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Anne Boleyn / Players / 23ANNE BOLEYN Second Queen of Henry VIII from 1533 until 1536
The first Thanksgiving 1621. Pilgrims and Natives gather to share meal. Date c1932
Haile SelassieHAILE SELASSIE (1892 - 1975) Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74)
Mary, Queen of ScotsMary, Queen of Scotland -- the inscription below reads Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Widow of Francois II, King of France. The portrait shows her in mourning dress
The Dolly Sisters, ParisThe Dolly Sisters wearing creations by Jean Patou in La Valse Lumineuse, Paris En Fleurs, Casino de Paris, Paris, 1925 1925
Catherine HowardCATHERINE HOWARD 5th wife of Henry VIII Holding feather fan
A Rehearsal of the Wild West showA series of sketches by Ralph Cleaver of rehearsals for Colonel Codys " Wild West" show at Olympia, including Sioux braves racing horses, cow girls and cowboys
Norwegian Types (5 / 5) - Young Norwegian wifeA Young Norwegian wife in traditional national costume Date: circa 1910s
Britannia and Eve magazine, March 1931Front cover featuring an elegant couple performing the Flamenco. The beautifully poised woman wears a yellow Bata de cola dress with frills and an enormous white headdress
The Nile -- Notes for Passengers on Cooks SteamersA bust of Queen Nefertiti in profile, with a sketch of the River Nile in the background, on a Thomas Cook publication, Notes for Passengers on Cooks Steamers
Evening Dresses / WorthSensually draped dresses with narrow beaded straps, square necklines & detailing over one hip - some with double or triple skirts, uneven hemlines & trains. N.B feather fans
Woman spinning - IndiaWoman spinning on a traditional hand-made wheel, India
Mali, Africa - Two women from Timbuktu Date: circa 1910s
Woman of the Algerian Berber Ouled Nails TribeWoman from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing
Ladies Hats 1871Seletion of fashionable bonnets from 1871
Mask dancers in Kerala, IndiaTwo mask dancers in Cochin, Kerala State, India
Art Nouveau Headdress / 1An Art Nouveau headdress of ornamental fillet with elongated sections, incorporating a cameo, hanging over the ears. Also matching ornamental shoulder straps
Evening Dress 1922Sleeveless, slash neck Chinese or orientally inspired black dress by Worth with red tassel detail which with the horizontal & vertical drapery draws attention to the hips
Saxon Ladies / StruttAnglo-Saxons of 9th & 10th centuries: tunics (kirtles)- one with an embroidered hem, super-tunic (roc), mantles, veils or head-rails which completely cover the hair
Mediaeval HeaddressesMedieval ladies in their fancy headdress
Stacia Napierkowska - Silent Movie StarStacia Napierkowska (18911945) - a French actress and dancer, during the silent film era, appearing in 86 films between 1908 and 1926. Date: circa 1920
Pan Cover 1920Illustration by Pizer on the front cover of Pan magazine, showing a couple in costume, the man dressed as harlequin and the woman wearing butterfly wings and headdress
Fine Feathers by Webster MurrayA glamorous cabaret star or showgirl, shows off her shapely legs on stage while wearing an extravagantly enormous feather headdress. Date: 1930
The Dolly Sisters, LondonThe Dolly Sisters in their bridal attire by Paul Poiret from League of Notions, New Oxford Theatre, London, 1921 1921
Algerian DancerAn Algerian Belly Dancer - holding aloft her scarf, in an alluring pose
Bellydancer - Egyptian - performing the Dance of the Winds
Sudan - Shullucks of the Upper Nile
Punjabi Muslims - North-west Frontier Province - an area of South Asia spanning from central Pakistan to north-western India
Gertrude Callam, as RosinaGertrude Callam, soprano, as Rosina in The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini
Modern Zodia: ScorpioThe Modern Zodiac: An Artists Almanac of English Society. A woman wearing a headdress of autumn leaves surrounded by scenes of fox hunting, college life & the new seasons ale
Native Amercan WomenHighly romanticised depiction of a Native American Woman Date: 1911
A court dress to curtsey in from Harvey Nichols, 1935Advertisement for the department store, Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge, London, advertising a gown of classic simplicity to wear to a court presentation
Woman and Turkish FlagsA veiled oriental beauty with pretty eyes set in a frame beneath two Turkish flags - patriotic postcard
Young Druze woman, bride, Holy Land, Lebanon, c. 1880 sYoung Druze woman - a bride, Holy Land, Lebanon, c.1880 s
Young Berber from EgyptA Young Berber boy from Egypt, North Africa
Bridal dress from Fenwick'sA bridal dress from Fenwick's, New Bond Street, in fancy satin damask with simulated paysanne corselet. Date: circa 1939
Evolution of Men's Silk Top Hats 1805 -1875A selection of silk hats that men wore spanning over seventy years and how they changed style slightly. Date: 1805 to 1875
Coffin of King Nubkheperra Intef. Detail. 17th Dynasty. Second Intermediate Period. Around 1600 BC. From Dra Abu el-Naga (Thebes, Egypt). British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Red Indian Head-dressA young boy wearing a Red Indian outfit. Date: 1920
Kinich Ahau, Mayan sun god. 500-800. Classical period. Maya Solar God. Face of the god with a bird headdress. He rests on the face of the Water God Jajun. Detail of a grotesque head. Maya art
Young Syrian GirlPretty young Syrian Girl Date: circa 1910s
Ouled Nail, Algeria - Southern Algerian Berber WomanWomen from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing
Girl from Gabon, AfricaStriking young woman from Gabon, Africa. She displayes traditional body scarification on the upper section of her right arm, close to the shoulder
A young Egyptian woman in traditional headdressA striking young Egyptian woman in traditional headdress
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Traditional Dress (3 of 3)A young woman in traditional Bosnian Costume
Dinka Man - Sudan, AfricaA fine portrait photograph of a man of the Dinka Tribe, Sudan, showing ritual scarification on the chest, headdress, neck beads and wound torc
Prince Nguyen Phuc Canh of Cochin China (Vietnam). At the age of seven he visited France to sign an alliance between France and Vietnam (the Treaty of Versailles, 1787)
Madame Pompadour (1721-1764). Portrait by Francois Boucher (Francois Boucher (1703-1770). French painter. Madame Pompadour, 1758. Detail. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany