Hands Collection (page 5)

An elegant wash-stand from the Italian Renaissance, with its washbowl, ewer with tap to provide water, towel to dry your hands, and a candle to see what you are doing Date: circa 16th century

When a donkey brays, humans clap their hands to their ears and even dogs look up in surprise Date: 1863

CHILD CLIMBING STEPS ON HANDS AND KNEES (sequence of four) Date: 1887

MAGELLAN
Fernao de Magalhaes dies at the hands of Philippine natives, after making an alliance with a treacherous native chieftain Date: 27 April 1521

Death personified on a Tarot card
Death personified as a skeleton with a scythe on a Tarot card. Date: 1926

Walter Espec (d Espec) and the Earl of Aumale (Albemarle) at the Battle of the Standard (Battle of Northallerton), 22 August 1138

The Wedding of the World Champion Sculler Mr George Towns to Miss Amy Roslyn Harding at Southsea, prior to Towns return to his native Australia

Miss Roberts as Ethel Sportington in Morocco Bound
Miss Roberts as the Hon Ethel Sportington in Morocco Bound, a farcical musical comedy Date: 1890s

Page from The Sketch, 5th October 1927: The presiding genius at the new Seven Dials Cave of Harmony. Miss Elsa Lanchester and her expressive hands. Date: 1927

Banner of the revolution - Nikolay Alekseyevich Kasatkin
The banner of the revolution in the strong hands of Komsomol (The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League) (1925) by Nikolay Alekseyevich Kasatkin (1859-1930) Date: 1925

Comic postcard, French guest and hotel porter Date: 20th century

Winston and Clementine Churchill with Free French boys
Winston and Clementine Churchill with Free French Forces boys, aged between 16 and 20, at Downing Street. The boys crossed the English Channel one dark night in canoes, in a dangerous 36-hour trip

King Henry VIII - counts his wives on his fingers
Original Artwork - King Henry VIII (1491-1547) - counts the number of his wives on his fingers! Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Little girl walking in the rain Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Girl and boy walking home Date: 20th century

Birthday postcard, Couple on a sofa Date: 20th century

1930s press print - children on beach hand in hand
1930s press print - children on the beach hand in hand

The Kings Service, Gale & Poldens Animated Pictures of Naval and Military Life Afloat and Ashore. Showing at the Pier Pavilion Theatre, Lytham, for three nights only. Date: circa 1900s

Comic postcard, Lodger and landlady Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Cold weather conversation Date: early 20th century

Weather Report - Illustrated - Breezy, A green-faced sickly-looking Gent seated by a ships rail is less than happy at the attentions of a rosy-cheeked rotund fellow passenger whos breezy countenance

Comic postcard, Woman with her hands full on a train - Which shall I drop? Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Courting couple in the countryside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple chatting by a country gate - cut out the rude stuff Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - For Auld Lang Syne
Two little girls and two boys Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1945

Franco-British Exhibition, White City - Palace of Music
circa 1910s

Tatler cover 1939 - Alice Marble & Jean Nicoll
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of American, shorts-wearing Alice Marble shaking hands at the net with sixteen year-old British tennis player

Doll representing a girl Victorine with her hands in her pockets. Wooden doll dressed by the young Princess Victoria. Color plate after an illustration by Alan Wright from Frances H

Facey Romford hands his candle to a footman
English gentleman in formal clothes attending a dinner, 19th century. Facey Romford hands his candle to a footman at the bottom of a staircase. Lucy Somersville in yellow crinoline dress follows him

Calvinist priests laying hands on a man, Switzerland
Two Calvinist priests laying hands on a man kneeling on a cushion, and woman of Zurich in mourning clothes, Switzerland, 16th century. Lutto di una Zurichese &c

Milk-vendor anabaptists of Basel, Switzerland, 16th century
Milk-vendor Anabaptists of Basel, Switzerland, 16th century. Anabattisti. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Four great imams: Abu Hanifa 1, Al-Shafi ??i 2, Malik ibn Anas 3 and ibn Hanbal 4. I quattro Iman. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Audiences with Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, 1365
Audiences with Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. In crown and ermine cape, he receives boxes of gold and silver 1, diplomas 2, coins from common informers or conspirators 3

Etruscan goddess Persipnei and griffon
Persipnei (Prosperpina) kidnapped by the god of the underworld Aita (Hades) in front of her mother Ceres from a bronze patera 1, and bas-relief of a mythical beast, the griffon 2

Naked woman clutching coins in her hands. The miser Gasparins wife seduced for money by Gulphar, only to lose the cash. A Money-Minded Woman Meets Her Match. A femme avare galant escroc

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

Kitsch French Postcard with a representation of Charity. Date: circa 1910s

Kitsch French Postcard with a representation of Hope. Date: circa 1910s

Vlamertinghe Chateau, subject of Edmund Blunden poem
Blunden wrote the poem, On Passing Vlamertinghe Chateau in July 1917 in which he describes Poppies by the million. The Chateau survived the war

Working class gent with his two young daughters
Working class gent walks proudly along a British seaside seafront with his two young daughters. Date: circa 1920s

Cartoon, On The Dizzy Brink (Disraeli and Britannia)
Cartoon, On The Dizzy Brink -- Benjamin Disraeli leads a very reluctant Britannia to the brink of war, by sending British ships to Constantinople, risking conflict with Russian forces. Date: 1878

Cartoon, Good-Bye! (Gladstone and Disraeli)
Cartoon, Good-Bye! Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli says goodbye to his political rival, William Gladstone, who was giving up the leadership of the Liberal Party

Music cover, The Fats Waller Album of favourite songs and piano transcriptions. 1935

Advert, Dubarrys Creme Shalimar Hand Cream Advert
Advert, Dubarrys Creme Shalimar Hand Cream. 1936

Cartoon, The New Coalition -- a satirical comment on the unlikely collaboration of John Bright, William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli

Behind the scenes at the London Hippodrome, scene shifters
Stage hands moving scenery behind the scenes at the London Hippodrome during the production of Bow Bells. Much of the scenery was hinged and could fold up like a concertina. Date: 1932

Rolling up the floor covering at the London Hippodrome
Illustration showing stage hands quickly rolling up the floor covering of the arena at the London Hippodrome. The Hippodromes fulsome programme of variety required numerous quick changes between

Captain Woodwards seals at the London Hippodrome
Two of Captain Woodwards performing seals at the London Hippodrome demonstrating their balancing skills. Date: 1903

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