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

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. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by

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

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. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by William Nelson Gardiner after an illustration by Princess Elizabeth from Thomas Parks Cupid Turned

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a child walking with her mother in a garden. Death and Infancy. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus Antonio Van

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. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein

Skeleton of Death pulling the hair of a Merchant as he counts his money and examines his goods on the dock. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans

Skeleton of Death adorning a Countess with a necklace of bones even as she is preoccupied with a new gown from her maid. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of

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. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans

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. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein

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. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death

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. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris

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

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

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

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

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

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