Hands Collection

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

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

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

Christmas Evening

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

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

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)

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

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

Miniature depicting Men and women dancing holding hands. Le
Le Roman de la Rose. 1225-1280. French poem. 13th century. By Guillaume de Lorris (c.1200-1240) and Jean de Meun (c.1240-1305). Men and women dancing holding hands. Miniature. 14th century

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

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

A little girl kneels to say her prayers - Carlisle Cathedral
A little girl kneels to say her prayers in Carlisle Cathedral, Cumbria, England. She wears a tiara and holds her hands together 2011

Three tots on beach, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Three small children wearing sun hats hold hands in the sunshine and walk to the sea on the beach at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. First published The Sunday Times

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

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

Art deco advert for Viyella knitting yarn, a silhouette of a lady's hands knitting. Date: 1931

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

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)

Stanislawa Tomczyk demonstrates psychokinesis
Stanislawa Tomczyk, Polish medium, demonstrates psychokinesis while under hypnosis, to Ochorowicz, at Wisla, Poland, raising small objects. Date: 1909

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

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

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

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

French crossbowman, 14th century
French crossbowman winding a crossbow, 14th century. In capelline helmet, jaque or leather justaucorps over a chainmail hauberk, pink hose, knee armour, and boots

Figure of a young boy with flowers in his hands from a painting by old master in an 18th century art tutorial book

Figures of male fingers, hands, gestures, with staff, jug, shell, from paintings by old masters in an 18th century art tutorial book

Figures of male fingers, hands, gestures, from paintings by old masters in an 18th century art tutorial book

Figures of male fingers, hands, gestures, with swords and staffs from paintings by old masters in an 18th century art tutorial book

Figures of male fingers, hands, gestures, from paintings by old masters in an 18th century art tutorial book

Figures of male fingers, hands, arms, gestures, from paintings by old masters in an 18th century art tutorial book

Figures of male hands, fingers, gestures
Figures of male fingers, hands, gestures, from paintings by old masters in an 18th century art tutorial book

Queen Elizabeth washes her hands in a bowl held by her page boy
Queen Elizabeth of England washes her hands in a bowl held by her page boy in a garden. A courtier in a ruff collar sniffs a clove orange beside her

Gentlemen and ladies playing the kissing game, Cradle of Love. Couples link hands and form arches to trap others as they beneath. Freedom is granted with a kiss. Le Berceau d'Amour

Apollonius of Tyana, Greek Neopythagorean philosopher
Apollonius of Tyana, c. 3 BC - c. 97 AD, Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from the town of Tyana, Cappadocia in Anatolia. With his hands outside the pallium. In black agate. Appollonio Tianeo

The tears of Saint Peter, circa 1587-1596, by El Greco
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (1541-1614). Spanish painter born in Crete. The tears of Saint Peter, circa 1587-1596. Oil on canvas. Detail. El Greco Museum. Toledo, Spain

Saint Jude Thaddeus, by El Greco (1541-1614)
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (1541-1614). Spanish painter born in Crete. Saint Jude Thaddeus. Oil on canvas, ca.1608-1614. El Greco Museum. Toledo, Spain

Portrait of an Old Man, 1645, by Rembrandt (1606-1669)
Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn) (1606-1669). Dutch painter and printmaker. Portrait of an Old Man, 1645. Detail. Oil on canvas. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal

The Black Shawl
A portrait oil painting of a woman, wearing a thick, black shawl, holding her hands together with a slightly vulnerably posture and expression. A gull flies in the cloudy sky behind her

Belgian Soldier
An illustration portraying a Belgian soldier from the 2nd Lancers regiment, smoking a pipe, with his hands casually placed in his pockets. Date: 1914

The Nativity with other scenes, by Master Alberto (ca.1450)
Master Alberto (ca.1450). The Nativity with other scenes. This artwork depicts three scenes related to the birth of Christ. Detail of the Madonna with her hands held together in prayer

Avila - Cloister of the Monarchs - Monastery of Santo Tomas
Spain, Avila. The Cloister of the Monarchs, in the Monastery of Santo Tomas, where the Agricultural Exhibition was held. Drawing by Juan Comba. Engraving by Rico

Guardian Angel with child - Relief
Guardian Angel with child. Relief inside the Ermita del Angel Custodio (Chapel of the Guardian Angel)

Caiaphas and others utter their opinions about the guilt of Jesus : some favour him, but most condemn him and over to the left Pilate washes his hands of the whole affair

Mussolini is seen as the King- Maker as he hands out crowns. Date: 1928

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

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

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

Gunfight over Dinner Date: 1954

Nikita Khrushchev with Mao Zedong
Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) and Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976) greet each other warmly. The USSR was giving substantial aid to China at the time. Date: 1950s

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

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

Weather Report - Illustrated - Breezy

The marriage of Mr John Verney, elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ralph Verney, to Miss Lucinda Musgrave, daughter of the Late Major H. Musgrave, which took place at the Church of St

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

Young boy in traditional local costume, The Netherlands
A young boy ( Bram ) in traditional local costume, The Netherlands. circa 1904

Cowboy riding on horse for the Pony Express Mail Service Date: 1859

Portrait of a Lady by Rogier van der Weyden (c.1399-1464) - painting on wood. Date: circa 1455

Infant Primary School, England - Schoolgirls in the garden
Infant Primary School, England - Schoolgirls holding hands in a long chain in the garden. Date: circa 1920s

Mother with her young son carried on her shoulders
Jolly, smiling Mother with her young son carried on her shoulders. Date: 1915

Entente Cordiale, Butter carving, Franco-British Exhibition, London - Canadian Pavilion. King Edward VII (1841-1910) (left) shaking hands with Emile Loubet (1838-1929), President of France. Date: 1908

Avenida de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Patriotic card. Date: 1913

Alima - a very beautiful woman from Somalia, wearing a wrap-around dress of patterned fabric, headscarf and bead necklace. Date: circa late 1920s

Cartoon, At the camp of Maurice de Saxe (1745)

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