Gesture Collection

Fidel Castro - Speech
FIDEL CASTRO - President of Cuba giving a speech in Havana in August 1993. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

George Whitefield preaching at Moorfields Fair, 1742
George Whitefield(1714-1770), nonconformist preacher, depicted preaching under difficult circumstances at Moorfields Fair on Whit Monday, 1742. 1742

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - still from the Radio Picture Ltd production Shall We Dance?

Zeus / Jupiter
Zeus (Jupiter) and Hera (Juno) sit with his eagle, visited by Poseidon (Neptune) Hermes (Mercury) and his son (by Alkmene, not Hera, hence her gesture) Herakles

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a pilot in flying gear, gesturing towards three biplanes in flight. 1934

Jem Mace, Boxer
" Gypsy" Jem Mace (1831 - 1910), English champion and known as the " Father of Modern Boxing"

Tennis Chivalry 1930S
A chivalrous gentleman tennis player bows as he shakes the hand of his attractive female opponent over the net!

Womens Rights / Personali
CHRISTABEL PANKHURST Womens rights advocate & Suffragette. Daughter of Emiline Pankhurst

Jesus of Nazareth
JESUS OF NAZARETH with his right hand raised in a blessing gesture

Caesar Releases Domitius
Julius Caesar captures his opponent Domitius, but diplomatically releases him as a gesture of conciliation

Mr Pastry, aka Richard Hearne, with lion
Mr Pastry, aka the comic actor Richard Hearne (1908-1979), with a lion. Date: circa 1960s

Music cover, On the Good Ship Lollipop, Shirley Temple
Music cover, On the Good Ship Lollipop, words and music by Sidney Clare and Richard A Whiting, as sung by Shirley Temple in the film Bright Eyes. 1934

WWI Poster, The Recruiting Sergeant
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Recruiting Sergeant, shown beckoning for men to join him. Date: 1915

Gabriele d Annunzio in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia)
Gabriele d Annunzio (1863-1938) in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia), at the time of its occupation (under his leadership) by Italian nationalists

Queen Elizabeth II North America visit - with Nixon, 1957
The royal visit to North America, 1957. Vice president Nixon points out the surrounding landmarks on the steps of the Capitol to Queen Elizabeth II, who looks in the opposite direction. Mrs

Two Women Kiss
Two women kiss 1904

Music cover, The Torpedo Galop, by Charles d Albert, based on music from Edmond Audrans comic opera, Olivette. 1880

Riders, horses and dogs on a New Year card
Riders, horses and dogs in a country lane on a New Year card, with a lady riding sidesaddle. Date: circa 1890s

The relief at Ekowe
Lord Chelmsford(1827-1905) riding out to meet Colonel E.K Pearson(1834-1909) about a mile from Fort Ekowe, with troops following

Hungary - A Road hog makes insulting gesture to donkey rider
Comic Postcard - Road Rage - Hungary - A Road hog makes an insulting gesture to a donkey rider who seemingly did not get out of the way fast enough! Date: circa 1917

Shirley Kellogg, American actress and singer in London Date: circa 1914

Giuseppe de Begnis, Italian operatic bass singer
Giuseppe de Begnis (1793-1849), Italian operatic bass singer Date: early 19th century

Come Aboard the Lifeboat - man gesturing Date: 1920

Queen Of The Fairies
This sculpture shows a ballerina girl standing in an artistic pose, where her torso is bent slightly, with palms facing upwards, almost in a gesture of self protection. Date: circa 1915

Spanish Woman
A portrait of an unknown travelling Spanish woman, wearing a tasselled shawl, resting her chin on her hand, in a gesture of boredom. Date: circa 1914

Maria Kousnietzoff, opera singer
Mme Maria Kousnietzoff, opera singer, soprano Date: 1910

Emmy Destinn, opera singer
Mlle Emmy Destinn, opera singer, soprano Date: 1910

Edmond Warnery, opera singer, tenor Date: 1910

Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1838-1913). Politician
Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1838-1913). Spanish politician. Spain, Madrid. Banquet of the Partido Democratico-Monarquico in the Theater of La Alhambra, November 14, 1881

Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre (1832-1916). Spanish engineer, playwright, politician and mathematician. Leading of the Spanish dramatist of the last quarter of the 19th century

Funerary stele of Sosias and Kephisodoros. 410 BC. Detail
Funerary stele of Sosias and Kephisodoros. Detail of two soldiers. 410 BC. Pentelic marble. Found at Athens, Greece. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Children campaigning for more nursery places, 7 July 1979. With them is the Labour MP, Neil Kinnock. As indicated on their badges, some of the children were also campaigning in 1968

Prescott John Leslie Baron Labour Socialist Socialism
prescott, john, leslie, baron, labour, socialist, socialism, politics, political, politician, government, minister, speaking, microphone, microphones, conference, hand, gesture, pointing, finger

John Prescott, Labour politician
John Prescott (John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott, b 1938), Labour politician and government minister, seen here speaking at a conference about the Eurotunnel Project. Date: circa 1990s

David Sheppard, Anglican clergyman
David Sheppard, Bishop of Woolwich (1969-1975) and of Liverpool (1975-1997). Date: circa 1970s

Joseph Stalin, Soviet Russian leader
Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), Soviet Russian leader. Seen here in uniform, waving. Date: circa 1940s

Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer
Paul Tortelier (1914-1990), French cellist and composer Date: circa 1970s

Jack Straw, Labour MP and government minister
Jack Straw (John Whitaker Straw, b 1946), British Labour Party politician, MP and government minister. Date: circa 1970s

Tony Benn, Labour politician, giving a speech
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activist
Jesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here speaking at a press conference. Date: circa 1980s

Michael Foot, Labour politician, giving a speech
Michael Foot (Michael Mackintosh Foot, 1913-2010), British Labour politician and writer, Leader of the Opposition 1980-1983, CND supporter

REFUGEE IN ENGLAND
Many opponents of Napoleon's regime take refuge in England : when one of them dies, his funeral at St Johns Wood cemetery is the occasion for a political gesture. Date: 1852

Yorick discusses France with the Count at Versailles. Date: First published: 1768

The collapse of the Duma, Russia 1906
"The Death of the First Born" - comment on the collapse of the first Imperial Russian Duma in 1906. Date: 1906

Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute, Mozart
Louise Michaeli as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote). Date: 1865

Scott Russell as Bertuccio in Mirette
Scott Russell, English singer, actor and theatre manager, as Bertuccio in Mirette, comic opera by Messager Date: 1890s

Polish national Mr Hutton offering gas mask cases 1939
Mr Hutton, originally from Poland, photographed handing gas mask containers to Members of Parliament. The Sphere describes how Mr Hutton provided individually named gas mask containers for each

Elizabethan aristocratic couple getting into a coach. Date: 16th century

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