Pierrot and Columbine -- Smile, PleaseColumbine tickles a gloomy Pierrot with a peacock feather and asks him to Smile, Please!
Walter Cranes GarlandWalter Crane shows his political allegiance in this May Day design. The ribbon that holds the garland of flowers together bears the slogans of his creed
Judy Garland with Liza MinnelliJudy Garland (1922-1969), American actress and singer with her daughter, Liza Minnelli (b. 1946)
Judy Garland (1922 1969), American singer, actress. Date: 1947
Algeria - Woman smoking a nargile pipeAlgeria - woman smoking a nargile (Hookah Pipe)
Mowgli & Wolves. JungleShere Khan the tiger watches Mowgli with his wolf family
Decorated Christmas tree with toys and food below. Date: circa 1890s
Greyhound RacingNotable personalities in the greyhound racing world, from left: Mr. F. S. Gentle (Assistant MD of the Greyhound Racing Association), Brig.-Gen. A.C
Etruscan. Cineray urn on podium. Chamber tomb of the Pruni family near Chiusi, Etruria. 200-100 B.C. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
King Oscar II of Sweden - Jubilee PostcardA delightful card (mixture of white embossing and a pale yellow background) depicting King Oscar of Sweden (1829-1907) - Jubilee Postcard celebrating the Kings 75th Birthday
Music cover, Our Love Affair, Mickey Rooney & Judy GarlandMusic cover, Our Love Affair, words and music by Arthur Freed and Roger Edens, from the MGM film Strike Up The Band, starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. 1940
Music sheet cover for Queen of the May QuadrilleMusic sheet cover for the Queen of the May Quadrille, composed by the French conductor Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860), and dedicated to Mrs Robert Arkwright (the actress Frances Crawford Kemble)
Film - Strike up the Band - Mickey Rooney and Judy GarlandFilm - Strike up the Band - starring Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and Judy Garland (1922-1969) - a 1940 American black and white musical film produced by the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
May Day Garlands 1886May Day Garland: Three young women, assisted by a toddler, assemble all kinds of flowers for a seasonal garland
C18TH COSTUME / 1913C18th costume for a masked ball: gold dress with panniers & echelles, white petticoat ornamented with a garland of roses, black lace engageantes, a high white wig with roses
Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - The Garland Club ad beach. Date: circa 1909
The Hop Garland, painted by W F Witherington RAThe Hop Garland, painting by W F Witherington RA - an idyllic hop-picking scene in Kent Date: 1834
Countess de la Falaise, studio fashion portrait, by Chanel. Captioned, Innumerable frills adorn our evening gowns'. With description, The Countess de la Falaise
Isabel Jeans, actress, (1891-1985) studio fashion portrait, with fashion illustration. With description, Miss Isabel Jeans wears an unusual cocktail or cinema gown designed by Peggy Morris
Outfit designed by Maggy Rouff, studio fashion portrait. Captioned, Short Coats for Longer Days'. With description, Spring suits are, like our spring climate, variable
Camilla Horn, German actress and dancer (1903-1996), fashion studio portrait. With description, Miss Camilla Horn, who has recently completed a film in England and is now rehearsing another
Mrs Colclough, studio fashion portraits. With description, Mrs Rex Colclough wears a magnificent dark blue cire satin gown from Idare which has a dull pink bodice and sash'
Knitted Golf club covers, suits for women. Captioned, For Golfers. With descriptionKnitted Golf club covers, suits for women. Captioned, For Golfers.... With description, The attractive little knitted caps to keep your golf sticks clean
Mrs Leo d'Erlanger, studio fashion portrait in hat and gloves. With description, Mrs Leo d'Erlanger, who is an American by birth, is easily one of the most beautiful women in London to-day
Lady Queensberry, fashion portrait in her painting studio. With description, A portrait of Lady Queensberry, one of our foremost portrait painters
Photographs of models in spring hats. Captioned, Veils and Flowers trim our spring hats'. With descriptions, A Marcelle Lely model from Debenhams is shown above carried out in a beige Rodier
Sunday Wilshin, actress (1906-1991) studio fashion portrait. With description, Miss Sunday Wilshin, who is at present engaged in making a new film at Ealing
Marda Vanne, actress, studio fashion portrait. From an item, A Portfolio of Fashion, compiled weekly for The Bystander, by Madge Garland'
Robin Darwin (1910-1974), principal of the Royal College of Art, with students. Also pictured are faculty members Madge Garland (1898-1990)
Lady carried by attendants on a Victorian greetings card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. Medusa. From Sidon (Lebanon)Roman sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. Marble. Medusa. From Sidon (Lebanon). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. From Sidon (Lebanon)Roman sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. Marble. From Sidon (Lebanon). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Grave stele of Salmamodes. From Sidon (Lebanon)Grave stele of Salmamodes, macedonian mercenery. 2nd century BC. From Sidon (Lebanon). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Music Cover, Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)Music cover, Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz), Judy Garland, words by E Y Harburg, music by Harold Arlen. 1939
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Babes in Arms (1939) Date: 1939
Garland Lincoln N. 28 / Nieuport 28 10Garland Lincoln N.28 / Nieuport 28 10 in the colours of the 94th Aero Squadron, United States Army Air Service. Garland Lincoln & Claude Flagg acquired several genuine Nieuport 28s
Olga Valery - French actress - RosesOlga Timchenko (aka Olga Valery) (1903-2002) - French actress of Ukrainian origin - performing at the Casino de Paris. The (remarkable) comment on the postcard reverse reads as follows
Chamber potGlazed earthenware chamber pot with painted and gilded decoration of suspended pendants and festoons of pink roses. Manufactured in England c.1916
Photograph of May Garland PH, Horam, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub
Page from The Sketch reporting on a midnight party / fashion show put on by designer Victor Stiebel. The party was attended by a number of notable movers
Portrait of Count Georges Buffon inside laurel garland. Copperplate from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Thomas Kelly, London, 1829
Lion, Tigress and CubsLion, Pantera leo, Tigress, Panthera tigris, and hybrid cubs in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by I. W. Cook after W
English grocer entering a dining room and surprising his family, 19th century. Mr. John Jorrocks enters to find Mrs Jorrocks in red and gold turban
Huntsman losing control of his horse during a foxhunt, 19th century. Sponge in hunting pinks on a chestnut horse knocking Lord Scarperdale from his mount. Mr. Sponge completely scatters his lordship
Fox hunting gentleman riding out with boys on poniesFox hunting gentleman Mr. Jug Boyston riding out with boys on ponies, 19th century. The Jug and his juvenile field. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Robert Smith
Woman in giant pouf hairstyle, era of Marie AntoinetteWoman in giant pouf hairstyle with bonnet and ringlets, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle
Scene from Petroniuss Satyricon. Trimalchio comes to have dinner after a bath, led by a servant. Another servant takes off his shoes, while an old man plays the tibia or aulos