Kneels Collection (page 2)

SAINT GERTRUDE AND NUN
GERTRUDE DE NIVELLES A nun kneels before her, knowing that this will make her more perfect and more holy. Date: 626 - 659

CHILD PRAYS / MOTHER C1860
A boy kneels in prayer at his mothers knee. Date: circa 1860

SISTERS AT PRAYER
A young girl hears her even younger sister as she kneels to say her prayers Date: 1889

WHISPERING ANGEL
THE ANGELS WHISPER a friendly female winged angel kneels down beside an infant sleeping in its cot, and whispers encouraging words into its left ear Date: 1851

Gentleman on his knees professing his love to his beloved
Interesting reverse silhouette card from The Netherlands - this card set within an oval - shows a gentleman on his knees professing his love to his beloved, perhaps offering a proposal of marriage

Interior of a Hindu Temple, India with Priest and Devotee. Date: circa 1908

Algeria - A Young Ouled Bootblack. Date: circa 1907

The St. Louis Beef Canning Co. - Cooked Corn Beef - suitable for any dramatic raft-based sea survival situation... Date: circa 1870s

Russian soldiers attending open air service, WW1
A church service in the snow behind the firing line in the foothills of the Carpathians. Priests accompanied the Russian army and held services for the men whenever possible

Daniel in Egypt praying toward Jerusalem
Daniel Chapter 6, verse10: " And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God

Young boy flying a kite
A young boy in a yellow check shirt with shoulder patches flies a kite on a reel of twine whilst kneeling at the base of a low hill amongst the mushrooms below his cottage home

Blonde Pin-Up 1 / Colour
Fifties blonde bombshell, in a strapless accordian pleated chemise, kneels demurely on a chiffon sheet

Chimney Sweep & Brush
A chimney sweep kneels on the hearth and prepares to insert his brush up the chimney

WW1 - 96th Batt. Canadian Highlanders - Terrified Germans
WW1 - Humorous patriotic postcard in support of the 96th Battalion (Canadian Highlanders), an infantry battalion of the Great War Canadian Expeditionary Force

15th century English ladies
A noble lady receives a slightly less noble lady who kneels submissively : perhaps she is being ticked off for not wearing a pointed hat like the rest of them... Date: 15th century

Japan - Japanese tea ceremony Date: circa 1905

Japan - Geisha Girls kneels at her low writing table to finish a letter Date: circa 1904

Medieval Man Confesses
A man kneels beside a hooded monk to confess his sins inside a columned room

Three angels answer the prayers of the mysterious woman Date: circa 1890s

Cinderella Flyer for the Grand Theatre in Derby
Cinderella. The entire front page of a four page flyer for the Grand Theatre in Derby, Christmas 1937. " Oswald Cray presents the most glorious pantomime ever staged in Derby"

Mysterious woman reading her bible and praying
Mysterious woman kneeling and reading her bible Date: circa 1890s

Japanese women - Koto player and woman reading
Japan - Woman in a kimono playing a traditional 13-stringed Koto whilst another kneels by her reading/writing table. Both wear decorated silk kimonos. Date: circa 1907

Patricis Ellis - American Movie Actress
Patricia Ellis (1916-1970) - American Movie Actress. Date: circa 1935

Elephant piling Teak - Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s

Japanese women pray at a wayside Shrine. Date: circa 1905

Japan - Japanese woman O-Hana-San prepares for a bath Date: circa 1905

Japanese woman performing the tea ceremony - Japan Date: circa 1920s

Myanmar - Yangon - Two young women at morning Prayer. Date: circa 1910s

Japanese Geisha girl arranging flowers Date: circa 1908

Having a Cuppa
A little girl kneels on the garden lawn and steadies her baby sisters head as she helps her to have a drink from a tea cup. Date: 1950s

Female Type / Dressing
A pretty young woman kneels on a chair to get dressed, and is rather pleased with her new pearl necklace, a gift from an admirer. Date: 1914

Elias Di Cortona Kneels
ELIAS DI CORTONA Franciscan monk and ambassador Date: 1180 - 1253

Boy / Woodland Flowers
A boy kneels on a woodland path to take a closer look at some spring flowers Date: 1940s

Christian Hermit
A hermit kneels outside his cell, to read the Holy Word and contemplate Jesus on the Cross

South Africa - smiling Zulu girl kneeling in her doorway
South Africa - smiling Zulu girl kneeling in the doorway of her home. Date: 1931

Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
Promotional postcard for St. Joan by George Bernard Shaw (Garrick Theatre, New York, 28th December 1923). First produced in England at the New Theatre, 26th March 1924

Japan - Music Teacher playing a Shamisen (or Samisen). The alcove behind her is called the tokonoma and is the pride of the house Date: 1932

Portrait of Anna von Kronberg, who died at age two in 1549.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century

John Cabot receives charter from King Henry VII
John Cabot and his sons receive the charter from King Henry VII to sail in search of new lands. Date: 1496

Our Father which art in heaven by W. Holyoake, 1873
A charity child at prayer, described as wearing in the costume of the Bloomsbury Charity(possibly a reference to the clothing worn at the Foundling Hospital.) Date: 1873

Pavement artist 1930s
A pavement artist kneels by his work, drawn in chalk on the street. The central wording reads, light burdens long borne grow heavy

Swiss Wayside Shrine
A devout Swiss girl kneels before a wayside shrine at the foot of the Matterhorn, Switzerland. Date: early 1930s

Japan - Four Geisha pose for the photographer around a bench Date: circa 1905

Japan - Japanese Geisha prepare themselves in the morning
Japan - Japanese Geisha (two of whom are topless) prepare themselves in the morning for the day ahead. Date: circa 1903

Japanese Woman O-Koto-San and friend in the garden
Japanese Woman O-Koto-San and her friend in the garden Date: circa 1905

Japanese Woman O-Koto-San and maid at suppertime
Japanese Woman O-Koto-San talks to her maid while partaking of supper. Date: circa 1905

Japan - Geisha writing a letter Date: circa 1902

Japan - Japanese Geisha Girls posing with fans. Date: circa 1903

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