Holds Collection (page 5)

Girl in Trousers 1911
Blonde lady in a large Merry Widow style hat; high heels holds a pipe-smoking bulldog. Date: 1911

COMMUNE / ON THE BARRICADE
A defiant woman Communard holds aloft the red flag as she stands on a barricade erected to defend Paris from government troops Date: 1871

MEDIEVAL KNIGHT & PAGE MEDIEVAL KNIGHT & PAGE
A Knight in battle gear holds his standard while a page attends to his horse. Date: 12th century

DUTCH LADY & PAGE DUTCH LADY & PAGE
A Dutch lady washes her hands while her page holds the basin Date: 17th century

MAN HOLDS SHAWL
At midnight on December 31st, a gentleman holds a ladys shawl in case she should feel cold Date: 1887

CECILIA AT THE ORGAN
One angel helps Saint Cecilia play the organ, while another holds a lyre : thanks to this heavenly instruction, she will become the patron saint of musicians Date: 2nd - 3rd century

PURITAN FAMILY 1563
A Puritan family - father sits separately, while his pregnant wife sits with their 4 children nestled around her. One child holds a stick surmounted by a horses head Date: 1563

APHRODITE IN CHARIOT
Aphrodite travels in her chariot, drawn by two very strong doves, while Cupid holds the reins : Flora sprinkles the way with flowers, and a hare follows

RUSSIAN BAPTISM
Baptism ceremony in the Russian Orthodox Church - the Bishop holds up the child over the font Date: early 19th century

STREET ACROBATS / C. 1816
A Paris street acrobat stands on one leg on a candlestick which her partner holds steady, while their child does a handstand and a mother gives her daughter a coin for them Date: circa 1816

GIRL WITH K C SPANIEL
A girl with a bonnet holds a blenheim King Charles Spaniel on her lap. Date: 1880

GOOD FORTUNE SYMBOLS
China The deity Kiang-tse-ya holds good fortune talismans - the Ying and Yang, and a group of symbols from the I-ching

MOTHER AND BABY
Mother holds her child Date: 1897

Trapper seated 1867
TRAPPER AND PUTTERS A small boy opens and closes the trapdoor while another child pushes a laden wagon along a narrow gallery. Date: 1867

Meeting Postman
A girl holds out her pinafore to receive the many Valentines she is expecting the postman to give her Date: 1886

Religious differences, Atheism and Christianity
Atheists seek to pull down the Holy Cross, but in vain, for the True Christian, encouraged by divine beings, holds it up while his good lady instructs the young in the True Way Date: circa 1790s

Hungary - Young girl at the reins of a miniature pony cart. Date: 1923

A Mother and daughter have a duo portrait photograph taken at the American Studio, Margate Kent. The Mother has selected the dainty Japanese parasol as her shoot prop ! Date: circa 1920s

A German couple on a fun miniature railway ride, possibly at the seaside. They are both wrapped up well - it must have been a chilly day! Date: 1909

Pretty Young lady holding an elaborate bouquet Date: circa 1910s

Young woman on the beach in leopardprint two-piece swimsuit
Young woman on the beach in stylised leopardprint two-piece swimsuit - exact resort location unknown. Date: circa 1950s

Social History - Dog brings home newspaper with young child
Social History - Britain, winter - Dog brings home newspaper (in its mouth) with a young child who has been out shopping for fruit. Date: circa 1910s

British Hunting Girl - American View - Red Ensign held aloft
Great Britain - Archetype / Personification - American View - Stylish hunting girl with crop, top hat and holding proudly aloft The Red Ensign or " Red Duster"

Young girl out for stroll with Father & Grandfather, London
Young girl out for a stroll with her Father & Grandfather, London. Date: 1935

Stylised illustration depicting Fortune and Mercury
Stylised illustration depicting Fortune bearing an overflowing cornucopia and Mercury, the winged messenger god. The Vienna Secession was an art movement formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian artists

Buddhist Priest in Northern India (Tibet). Date: circa 1908

Glamorous French Woman in turquoise ensemble with holly
Glamorous French Woman in turquoise ensemble with a stylish purple and gold handbag and holding a sprig of holly Date: circa 1920

Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret outside their playhouse
" Y Bwthyn Bach" - a Welsh phrase which means " The Little House", inscribed over the door of a model house presented to princess Elizabeth by the people of Wales

Ernest Louis Aquilas Christophe - Le Baiser supreme
The final work by Ernest Louis Aquilas Christophe (1827-1892) entitled Le Baiser supreme ( The Supreme Kiss or The Sphinx ) (marble), exhibited posthumously at the Salon of 1892

Sri Lanka - Statue of Parakramabahu I (1153-1186), near the Potgul Vehera in Polonnaruwa - the majestic figure with solemn expression is holding a book (or yoke) in his hands

Sri Lanka - Sinhalese Government Peon. A peon in this region was mainly an attendant, orderly, office boy or person kept around for odd jobs. Date: circa 1910s

Myanmar - Couple holding hands over a low wall Date: circa 1907

Opium Den in San Francisco
Two men in an opium den in the Chinatown district of San Francisco, one holds a pipe, the other lies alongside a tray of paraphernalia associated with the drug. Date: circa 1895

HRH Queen Elizabeth II - with large bouquet of flowers
HRH Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)- with large bouquet of flowers. Date: circa 1955

Common Glow-worm - female - attracts males by glowing - holds to top of a cut grass stalk - dusk - midsummer - June (Lampyris noctulica ). meadow in Ural Mountains - Tchelyabinsk region - Russia

Japan - Young Japanese Girl holding cherry blossom frond Date: circa 1903

The traditional costume of the Kamakura era - Japan
Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan. Date: circa 16th century

Mona Maris - Argentine Film Actress
Mona Maris (19031991) - an Argentine film actress - I am quite a big fan! Date: circa 1928

Bolivia, South America - Stone statue at Tiwanaku
A Bolivian man leaning up against a figurative statue at Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco / Tiahuanacu) - a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America. Date: circa 1910s

German holding up the other Central Powers
Russian caricature from WWI era showing Germany struggling to support the failing efforts of their allies, the other Central Powers, The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria (?). Date: circa 1917

Pin-Up in Shorts 1950S
A smiling blonde girl poses on a striped towel wearing shorts, her boyfriends checked shirt with the sleeves rolled up & high heeled, peep-toe mules. She holds a straw hat. Date: 1950s

King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, c. 1870
Photograph showing King Edward VII (1841-1910) of Great Britain and Ireland, with his wife, Alexandra, and children in Highland attire, c.1870

14th Century Soldier
A French soldier of the 100 Years War, carrying the oriflamme or standard : his page holds his armoured horse

Boy Holding a Kitten
A boy in a striped shirt and trousers with braces holds a fluffy tabby kitten

Kronos / Saturn
Kronos, a Titan, dethroned his father Uranus as ruler of the world, but was dethroned by his son Zeus; the uroborus he holds, and the scythe at his feet, are symbols of time

The Sailors Return
The sailors wife holds up her child to see the ship in which its papa is sailing home

Ernst Busch - Sea-Star - Lost in thought Date: circa 1920

Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini - Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence
Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571). Perseus (1554). Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy. Date: 1554

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