Hands Collection (page 4)

Studio portrait of three children on a carte de visite Date: 19th century

RMS Empress of Britain, CPR Line

Snowy
A portrait etching of a young bot, seated, lovingly holding a small bird in his hands. Date: circa 1925

Idyll
A bronze relief, showing a muscular man, lovingly embracing a woman with one hand, both of them are holding out their child, with their other hands. Date: circa 1924

Dawne and William
A portrait oil painting of a seated lady with folded hands, named Dawne, beside her black and white cat, William. Date: circa 1924

A Chinese Shawl
This oil painting portrays a woman, seated, wearing a Chinese shawl with her hands folded. A patterned fabric makes up the background. Date: circa 1923

The Day Before Marriage
A portrait print of a woman, sat on a tree stump with a letter in her hands. She is wearing a blue dress and velvet jacket. Date: circa 1854

Grace
A portrait oil painting of a young lady named Grace, seated with hands folded, wearing a dark black dress. Date: circa 1922

Advert for Larola - For Face and Hands - bottle being held up by an ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Girl Date: 1940

Portrait of Lady Islington
Anne Dundas, Lady Islington, was the wife of Sir John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Governor-General of New Zealand from 1910 until 1912. Date: 1910

Boy soldiers in uniform hold hands in support of Germany
Children were frequently used in propaganda images by all sides. Depicted here are L to R, Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria. WW1 Date: 1916

Shadow Puppet Show, The Rabbit on the Wall, by Sir David Wilkie Date: circa 1816

Cartoon, Liberal Prime Minister Asquith
Political cartoon, Liberal Prime Minister Asquith, I can't get all this washed in time - cat washerwoman attempting to cope with Parliamentary Bills in the form of laundry

Two young couples sharing a seaside cuddle
It's a bit crushy here but I rather like it. Two amorous young couple sharing some quality time at a British coastal resort. Date: 1909

Life on a North Sea trawler - three men on deck in ordinary clothes, one of them writing on a piece of paper. Date: 1960s

Conchy, peek-a-boo character by Chloe Preston, WW1
Conchy (conscientious objector), First World War. A peek-a-boo character by Chloe Preston, in hand-painted Savoy china (Birks Grotesques). 1914-1918

The War of the Worlds - Despair - Surrounded by martians
"My imagination was haunted by these fast metal monsters and the memory of the dead body smashed against the fence." Date: First published: 1898

Funerary stele of Sosias and Kephisodoros. 410 BC. Detail
Funerary stele of Sosias and Kephisodoros. Detail of two soldiers. 410 BC. Pentelic marble. Found at Athens, Greece. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Greek Art. Gravestone. Attica. 400-350 BC. Greece
Greek Art. Gravestone. Relief crowned by palmette ornament. The dead girl, Sosilla, daughter of Straton from Kollytos in Attica, takes leave of Chaireas from Kedoi in Attica. 400-350 BC. Greece

Painted wooden statuette of Osiris. Egypt
Painted wooden statuette of Osiris depicted as a blindfolded man, wearing crown and royal scepters in their hands. Contains the rolled Book of the Dead papyrus of a lady Anhai. 1170 BC. 20th Dynasty

Children campaigning for more nursery places, 7 July 1979. With them is the Labour MP, Neil Kinnock. As indicated on their badges, some of the children were also campaigning in 1968

Cartoon, The Antichrist, WW1
Cartoon, The Antichrist will lose his crown and will die in solitude and madness (quotation from a prophecy of Brother Johannes), showing Kaiser Wilhelm II running mad with blood on his hands

Cartoon, Important Surrender of Copyright, WW1
Cartoon, Important Surrender of Copyright. Showing Bloody Mary (Queen Mary I of England) handing over her title to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany

Chris Patten, British Conservative politician
Chris Patten (Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, Lord Patten, b 1944), British Conservative politician and government minister

David Steel and David Owen, SDP colleagues
David Steel (David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, b 1938), Liberal and Liberal Democrat MP and Liberal Party leader, Member of the Scottish Parliament and of the House of Lords

Churchill, Truman and Stalin at the Potsdam Conference
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), American President Harrys Truman (1884-1972) and Soviet Prime Minister Joseph Stalin (1878-1953)

Leopold Stokowski, orchestral conductor
Leopold Anthony Stokowski (1882-1977), British-born naturalised American orchestral conductor. Seen here in later life, conducting from the podium. Date: circa 1960s

Michael Stewart, British Foreign Secretary
Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham (1906-1990), British Labour politician, Fabian Socialist and government minister

Oliver Tambo and Norman Willis shaking hands
Oliver Reginald Tambo (1917-1993), South African anti-apartheid politician and prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC)

Tony Richardson, English film director and producer
Tony Richardson (Cecil Antonio "Tony" Richardson, 1928-1991), English theatre and film director, and producer. Seen here (standing)

John Ogdon, British concert pianist, with Nikita Khrushchev
John Ogdon (1937-1989), British concert pianist, shaking hands with the Soviet Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)

Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan with Ernesto Che Guevara
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet politician under Stalin and Khrushchev. He made key trips as an international diplomat to Communist Cuba and to the USA

Compton Mackenzie, novelist and nationalist
Compton Mackenzie (Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, 1883-1972), English-born Scottish novelist and nationalist. Aside from his writing he also worked as an actor

Nikita Khrushchev and Harold Wilson shaking hands
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Russian Soviet leader, seen here shaking hands with Harold Wilson (James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, 1916-1995)

Mao Zedong meeting Che Guevara
Chinese Communist leader, Mao Zedong (1893-1976), also known as Chairman Mao. Seen here meeting and greeting Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), the Argentinian Marxist revolutionary

Mao Tse Tung Chinese China Communism Communist
mao, tse, tung, chinese, china, communism, communist, leader, zedong, 1893, 1976, chairman, meeting, greeting, western, visitors, shaking, hands, smiling, diplomacy, 1960s, east, west, history

King Juan Carlos I of Spain (b 1938). He became King in November 1975, following the death of the dictator General Franco. Seen here in military uniform. Date: circa 1970s

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

Maria Leontievna Bochkareva (nee Frolkova), who fought in World War I and formed the First Russian Women's Battalion of Death in 1917

Message from the dead: Photograph of a medium during the reception of a spiritualistic message with a mask over his eyes. Date: 1908

A study in an infant school, where the young children are learning their left and right hands. Date: 1898

Ethel Beenham, Harry Price's secretary, demonstrates how a skilful medium can perform any number of psychic phenomena even though her hands and feet are tied. Date: 1930s ?

Late Victorians children's fashion 1899
Girls and boys linked hands, wearing the latest in Victorian clothing

JESUS BEFORE PILATE
Jesus before Pilate, who washes his hands to show he is innocent of Jesus's death. Date: circa 30

Delilah has Samson's hair cut whilst he sleeps, and so robs him of his strength and delivers him into the hands of the Philistines

VERDI/BALLO/LIEBIG 2
Act 1 scene 10 : Riccardo dismisses Ulrica's prophecy that he will die at the hands of the first to shake his hand (it will be Renato) Date: first performed 1859

SPANISH CIVIL/PRISONERS
Government prisoners under the guard of Nationalist soldiers Date: 1936

TREASURE ISLAND/ISRAEL
The death of Israel Hands: "the coxswain loosed his grasp upon the shrouds, & plunged head first into the water." Date: First published: 1883

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