Hands Collection

Patriotic Poster - 30th Anniversary of Dien Bien Phu
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - 30 Years Commemoration of the Victory against the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in May, 1954. Breaking the shackles of Colonial oppression. Date: 1984

Alice, c. 1918, by Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), Italian painter. Alice, c.1918. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark

Polish poster for a film, The Warsaw Mermaid, directed by Tadeusz Makarczynski, based on a local legend. 1956

The Arnolfini Portrait by Van Eyck
The Arnolfini Portrait. 1434. By Jan van Eyck (1394-1441). Oil on oak panel. National Gallery. London. Great Britain

The Central Powers of WWI
With United Forces (the motto of Emperor Franz Josef I) - patriotic depiction of the Central Powers of WWI - Germany, Turkey and Austro-Hungary

Four frogs ice skating on a Christmas card
Four frogs ice skating hand in hand on a Christmas card, with comic verse below. circa 1890s

The Queens House Ghost on the Tulip Staircase. In 1966, a retired Canadian Reverend and his wife visited the Queens House, Greenwich, London

Glymiel Jelly - Nobody in OUR family suffers from chapped hands. Glymiel Jelly stops all that. Date: c.1924

Largest horse in the world
This horse, a Belgian stallion called Brooklyn Supreme was at one time the worlds largest horse, 19.2 hands high and 3, 200 pounds in weight. Date: 1930s

Harry Pollitt, Communist Party leader, with Mao Zedong
Harry Pollitt (1890-1960), Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and head of its trade union department. Seen here shaking hands with the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976)

Ghost on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House
Figure photographed on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House, though photographer saw nothing; during normal opening hours of the Museum - (a digitally restored version of image 10003710)

Christmas Evening

Minnie Duncan music hall coster act
Minnie Duncan of the music hall double act Duncan and Godfrey (Arthur Godfrey). Wearing coster costume of long black skirt with full-length white apron, shawl and large hat with ostrich feathers

Bessie Bonehill music hall male impersonator 1855-1902
Bessie Bonehill started on the halls as a clog dancer as part of the Sisters Bonehill act and became a male impersonator. Jaunty pose with hands in pockets

Mao Zedong greeting South Yemen leader
Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) (1893-1976) - Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the Peoples Republic of China

Hands Full. Southbank Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Wellington and Blucher meet after Battle of Waterloo
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) and Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher

Peter Hugo with Cornish beauty queen
Peter Hugo (Prince Charles lookalike) with a beauty queen (Miss Homework) in West Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist by Pieter Brueghel the
Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c.1525-1569). Flemish painter. The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist. Detail. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Poster, Experienced Travellers Fly British - BOAC and BEA offer services to and from nearly 70 countries Date: circa 1955

Johns Joyce
A Portrait of writer, John Stanislaus Joyce, the father of Irish writer, James Joyce. Seated with hands folded. Date: circa 1926

Eliza Comes to Stay by H. V. Esmond. First produced at the Pier Theatre, Brighton, as Sandy and his Eliza on 30th September 1912 and at the Criterion Theatre on 12th December 1913

Jimmy Carter / Sadat / Begin
JIMMY CARTER 39th American President (1977-81) seen here during the Palestine-Israeli peace talks with Sadat and Begin Date: 1924 -

The Duke of Edinburgh taking over HMS Magpie at Malta
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, being met by Lt.-Cmdr A. Harber (sp?) at the time he took over command of HMS Magpie at Valletta harbour in Malta. Date: 1950

Ice Skating Couple - Christmas Greetings Card. Although a UK card, it was printed in Germany and features a very teutonic-looking skating pair

Dinah Craik (1826-1887). Engraving. Colored
Dinah Craik (1826-1887). English novelist and poet. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1888. Colored

Leveson-Gower
Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1845 1916), Scottish aristocrat, Liberal politician, sculptor and writer Date: 1877

Leicester Gataker, dowsing for water using his bare hands
Leicester Gataker, English professional water finder, demonstrates his abilities using bare hands. Date: 1903

Hinds Skin Cream
Promotional card for Hinds Honey & Almond Cream, for the Hands, Face, Skin and Complexion, manufactured in Portland, Maine Date: 1907

Poster for The Upper Austrian Tourist Board - Ski Scene Date: circa 1937

WW1 - Duty and Honour bid us part - Joining up in 1914 - a British country gent leaves his Mother and joins up with many of his mates from the village. Date: 1914

Off to the Sea by Muriel Dawson -- a little child ready for the summer holidays. Date: 1940

Client: Monsanto Textiles - Model: Diane Loach - Shoot date: April 14, 1970. Date: 1970

American soldiers shake hands w. Russians River Elbe, 1945 W
American soldiers of the First Army shake hands with Russian counterparts as the two sides meet at Torgau on the River Elbe, 1945 World War II

Christmas 1914 Football Match Statues, Messines - Mesen
This life sized statue of a German and a British soldier shaking hands over a football, was sculpted by Andy Edwards and was unveiled on 22 December 2015

Gunfight over Dinner Date: 1954

Vesta Victoria music hall comic singer 1873-1951
Vesta Victoria (Victoria Lawrence) music hall singer and character comedienne. Born in Leeds but affected a cockney stage persona. Demure pose with hands in fur muff

Comic postcard, Mother and daughter in the sea Date: 20th century

George Grossmith, comedian, playing piano (2 of 4) Date: 1890s

Postcard design artwork - Schoolgirl led by hand by a sprite
Postcard design artwork - A Schoolgirl led by hand by a sprite. Date: circa 1937

Ancient boxing gloves or caestus
Boxing gloves or caestus, showing ways that Lottatori fighters bound their hands for combat. 1, 2, 3 from the Maffei Museum, and 4, 5 from an ancient urn in St. Stefano church, Piscinola

Lady Malcolms Great Servants Ball, Albert Hall, London
Lady Malcolms Great Servants Ball, Royal Albert Hall, London. Wife of Sir Ian Malcolm, she is seen here welcoming her guests to the annual ball

Roman boxing scene and three types of Cestus

Lady Macbeth sleepwalking in Shakespeares tragedy Macbeth, Act V, Scene 1

Maori greeting - rubbing noses Maori greeting - Te Hongi - rubbing noses
Maori greeting - rubbing noses

JAN WILLEM DE WINTER Dutch Admiral Hands over his sword after his defeat at the hands of the British off Camperdown, 11 October 1797 Date: 1761 - 1812

British Edwardian bathing beauties
1905

Four pretty young Austrian girls spin wildly in happy dance
Four pretty young Austrian girls spin wildly in a happy dance on the banks of a lake or seashore. circa 1908

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