Hourglass Collection

Carrie Moore, The Sandow Girl on stage
Carrie Moore (1883 - 1956), Australian singer and actress, as Peggy in The Dairymaids, at the Apollo. Date: 1906

The Lawyer. A lawyer takes money in the middle of the street when he is bribed. Death is depicted as the centre of the scene contemplating the bribe

The coat of arms of Death. A married couple belonging to the nobility shows the emblem of Death

The skeleton of Death visits a boys school, 18th century
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, visits a boys school, 18th century. The teacher looks up with fear, while pupils flee and hide under desks

17th century monk reading a Bible at a desk in his cell. A quill pen and ink and hourglass on the table, a human skull on the window sill, crucifixion scene on the wall

Two skeletons of Death come for a queen on her throne. One skeleton wears a ruff collar and cape and holds a hourglass. A lady-in-waiting tries to protect the Queen. Die Konigin

Title page with vignette of skull, scythe and funeral urn
Title page with vignette of skull, hourglass, scythe, lamp and funeral urn

Satirical engraving of the Eternal Masquerade, 18th century
Allegorical figure of Time with an hourglass placing masks on the face of a woman and gentleman wearing multiple masks

Annotated illustration warning about the dangers of tight laced corsets on the female body. Date: 1906

Skeleton of Death about to spear a Swiss soldier on a battlefield, as another skeletal drummer advances behind them

The Grim Reaper, by John Everett Millais
The Grim Reaper by John Everett Millais Date: 1895

Tomb of Pope Alexander VII, by Bernini
Tomb of Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667). Sculptural monument by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), built between 1671-1678. Marble. Commissioned by Pope Alexander VII himself. South transept. St

Regency gentleman riding a horse down hill, while a couple fall off a horse in the background. How to Ride Genteel and Agreable Down Hill

Cupid supplicates Pallas to let him become a volunteer

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a child walking with her mother in a garden. Death and Infancy

Hourglass dolphin, harbour porpoise and short-beaked dolphin
Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger, harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, and short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis

The Skeleton of Death and the Devil fight over a Gambler
The Skeleton of Death and the Devil fighting over a losing Gamester in a gambling house. Two other gamblers sit at a table with cards and coins

Skeleton of Death stealing gold from a Miser
Skeleton of Death stealing gold coins and treasure from a Miser in his vault with barred windows

Skeleton of Death pulling the hair of a Merchant as he counts his money and examines his goods on the dock

Skeleton of Death adorning a Countess with a necklace of bones even as she is preoccupied with a new gown from her maid

Skeleton of Death beating a drum for a newly married couple. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Coxhead, London, 1816

Skeleton of Death showing the hourglass to an Advocate, even as he is being paid off by a Judge in front of a wretched client

Skeleton of Death taunting a Physician to save a sick old man. A phial of urine in the the skeletons bony hand. Physician, heal thyself

Skeleton of Death extinguishing candles before a Canoness
Skeleton of Death extinguishing candles on an altar before a Canoness as she listens to a young troubadour playing a lute

Skeleton of Death catching the Friar Provisor
Skeleton of Death catching the cloak collar of the Friar Provisor as he enters a convent with money-box and wallet. The convent wall is crumbling and smoke billows from inside

Skeleton of Death dragging away an Abbess
Skeleton of Death in wreath dragging away an Abbess with veil, rosary and crozier from her convent as a distraught nun watches

Skeleton of Death dragging away an Abbot by his robes
Skeleton of Death with mitre and crozier pulling an Abbot by his robes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Coxhead, London, 1816

Skeleton of Death takes the arm of a Bishop with mitre and crozier, as distraught shepherds leave their sheep in the meadow

Skeleton of Death grabbing the hat of a Cardinal as he receives a Papal bull from a messenger in a vineyard

Skeleton of Death with an Emperor on his throne
Skeleton of Death resting his arm on the Emperor on his throne as he sits in judgment on a case

Adam and the skeleton of Death uprooting a tree
Condemnation to Labour: Adam and the skeleton of Death uprooting a tree, while Eve suckles a baby and holds a distaff

Frontispiece with skull, hourglass and sacred heart
Frontispiece of noble man and woman in 16th century Swiss costume standing beside an allegorical escutcheon with skull, helmet, Times hourglass, skeleton and sacred heart. Mortalium Nobilitas

Dusky dolphin and hourglass dolphin
Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus, and hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger

Wool comber using heated wool combs to pull a fine sliver of wool to be spun into yarn. Washed raw wool in a basket, and a clay comb-pot to heat the combs in the foreground

Cartoon, Old Father Time. 1860

Christmas card, Playing Time
Christmas card by Robert Dudley, Playing Time (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter playing with a blindfolded Old Father Time). (4 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Cover design, Christmas cards, Whirligig of Time
Cover design by Robert Dudley, Christmas cards, The Whirligig of Time. (1 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Carrie Moore (1883 - 1956), Australian singer and actress, as Peggy in The Dairymaids, at the Apollo Theatre, London. Date: 1906

Slightly Louche Girl in a Studio portrait pose in rather unusual boyish attire. Date: circa 1908

Fancy dress - Old Father Time
A man dressed up as Old Father Time with obligatory scythe and hour glass. Date: c.1920

Miss Camille Clifford - Belgian-born stage actress
Camille Clifford (1885-1971) - Belgian-born stage actress, the model for the Edwardian Gibson Girl drawn by Charles Dana Gibson, who married the Hon

House of Fools of Love by Francisco Quevedo. Illustration
Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas (1580-1645). Spanish writer. House of Fools of Love. Illustration. Printed in 1895. Private collection

Advert for Dickins - Jones corsets 1909
The Specialite Guninea corset, available from Dickins & Jones, is ideal for slight figures. It promises not to cause undue pressure to the respiratory organs. 1909

Old Father Time on a German New Year card
Old Father Time with hourglass, scythe and rose on a German New Year card dated 1 January 1815. Date: 1815

Violet Charteris, Lady Elcho
Lady Violet Catherine Manners, Lady Charteris, Lady Elcho (1888-1971), second daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, wife of Captain Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho. Date: July 1914

Old Father Time and New Year baby on a New Year card
Old Father Time, and the New Year baby jumping out of a box on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Old Father Time and The Times (Le Temps) Newspaper, as well as other time-keeping mechanisms including an hourglass and a sundial. Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of an hourglass. Date: circa 1890s

Cover design, Imperial Airways timetable, 1937-1938
Cover design, Imperial Airways winter services timetable, October 1937 to March 1938. 1937

Cheque from the Bank of Good Fortune, Prosperity Branch (postcard), paying the sum of 365 happy days on someones birthday. Date: circa 1890s

Old navigational instruments. Vintage telescope, compass, hourglass. 19th -20th centuries. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Two astronomers on a Christmas card
Two astronomers with their telescopes on a Christmas card by Ernest Griset, observing the moon and stars. Date: circa 1890s

John Carter (Elder)
JOHN CARTER the elder Puritan churchman of Bramford, Suffolk, depicted with inkwell and hourglass, in the process of being inspired by Heaven. Date: 1554 - 1635

John George Dodson / Vf71
JOHN GEORGE DODSON Statesman Date: -

Carrie Moore, Australian singer and actress, seen here as The Sandow Girl 1883 - 1956

Justine Yilve wrapped in a sheet
Justine Yilve (?) wearing a sheet in a decorative but not very practical fashion. She is admiring herself in a hand-held mirror. Date: 1904

Swiss costume of a knight with heraldic shield, 1510-1550

John More, clergyman and cartographer
John More (?-1592), Fellow of Christs College, Cambridge, minister of St Andrews Church, Norwich, and cartographer. He worked for many years on a map of Canaan, based on biblical research

Cartoon, The Indispensable Ally, WW1
Cartoon, The Indispensable Ally, showing the mythical figure of Old Father Time walking with his scythe in front of representative Allies on horseback during the First World War

Advert for J. Roussel swim suits for men & women 1936
Youthful lines come naturally with swim suits by J. Roussel in airollasta the new weave in pure wool and elastic. Date: 1936

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