Ladys Collection

Dressing Fante Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, Africa
Dressing a Fanti (Fante) Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, West Africa (modern Ghana). Date: circa 1910s

The Improved Ladys Own Sewing Machine by Leigh & Crawford, Brooke Street, Holborn, London EC. 19th century

The Chapel of Mercy, Kevelaer, Germany
Kevelaer, a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The most-visited Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe, with more than 800

Ladys purse varieties, Calceolaria arachnoidea (Calceolaria arachnoideo-crenatiflora). Drawn and chromolithographed by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1888

Ladys purse or slipper flower, Calceolaria varieties. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

A model wearing a loose blouse with a ruffle. Date: 1920s

Art deco advert for Viyella knitting yarn, a silhouette of a lady's hands knitting. Date: 1931

Dubarry Creme Shalimar Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Dubarry et Cie, London based perfumers. The image promotes Creme Shalimar, a product for beautifying the hands and softening the skin

Crocheted Bicycle Cap Date: 1879

Crocheted Deerstalker and Scotch Bonnet Date: 1879

Nyal's Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Nyal's, producers of cosmetics, it is promoting their face cream. Enhances my lady's charm, imparting girlish youth & transparent beauty

New Paper the Daily Mirror 1903
A scene at 3 a.m. outside the Daily Mirror office. Where proprietors of the Daily Mail issued the first penny paper for gentlewomen for which the demand was unprecedented. Date: November 1903

House where Lord Byron died, Missolonghi, Greece
House where Lord Byron died, in Missolonghi, Greece, in 1824. 1850

Architect's design, entrance to Highgate Cemetery, London
Architect's design (B Ferrey), proposed entrance to Highgate Cemetery, North London, with floorplan below, engraved for The Lady's Magazine. Date: 1830

Helene Dutrieu
Hlne Dutrieu (1877 - 1961), Belgian world champion cyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, cyclist and motorcyclist and pioneer aviator

Different varieties of carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus. Superba alba, corolla purpurea rubra, Superba maior floralba, Armeria alba et rubra multiplex, Armeria altera multis floribus ornata, etc

Ladys slipper orchid, Paphiopedilum insigne (Cypripedium insigne). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne

Aerides lawrenceae orchid. Endangered. Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Super-smart chic 1930s British holidaymakers
A super-smart chic 1930s British couple take a walk along the seafront of a coastal resort along with the young ladys parents, the Mother wearing a quite remarkable print dress

Ladys legs, Tropaeolum pentaphyllum (Five-leaved chymocarpus, Chymocarpus pentaphyllus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Frederick W. Smith after S

Showy ladys slipper orchid, Cypripedium reginae (Cypripedium spectabile). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The

Meadow ladies smock, Cardamine pratensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Ladys bedstraw, Galium verum, and cleavers, Galium aparine. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Ladys eardrops, Fuchsia magellanica (Fuchsia macrostema). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Princess of Conde, mother to the Great Conde, 1593-1650. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Edward Hargrave from The Ladys Magazine

Clara de Hautefort, daughter of Duc d Hauterfort, 1616-1691
Clara de Hautefort, daughter of Duc d Hauterfort and wife to Marechal Schomberg, 1616-1691. Favorite of King Louis XV. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Edward Hargrave from The Ladys Magazine

Marguerite, Duchesse de Joyeuse, wife of Anne de Joyeuse, sister to Louise de Lorraine, Queen of France, 1564-1625. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Edward Hargrave from The Ladys Magazine

Ermengarde, Princess Plantagenet, 1082-1147
Ermengarde, Princess Plantagenet, daughter of Fulk IV, le Rechin, and the witch countess Hildegarde of Beaugency, 1082-1147

Catherine de Medicis, queen of Henry II of France, 1519-1589. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Edward Hargrave from The Ladys Magazine and Museum of the Belles Lettres, Fine Arts, Drama

Purple foxglove or ladys glove, Digitalis purpurea, Digitale pourpree. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Cuckooflower, Cardamine pratensis, Cardamine des pres. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

The noble Ladys Slipper, Resemblance
The noble Ladys Slipper, Cypripedium reginae, Resemblance. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora

Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, and ladys smock
Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, Didynamia, 1, 2, and ladys smock, Cardamine pratensis, Tetradynamia, 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Chinese knotweed, Persicaria species
Persicaire de la Chine a feuilles de Chiendent. Chinese knotweed, Persicaria species. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et

White-flowered ladys nightcap, Bonamia species
La Bonamy a fleurs blanches. White-flowered ladys nightcap, Bonamia species. Named for the French physician and botanist Francois Bonamy

Yellow-flowered ladys nightcap, Bonamia species
La Bonamy a fleurs jaunes. Yellow-flowered ladys nightcap, Bonamia species. Named for the French physician and botanist Francois Bonamy

Irapeaos cypripedium orchid, Cypripedium irapeanum
Irapeaos cypripedium orchid, Irapean ladys slipper or pelican flower, Cypripedium irapeanum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake

Venus slipper, Paphiopedilum barbatum (Bearded ladys slipper, Cypripedium barbatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards

Large-flowered cypripedium orchid, Cypripedium macranthos
Large-flowered cypripedium or large-flowered ladys slipper orchid, Cypripedium macranthos. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by M

Nodding onion, Allium cernuum
Nodding onion, ladys leek or bowed-umbelled garlic, Allium cernuum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis Botanical

Page of Victorian adverts 1897
A variety of advertisements in The Illustrated London News, dated May 1897. Date: May 1897

Grace Lane with fan
Edwardian actress Miss Grace Lane in C18th costume for an unspecified part holds a lace folding fan - this item being an essential part of a ladys toilet during this period. Date: circa 1905

18THC FRNC / TOILETTE
A French ladys toilette is attended to Date: 18th century

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

MAID WASHES LADYS FEET
A maid dries her mistresss feet after washing them

CARDAMINE PRATENSIS
LADYS SMOCK, or CUCKOO FLOWER, or MEADOW CRESS Date: early 20th century

LACING UP A LADY
A ladys maid laces up her mistress who ought to be taking LES SELS CLARKS in her bath to reduce her obesity Date: 1924

LACING UP
A young lady is laced into her ball gown by her maid while mama watches approvingly Date: circa 1860

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