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Contentment - A slightly dishevelled, yet happy, young lady. Date: 1908
George Herbert / Anon EngGEORGE HERBERT Metaphysical poet and clergyman Date: 1593 - 1633
Warrior or actor with long hair and bracelets around wrist and ankles, full-length, seen from behind, holding a sword. Date between 1750 and 1850
New York, New York. Getting a manicure while drying hair at Francois de Paris, a hairdresser on Eighth Street. Date 1942 Sept
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)
Girl playing instrumentA young Japanese woman with ribboned hair playing a stringed musical instrument, perhaps a version of a lute
Goldilocks and Three BearsGoldilocks and the Three Bears which originally appeared on a Christmas card with a sliding front and a pull tab. Date: circa 1890s
Colleen Moore (18991988) - American film actress and one of the most fashionable stars of the era and helped popularize the bobbed haircut. Date: circa 1920s
Henri Rochefort / SemHENRI ROCHEFORT Controversial French journalist, looking rather severe Date: 1830 - 1913
John Kettlewell / GuchtJOHN KETTLEWELL Non-juring clergyman and writer Date: 1653 - 1695
Supper-Time by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl and her black kitten. Date: 1947
La Petite Francaise by William BarribalBeautiful portrait of a dark-haired French woman by William Barribal. 1917
Ginger by BarribalPortrait of a pretty young woman with flaming red hair by the artist William Barribal. Date: 1914
Geisha hairstyle viewed from rear - JapanBeautiful photograph showing the complicated shapes, folds and pinning of a Geisha hairstyle viewed from rear - Japan. Date: circa 1910s
China - A Chinese Barber, preparing a long pigtailChina - A Chinese Barber, preparing a traditional long pigtail Date: circa 1910s
Cartoon - WWI - HaircutA cartoon making light of the perils of life on the front line and the frequent need for surgical intervention to operate on soldiers
Chinese BarberIn a Chinese barbershop, short back and sides is taken literally. circa 1911
Britannia and Eve front cover, September 1947Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring an illustration of a pretty young woman with blonde, wavy hair, red lipstick and a smart, striped blouse
David Wright woman in black negligee on red telephoneElegant woman with red hair, wearing a black negligee. She is lying on a furry white rug, speaking on her red telephone. David Wright (1912 - 1967)
Miss Gwen Farrar, entertainer and musician, about to appear with Norah Blaney at the Cosmopolitan, New York, in a Ziegfeld production entitled Going South
His Share by Muriel DawsonA tiny child with a shock of red hair struggles up to bed in a dressing gown carrying as many toys as he possibly can
Police radio operators
Adjusting a tape storage deviceA computer technician adjusts the large reels on a computer tape storage device. A promotional photograph for ICT. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Turkish Beauty and Crescent MoonTurkish beauty with flowers in her hair, merged into a backdrop of a misty crescent moon
Britannia and Eve September 1942Second World War era front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a blonde nurse with immaculately coiffed hair and obligatory red lipstick. Theres glamour in wartime nursing you know!
Anthony Asquith as a boy at 10 Downing Street, LondonAnthony Asquith (1902-1968) as a boy at 10 Downing Street, Central London, when his father, Herbert Henry Asquith, was Prime Minister
Gilt-edged Security by Elsie HardingIllustration by Elsie Harding featuring a beautiful and elegant young woman with red hair just visible tying a bandeau style cloche hat in gold colours around her lovely head
Art is Long by PicaA woman with a svelte figure and an Eton crop hair style studies the latest elongated fashions of the 1930s in the pages of a womens magazine
Japanese girl playing violinA stunning photographic postcard depicting a young Japanese girl playing the voilin
Curtain FireA coy red-haired temptress hides her modesty behind a curtain
Lloyd George / Haines / 1909DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1909 Date: 1863 - 1945
Robert Graves / MorganROBERT RANKE GRAVES British poet, novelist and critic, with a reference to his autobiography, " Goodbye To All That"
Evans Vacuum Cap advertisement, 1906Advertisement for the Evans Vacuum Cap, an invention intented to promote the re-growth of hair, 1906
Young Girl and Pet DogA young girl dressed in her best white dress, with her pet dog, a Manchester Terrier
England / Nether StoweyA young female rambler takes time out to sit and rest and admire the fine view over the village of Nether Stowey, Somerset, nestling at the foot of the Quantock Hills
Pin-Up in Blue ShortsA pretty blonde with plaited hair & wearing tight blue shorts & white bikini top with the straps dangling in front, leans against the trunk of a large tree
Goats / Olaus Magnus 1555Goats
Goat / Syrian 19CSyrian goat
th Huxley / Downey PhotoTHOMAS HENRY HUXLEY English scientist and champion of Darwins Theory of Evolution
Augustus Leopold EggAUGUSTUS LEOPOLD EGG English painter and friend of Dickens
A Barber DistractedTHE RED-HOT POLITICIAN A barber is more absorbed in the latest political gossip than his hot curling tongs, with painful results for his singed customer
Sir James Brooke / CensusSIR JAMES BROOKE Governor of Labuan, later Rajah of Sarawak, at a time when the overseas population of the British Empire numbered 139 million
Toilet / Tying Hair 1918Attractive young woman at her dressing table, tying up her hair
Female Type / Poiret DressElegant young woman, happy to be wearing an evening dress by Paul Poiret
A Breath of Fresh Air by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Joan of Arc / ButtreJOAN OF ARC French heroine in armour on the battlefield
Hannibal / Naples BronzeHANNIBAL Carthaginian general, famous for his crossing of the Alps
Edward V / Players / 17 / 50EDWARD V Reigned from April to June 1483