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Palmistry map of the handA palmistry map of the hand, labelling the different areas
Diagrams of the bones of hand and armDiagrams of the bones of the left arm and hand, showing the position of the radius and ulna when the thumb is turned inwards. The shoulder blade and part of the collar bone can also be seen
Drawing the cork, illustration by William Heath RobinsonHow to draw the cork when you can t find the corkscrew, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
WW2 Poster -- Women of Britain Come Forward NowWomen of Britain -- These scientific instruments demand nimble fingers and quick brains. Come Forward Now. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service
Female Type / Long NeckArt deco style womans face, with long neck and slender fingers
Shame Flute - German punishment for being a poor musicianA Shame Flute ( Schand Flote ) - German punishment for being a poor musician - you had to face the public wearing (around the neck) a heavy iron flute
Buddhist Priest, Hai Phong, VietnamHai Phong (Haiphong) in Tonkin - Northern Vietnam. A Buddhist Priest gives a sermon Date: circa 1910s
Arthur Rackham / St IvesARTHUR RACKHAM English illustrator: self-portrait in his own illustration to As I was going to St Ives Date: 1867 - 1939
Gulliver kisses the Queen of Brobdingnag's hand Date: 1900
ComparisonA portrait sketch of a smiling lady holding a miniature mannequin or figure between her fingers, a happy young man is sharing the moment. Date: circa 1901
KittyA portrait oil painting of Kitty, a seated girl wearing a patterned blue dress in a green room interior. Her fingers are loosely intertwined. Date: circa 1921
The RoseA side profile portrait watercolour painting of a young ballet dancer, seated, holding a rose head between her fingers. Date: circa 1917
Letter written by Ida Stanton on board RMS CarpathiaHandwritten letter written on board RMS Carpathia dated 15 August 1912 with original Cunard envelope. Dear Papa and boys... we were delayed by boarding a large cargoe (sic) of spaghetti
Armour. Gauntlet. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883Armour. Gauntlet. Gloves of metal plates which protected the hand. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Photograph of New York buildings, showing double image of skyscrapers. Captioned, With eager fingers straining at the stars... A Study in Perspective and Double Exposure'. Date: 1933
My Word! We caught THIS wandering here. Two young women mock a rather daft-looking young man, possibly trying to use his facial dexterity to gain their attention/affection?! Date: 1910
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Rub lightly together with the finger tips, let the air into it. Date: 1907
King Henry VIII - counts his wives on his fingersOriginal Artwork - King Henry VIII (1491-1547) - counts the number of his wives on his fingers! Date: circa 1937
Daisy Kennedy the violinist by Madame Yevonde" An artist to her fingertips". Daisy Kennedy (Mrs. John Drinkwater), 1893-1981, Australian-born concert violinist. Date: 1931
Men playing the ancient game of Morra, Italy. It involves one player extending their hand, with any number of fingers, and the other player calling out a number
Games unknown, 14th century. A variant of hide and seek, and boys playing a guessing game where one holds up a certain number of fingers and his colleagues have to show the same, similar to scissors
Indian jugglers in Paris, 1816Indian jugglers, 1816. The man in the centre balances a whip between his eyes, spins rings on his toes and fingers, and threads pearls on a rope with his tongue
Magnificent feather duster, dead mans fingersMagnificent feather duster, Sabellastarte magnifica 1, dead mans fingers, Alcyonium digitatum 2, and scrupocellaria, Scrupocellaria scruposa 3
Okra, Abelmoschus esculentusOkra or ladies fingers, Abelmoschus esculentus (Hibiscus esculentus). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley
Advertisement for Gala of London nail colour. Date: 1949
Poster, Foire de Paris, Paris Fair. Date: circa 1930s
Car Trouble Date: 1950
Dead mens fingers, Alcyonium digitatum.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1797
That School-Girl Complexion! by Topham 1926A picture of a girl with pen ink on her face and fingers. Date: 1926
BANG BANGFull-length portrait of a model in a checked shirt and cropped jeans poses with her fingers making a gun. Date: late 1960s
SPECIAL THIMBLEA boon to all bachelors who sew, this simple device, fitted to a thimble, makes it impossible to lose the needle, and saves time, temper and trouble. Date: 1930s
Two Lovers - ShamisenTwo Japanese lovers play the shamisen. The girl touches the cords, whilst her lover determines the sounds by the pressure of his fingers on the strings. Date: 18th century
POINTING FINGERS 1933Villagers suspect a girl of sin : Cast off by the husband she loved, Margaret stumbled past the prying eyes of the neighbours : they, too, believed the wicked lies Date: 1933
Stanislawa Tomczyk demonstrates psychokinesisStanislawa Tomczyk, Polish medium, demonstrates psychokinesis while under hypnosis, to Ochorowicz, at Wisla, Poland, raising small objects. Date: 1909
Bagh-nakhBagh Nakh, Tigers Claw. Two brass rings (for the fingers) attached to a brass plate with four steel claws. For the left hand. Obtained from a dacoit in Belgaum District, india, 1945
Poster, anti-smoking campaignPoster for an anti-smoking campaign, showing a hand with tobacco stains on the fingers. Date: circa 1960s
Magician Chung LooColour illustrated poster advertising magician Chung Loo, drawn by Clyff, dated 13 November 1922. HPF/5B/3
New Year card in the shape of a gloveNew Year card in the shape of a yellow glove. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas and New Year card in the shape of a gloveChristmas and New Year card in the shape of a pink glove. Date: circa 1890s
WW2 Valentines Day card, RAF plane flying over houses. Date: circa 1942
CHAMELEON - on human finger, to show scale. (Brookesia minima ). Madagascar
Poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, WW1American poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, designed to raise money for the war effort during the First World War. Showing a menacing German with bloody fingers and bayonet. Date: 1917-1918
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey as a monkeyWhat my beautiful Councils have given me! Sultan Mehmed V Reshad as a monkey representing Turkeys involvement in World War One
Long fingernails of a High Class Chinese ManThe extraordinarily long fingernails of a High Class Chinese Man
Chimney demolition at Hayle, Cornwall. circa 1980s
Baby in a wickerwork pram, Delaware, USABaby in a wickerwork pram, appearing to wave at the camera. She is Helen Cochran Foard, daughter of Julian and Helen Foard, age 8 months, outside Holy Trinity Church, Middletown, New Castle County
Cadburys Happy Families - Mrs BiscuitCadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mrs Biscuit the Bakers Wife. circa 1950