Hair Collection (#90)

Zulu wars. Zulu dandies, showing the modes of wearing their
Zulu warrior with horn style hair, arm bracelets and earrings

Russian Long Hair
A Tunguzian [Siberian] Prince whose Hair was Four Dutch Ells long and his Sons near an Ell long. [A Flemish ell was about 27 inches, or 70 cm]

Russian Ladys Hair
A Russian countrywoman grows her hair long, but keeps it under control by confining it within a long embroidered sheath (for want of a better word)

Red-Haired Girl
A colourful design showing the head and shoulders of a red headed girl against a floral checked background

Mrs Heathcote by Jean Gabriel Domergue
Portrait of Mrs Heathcote dressed elegantly in an evening dress with her red hair bobbed, and a string of pearls

Auguste Bonaz Comb
Colour advertisement for a hair comb worn in the shingled bob of an elegant 1920s lady

The Wave Hairstyle, 1926
A permanently waved hairstyle by Feminix salon, Piccadilly, London, 1926. Shingled or bobbed hair became universally popular during the 1920 s, a reflection of womens new-found freedom

Hair-drying device, 1928
A helmet used to dry and set hair, on display at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition at White City, 1928

Miss Gabrielle Ray
Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973), British stage actress brushing her hair and wearing pyjamas. Ray was a star of the Gaiety Theatre and was adored by fans for her beauty and dancing

The Labourer and his hire-types from agricultural counties
Photographic portrait of two agricultural workers, taken in 1913m but wearing clothes and sporting facial hair from an earlier era

Fashion for hair, 1927
A perfectly groomed hairstyle by Francis, of Hanover Square. The hair was permanently waved into a style complementary to the face shape

Edwards Harlene for Hair
Advertisement for Harlene hair producer and restorer, showing a little girl pouring the preparation onto the bald head of her baby brother or sister, saying, Never mind, Baby! it will soon grow now

Hair transplant
Entitled, If the War Makes you Lose Your Wool - Try This, this illustration shows an early form of hair transplanting, championed by a Dr. Szekely of Budapest

Pigtails and Powder
Engraving of a watercolour by Frank Dadd showing a group of naval men or soldiers braiding and powdering their hair in a typical 18th century fashion

Edwards Harlene
Advertisement or advertorial showing a full page engraving of a Victorian woman brushing her exceptionally long hair, watched by her daughter

Half-hours at Eton - Hair Cutting Day
A line of seated Eton schoolboys having their haircut on mass by a schoolmaster pushing a lawn mower. Robinson was a regular contributor to the Sketch

Ooh! Lucky Lipstick
A model with long, straight dark hair, pouts as she applies her pearly pink lipstick!

Dressing for Dinner
Lady Anna Olliff-Cooper sits at her dressing table while Eva Morrison, the Ladys Maid, puts her hair up for her

Married Couple 1960S
Have you met my wife? A man stands behind his wife, giving her a wry look... Date: 1960s

Summer School Dress
A schoolgirl models a sleeveless, floral summer school dress, worn with ankle socks and summer shoes, her hair in pigtails and ribbons

Boys Tease Redhead 1924
Two boys tease a redheaded girl, calling her carrot-head: she retorts that her hair is auburn

Man & Boys Fashions 1844
Boys: plaid tunic, gigot sleeves, belt, tasselled cap, strapped pantaloons, forage cap, short jackets, vandyked collar, neckerchief, page boy hair-style. Man: D-B coat

Girl with Roses in Hair
A little girl with pink roses in her hair

Sisters and Pet Dog
Three young girls, probably sisters, pose together in matching white dresses and hair bows. Their pet dog or puppy sits centre stage

Radna Krishna Sect
Two members of the Radna Krishna Sect, near the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

Fashions for February, 1844
Engraving of two women modelling The Illustrated London News idea of Fashion for February 1844. The full caption reads as follows: No.1

Lady Charles Beresford
Bodice with en coeur or sweetheart neckline, shoulder straps & transparent short sleeves - the whole heavily ornamented with beadwork. N.B choker & long string of pearls

Standing in the Street
A little girl and two boys standing in the street

Yvette Guilbert / Rire 98
YVETTE GUILBERT French singer and diseuse

Louise Brooks / Postcard
American silent film actress, LOUISE BROOKS (1906-1985)

Paris Fashions ?1840
Yellow dress: bishop sleeves, skirt en tablier showing white underskirt, trimmed with scalloped edged lace. Hair: plaited & coiled at the back with ringlets round the face

Mopping Linoleum 1940S
A typical housewife wearing a snood, uses a wet mop to clean the kitchen lino

Chemise & Nightgown 1919
WOLFHEAD UNDERGARMENTS: a lady in black stockings wears an Empire chemise with a lace yoke, her friend wears a nightdress, while the maid brings in a tiered under-skirt

No Guinea Pigs / The Town before you, or welch wigs, or whimsicalities, or how to save the tax on Hair Powder

Licenc d to Wear
Licenc d to wear hair powder

Egyptian Barber
An Egyptian barber shaves a customer

Busoni Caricature
FERRUCCIO BENVENUTO BUSONI Italian composer, conductor, and pianist

Knitting with Mother
A little boy watches his mother knitting. Clothing was rationed during World War Two the ability to knit for the whole family and make-do and mend was crucial

Andre Thouin / Tardieu
ANDRE THOUIN French agronomist

A Toscanini / Sacchetti
ARTURO TOSCANINI Italian conductor, known for his dynamic style

Finds from Hissarlik
Some of the finds from Heinrich Schliemanns excavations at the site of Ancient Troy at Hissarlik. These include hair-pins and an ivory arrowhead

Sir Edward Clarke
SIR EDWARD GEORGE CLARKE Politician and lawyer. Solicitor General under Lord Salisbury in 1886. Counsel to Captain O Shea during the Parnell divorce case of 1890

Sutherland / 4th Duke / Vf
Cromartie Sutherland Leveson Gower 4th Duke of Sutherland Politician

WOMENs PRISON 1920S
A corner of the French " Borstal" for girls at Fresne, where girls under age who have been convicted for small offences are kept and taught an ordinary school curriculum

Thomas Love Peacock / 18
THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK English novelist and poet at the age of 18

Josephin Peladan / Hommes
JOSEPHIN PELADAN French writer, occultist and eccentric

Thomas Love Peacock / 72
THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK English novelist and poet at the age of 72

Henri Rochefort / Gill 79
HENRI ROCHEFORT Controversial French journalist: a satirical view

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