Ladies Collection (#23)

ROMAN LADIES PARTY
Three Roman ladies partying, while servants play music and fill their beakers Date: circa 100 BC

Battledore and Shuttle
Two young ladies play, wearing their elegant toilettes de campagne (dress for the country) Date: 1830

Ladies at Piano 1851
Two fashionably dressed ladies at the keyboard Date: 1851

TYPING POOL, 1889
The Type-writing Office young ladies find respectable employment in the Victorian precursor of the typing pool Date: 1889

Margaret of Anjou
MARGARET OF ANJOU Queen of Henry VI of England, daughter of Rene, duc dAnjou. Accompanied by ladies of the court. Tapestry in St Marys Hall Coventry Date: 1430 - 1482

LADIES AT THE THEATRE
Ladies of fashion at the theatre. Date: 1796

QUEEN AND COURT LADIES
Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England, at prayer with ladies of her court Date: circa 1450

LADIES AND PHOTO ALBUM
Two ladies look at an album of family photographs Date: circa 1912

MARCHANDE DE MODES
A marchande de Modes in 18th century Paris Date: circa 1760

OFFERINGS TO CERES
Roman ladies deck a statue of Ceres with flowers

LONGCHAMP GARDENS C. 1805
Les ennuyees de Longchamp three bored ladies sit in the gardens at Longchamp, on the outskirts of Paris Date: circa 1805

ASKLEPIOS CONSULTED
A group of healthy-looking young ladies come to consult Asklepios in his private clinic Date: circa 300 BC

SHOPPING, BOND STREET
Fur-draped ladies shopping in Bond Street, Londons most fashionable shopping street Date: 1904

PICNIC / EGYPT / SCRIBNERS
A group of European ladies and gentlemen on a picnic among Egyptian ruins Date: 1892

PICNIC / QUARRY WOODS / 1881
A group of young ladies and gentlemen picnic at Quarry Woods Date: 1881

TOURNAMENT JUDGE / LADIES
Noblewomen attending a tournament in France Date: 15th Century

17th century Lacemakers
Two ladies making lace - the older woman instructing the younger. Date: 17th century

VERSAILLES / HAMEAU
The picturesque village created for Marie Antoinette so that she and the ladies of the court could play at being peasants Date: 1839

Bathing at Brighton
Ladies and babies paddle and splash in the sea at Brighton Date: 1836

Cartoon, The Mistletoe Bough (Leap Year)
Cartoon, The Mistletoe Bough -- Being Leap Year, the ladies take the initiative. Date: 1852

BEACH SCENE / PEDDIE
Ladies emerge from their bathing huts and bathe in the sea, while a man sits on the grass and watches. Date: early 20th century

WELL CARED FOR
Old ladies well cared for - more fortunate than some ! Date: 1886

Mill Toasts Ladies
JOHN STUART MILL English philosopher, reformer and politician, depicted as supporter of the rights of women Date: 1806 - 1873

Fashion: three women and car, French Riviera, 1931
Fashionable ladies arrive by car to the sea. Date: 1931

CAGLIOSTRO & LOTTERY CAGLIOSTRO & LOTTERY
Fashionable ladies call on Cagliostro hoping that he will help them win the Lottery Date: circa 1785

Ladies in their carriage in India 1860
Ladies in their carriage while their gentlemen admirers crowd round, from Curry and Rice (on Forty Plates) by Captain Geo. F. Atkinson. Date: 1860

Advert for Maypole Soap 1900s
Ladies in coloured shirts on a bicycle display the range of Maypole soap dyes Date: circa 1900

SOCIAL SCENES / C19 SLUMS
Visiting a slum home - two ladies and their manservant bring food to the hungry Date: circa 1830

BANQUET
Dinner-time in a noble chateau - the chatelaine dines with her ladies while her lord is away at the wars Date: 15th century

Royal Swimming Bath for Ladies, Brighton, Sussex 1861
View inside the Royal Swimming Bath for Ladies at Brighton, Sussex. The water, though fresh from the ocean, was kept by steam at the summer temperature of the sea. Date: 1861

Ladies bathing at Margate, Kent, are reproved by the local constabulary for unseemly behaviour. Date: 1871

Four student friends posing for a group photograph on the lawn of a suburban garden. circa 1910s

Two stylish ladies sat in deckchairs on the beach
A stylish jovial pair of ladies sat in deckchairs on the beach beneath a pretty oriental paper parasol. circa 1930s

Leading Ladies at Cambridge University. Date: 1925

A Freak of Fashion. Date: 1897

Miss Nellie Rennisons Swiss Ladies Orchestra, with a programme of music including pieces by Rossini, Nilssen and Sullivan. Also including four solo female singers. circa 1905

Loyal Order of Moose, Moose Temple, 8th and University Street, Seattle, Washington, USA Date: circa 1930

Name Postcard - Bessie. Date: circa 1907

Two Ladies in their summer dresses - it looks as if they are standing (possibly!) on an airport runway! Date: circa 1920s

Mrs Rosling at Bisley
Mrs Rosling, who scored 40 out of 42 with the revolver at Bisley in 1901. Quite the shot. Date: 1901

Private View at the New Gallery - Crush in the Central Hall
Private View Day at the New Gallery: The crush in the Central Hall. Date: 1893

Two elderly ladies in Nordlingen, Bavaria, German
Two elderly ladies in Nordlingen in the Donau-Ries district, in Swabia, Bavaria, German Date: 1988

Old ladies in Krakow park in winter, Poland
Poland - two old ladies in Krakow park in winter. One gestures and waves her handbag Date: 1988

Luzarches, in the Val-d Oise, Northern France
Two old ladies in Luzarches, in the Val-d Oise department of μe-de-France in northern France Date: 1994

Old ladies, Piece Hall, Yorkshire
Two old ladies sit on a bench in the Piece Hall, Halifax, Yorkshire. They wear smart winter coats and hats

Windsor Great Park
Dog walkers in an avenue of chestnut trees, Windsor Great Park. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Weighing Tea Leaves - Tea Plantation - Sri Lanka
Lady Madcap - " We are Little Ladies who are keen on shooting" - see 10088566 (for a portrait of Marie Studholme, the star of the show)

Fashion for large hats, roller skating and hobble skirts
Comic postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats during this period. Also this card encompasses the fashion for Hobble skirts and roller skating! Date: circa 1911

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