcard of a shy young lady in a bright low-cut blue dress with a finger to her mouth and wearing a long string of pearls

Pope Pius VII Blesses ring kissers
Pope Pius VII Blesses those that kiss the ring on his finger, while pilgrims kneel in adoration

An Art Critic
An art studio shared by three girls is visited by a woman, pointing her finger and criticising their work. The girls seem unperturbed by this, finding the whole episode rather amusing

Sleeping Beauty Spinning
Princess Beauty discovers the old woman spinning with a spindle and is about to prick her finger and fall into a hundred-year sleep

Hand Holds a Telephone
A hand with manicured finger nails hold up a white telephone handset

Woman Sews Paper Pattern
A woman smiles as she sews. She has paper patterns pinned onto the fabric and wears a thimble to protect her finger

English Cottage Interior
A family of four in a simple English cottage

SEXY LIPS
Head and shoulders portrait of a dark haired woman who appears to be topless. Shes touching her lips with her finger tips

Sterne (Bramati)
LAURENCE STERNE author, depicted in pensive mood with his characteristic finger-on-forehead gesture

Sterne / Reynolds / Reynolds
LAURENCE STERNE English novelist and clergyman

German Couple 1475
A fashionable couple from Lower Germany : her finger points to her swelling belly - Now look what you ve done, she says, you and your codpiece and pointed shoes !

Varnished Nail Guard
Nail guards. An American idea for protecting varnished nails until they are thoroughly dry. Date: 1930s

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