Gesture Collection (page 6)

Scouting leader speaking at campfire event, Mauritius
A scouting leader speaking to girl guides and boy scouts at a campfire event in Mauritius. Date: 1960s

Plimsoll line stops coffin ships, 1873
Comment in Punch magazine on the lifesaving introduction of the Plimsoll line. Overcrowded coffin ships are portrayed literally in the background as floating coffins with masts and rigging. Date: 1873

Winston Churchill addressing meeting in Birmingham
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - British statesman and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Seen here addressing a meeting at the Birmingham Town Hall (along with Lord Hugh Cecil)

Sportsmans Battalions, 1915
An advertisement for sportsmans battalions, featuring a despatch rider on a Douglas motor cycle, pointing urgently to some smoking ruins

Canadian scout with Kings Scout certificate
Canadian scout, Bryan Peterkin, with his Kings Scout certificate

Wolseley at Myat-Toons stronghold, Burma, 1853
Sir Garnet Wolseley(1833-1913) as a young officer in the British army, storming Myat-Toons stronghold, Burma, February 1853

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

A wasted life: satire on the invention of tanks, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II chides Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and aircraft manufacturer, for not inventing anything useful, like the armoured tanks of the allies. Date: 1916

Lifeboatmen, c1870
Three lifeboatmen scan the horizon for seafarers in peril. Date: c.1870

Captain Robert Hook, lifeboatman
Coxswain Robert William Hook (1828 -1911) of the Lowestoft lifeboat Samuel Plimsoll, the saviour of more than 200 lives. Pictured here at Lowestoft harbour entrance in 1883, in a heroic pose

Butchers shop, 1850
A curious social scene outside a butchers shop, 1850. A Victorian man gestures towards a rather suprised looking matrons basket of carrots

Vehicle preceded by flag, 1883
A man precedes a steam vehicle waving a red flag, to warn road users of its presence and to enforce a speed limit, in keeping with the Locomotive or Red Flag Acts of Parliament

Anwar Sadat at a state dinner
Anwar Sadat of Egypt(1918-1981) at a state dinner in his honour, seated between Moshe Dayan(1915-1981) and the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin(1913-1992)

Jewish Beds Burned
A German soldier stands proudly by a bonfire of beds taken from Jewish homes - a symbolic gesture warning Jews that they will no longer be tolerated in Poland. Date: 1939/1940

Advertisement for the Mond Nickel Company -- female model (Jane Davis) posing in polka dot dress and gloves. 1959

Japan - A Japanese Greeting Date: circa 1910s

South Africa - Two women, a witchdoctor and a child
Two women negotiating with a witchdoctor concerning the blessing of a new house in the village - South Africa. Date: circa 1920s

French Fantasy Beauty in see-through drape poses dramatically in front of a mysterious landscape vista. Date: circa 1910s

Furious Frenchman shouts at a Cheeky Englishman
English as She is Spik. Furious Frenchman (to Arry, who has just knocked his hat off " for a lark" ) - " Sacre

Woman greets her sweetheart who stands at door with flowers c. 1930

Miss Maud Jefferies, 1895
Actress Miss Maud Jefferies as Virginia in Virginius. Date: 1895

Street music: Unwelcome musician, c. 1835
A rotund servant bribes a noisy street musician with three pence to move on, as his playing is disturbing the master of the house

Street music: French psalm singer
A French psalm singer performs in the street, pointing to a visual aid as he sings. Passers by stop to listen, including a woman supporting a tray of pears. Date: 18th century

Silhouette of a woman in a long scarf
Full length silhouette of a woman wearing a long scarf

Cheering citizens hail passing royal bride, 1893
Loyal citizens wave their handkerchiefs joyously and lean out of the window to caught a glimpse of the royal bride, Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary) as she passes by

White Lodge, Richmond Park, 1891
White Lodge, Richmond Park:celebration of the Duke and Duchess of Tecks silver wedding anniversary. The Duke is shown being presented with a horse, and giving a speech. Date: 1891

Princess Elizabeth distributes Maundy money, 1952
Queen Elizabeth II being greeted on arrival at Westminster Abbey, when she distributed the Royal Maundy money. In the year of this picture, 1952

Pollocks characters in Douglas
Pollocks toy theatre characters in the play Douglas, namely Glenalvon, Lady Randolph, Norval, Lord Randolph, and Old Norval. Date: circa 1840

Street music: Gypsies playing guitar, 1855
Gypsies playing guitar on the streets of Paris attract the attention of a passing shop girl and some gentlemen. Date: 1855

Street music: Queen serenaded, 1870
A street serenade by masked musicians to Isabella II, the exiled Queen of Spain. Date: 1870

Clarissima Plane by Balthasar Prasberg
The title page of Clarissima Plane by Balthasar Prasberg. Date: 1504

Alexander the Great at Memphis
Alexander the Great at the Temple of Apis in Memphis

Lloyd George giving a speech from a car
David Lloyd George (1863-1945), British Prime Minister, giving a speech from an open-topped car, with an army officer standing behind him. Date: circa 1914-1918

A singing lesson at Minerva House, 1863
A large family group gather round a grand piano to sing together. Date: 1863

Vols. I, II and III
Three ladies read by the sea on a bench, observed by two small dogs. Date: 1889

Richter conducts an orchestra
Hans Richter (1843-1916), conducts a symphony

Concert craze in Germany
A violinist is mobbed by his fans as he takes a bow following a performance

Conductor and orchestra
A couple mourn the death of a loved one in the upper scene, whilst a conductor on a stage conducts a large choir below. Date: c.1850

Toscanini conducts, 1912
Characteristic poses of musician Arturo Toscanini(1867-1957)while conducting. Date: 1912

Conductor, choir and orchestra c. 1735
A gentleman(believed to be George Frideric Handel(1685-1759), conducts a musical rehearsal. Date: c.1735

Britannia and Eve magazine, July 1940
Front cover illustration featuring an attractive young lady with wavy blonde hair, smiling at a red rose given to her by her sweetheart

Britannia and Eve magazine, February 1931
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a Lewis Baumer illustration of a pretty woman dressed in a red jacket

Moorish Dancer in traditional costume, Algeria

Turkish Veiled Harem Girl
A veiled girl of the turkish Harem striking a pretty pose in a garden. The subject matter is an incredible juxtaposition to the year it was published when war was surging across Western Europe

Sandringham Church, Norfolk
Victoria and Albert cause a flurry of raised hats when they join the fellow parishioners of Sandringham, Norfolk, in Sunday worship

Pistachio nut seller - Izmir, Turkey
A Pistachio nut seller from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

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