Legged Collection

Mahatma Gandhi spinning at his wheel
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, spinning at his wheel (Charakha) in 1931, demonstrating his strong work ethic

Woman & Aspidistra Photo
A woman in an enormous hat festooned with plumes & fabric sits in the garden outside her door. She rests her arm upon a small, 3 legged table on which stands an aspidistra in a pot

Female Centaur & Harp
A centauress gallops with a harp in one hand, a two-legged friend in the other, with whom she is making music

Advert for Jaeger womens trouser suit 1938
Stylish & comfortable wide- legged trouser-suit worn with a red scarf & sandals. 1938

French Tailors C18Th
An elegant Frenchman has a fitting for a new coat. A tailor, down on one knee, makes some adjustments. Another, sewing buttons, sits cross legged on a bench

Mark Sykes / Vfair 1912
SIR MARK SYKES 6th BARONET SYKES English diplomat and writer of travel books Date: 1879 - 1919

Tunisia - Arab School
An Arab School in Tunisia. All of the students have removed their shoes and sit either side of their teacher with their writing tablets

Pirate Long John Silver with his parrot on his shoulder
Long John Silver with his parrot on his shoulder Date: First published: 1883

Progressive Bridge playing cards scorecard, Joker holding the Aces

Three-legged race at Gyantse, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904

Natives Of Tahiti
A group portrait engraving of four natives of Tahiti, in French Polynesia, sitting cross legged, one seems to be using an upturned cooking vessel as a drum. Date: circa 1901

John Tresahar in A Trip to Chinatown
John Tresahar, actor and playwright, in A Trip to Chinatown Date: 1890s

Turkish Musicians at Principio, Buyukada, Turkey
Turkish Musicians at Principio, Buyukada island, Turkey Date: 1829

Fashionable women in the gardens of the Tuileries, 1799
Two fashionable women in the gardens of the Tuileries, Jardins des Tuileries, Paris, Year VII, 1799. In low-cut, high-waisted robes tied with ribbons, bonnets, holding fans

Eddie Gifford the one-legged cyclist at the London HIppodrom
Eddie Gifford, the one-legged cyclist in a photograph demonstrating his death-defying leap on a bicycle from an elevated platform on the roof of the Hippodrome

Leachs spider crab, Inachus phalangium (slender legged crab, Cancer phalangium). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Red legged falcon, Erythropus vespertinus (orange legged hobby, Falco rufipes). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Marjorie Craigie, tapestry artist -- an exhibition of her work had just opened at the Bloomsbury Gallery, London. Working in silk and wool, she was influenced by the style of Picasso. Date: 1930

One-legged sweeper at Chancery-Lane, London circa 1850s

Street Trade seller - toys
William Liston from Glasgow, served under the Duke of York in Holland, where on the 6th of October 1799, he lost his right arm and left leg and his place in the army

Anglo-Saxon with a forked beard wears a green mantle fastened with a long brooch, a roc or super-tunic with a gold border over a short tunic with side vents & an ornate border. Date: 8th century

THREE-LEGGED RACE
A three-legged race - demanding perfect co- ordination between the paired runners, which two of our contestants evidently did not achieve ! Date: circa 1900

17th century Slipper Maker
A shoemaker sits cross-legged as he stitches a slipper. Date: 17th century

Sinbad and Giant
The one-eyed, big-eared, hairy-legged, short-necked, tusk-toothed giant encountered, somewhat to their dismay, by Sinbad and his companions

Street trader, selling mouse traps
Street trader with a wooden leg selling mouse traps. Date: circa 19th century

Hindu men at mealtime, India
Hindu men at mealtime, served by their womenfolk who are not permitted to eat with them. Date: 1846

An elderly man wearing a grey cloth cap - Palma Mallorca
An elderly man wearing a grey cloth cap sits on a park bench in Palma Mallorca, Spain. He read an open newspaper. He is dressed in smart casual clothes Date: 2006

Diamond polishing, Jaipur, India
A man squats on the floor by the window of his Jaipur workshop and polishes diamonds with a hand powered cutting machine Date: 1987

Anti-German cartoon, Made in Germany, WW1
Made in Germany, an anti-German First World War cartoon, showing a long-legged Kaiser Wilhelm II running from France to Germany with a flask of wine

Gloria Vanderbilt and Mrs Benjamin Thaw
Gloria Vanderbilt and her sister Mrs Benjamin Thaw (Consuelo Vanderbilt) sisters of Thelma, Lady Furness pictured dressed fashionably in wide legged palazzo pants

Indian boy sitting on Victoria Regia water lily leaf
An Indian boy in Madras sitting on a Victoria Regia giant tropical water lily leaf, demonstrating its great strength. The leaf has taken on some water, but is staying afloat. Date: July 1914

Lichfield Street Workhouse, Birmingham
A view of Birmingham parish workhouse, erected in 1734 between Lichfield Street and Steelhouse Lane, where Coleridge Passage now stands

Prempeh I - son of the late King of Ashanti
Otumfuo Nana Prempeh I (1870-1931), (Kwaku Dua III Asamu) - an Asantehene ruler of the Oyoko Abohyen Dynasty of the Akan state of Ashanti. circa 1910s

A Sadhu smoking a remarkable pipe, India
A Sadhu (Indian ascetic holy man) smoking a remarkable curvy pipe

India - A Brahmin worshipping
A Brahmin worshipping in India. He is sitting cross-legged making an offering at a low table

Henryk Wieniawski
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI Polish violinist and composer - toured widely as a virtuoso - professor of the St Petersburg Conservatory and the Brussels Conservatory

Colonial tea party with guitarist and servant
Colonial tea party for three privileged people with guitarist and servant, probably somewhere in India or Africa. Date: circa 1920

Men and young boys sitting on the beach in Oman
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Omani men and boys sitting cross legged- backs to camera on the beach wearing traditional clothes. Date: 1977

Sun Suits 1931
Three holiday outfits for making the most of the sun in 1931. Top is a Jack Tar model in scarlet and white with a matching cap

Spectators at Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients watching the Three-legged Race for hospital staff at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Multi-Limbed Child / 1560
A freak birth with four arms and four legs. Date: 1560

Mulay Al-Hassan / Morocco
MULAY AL-HASSAN Emperor of Morocco Date: -

Racial / Persian Woman
A Persian woman in her home Date: 1909

Shaftesbury Home, Bisley - Farm School Tailors Shop
Shaftesbury Home, Bisley - boys sit cross legged or at sewing machines in the Farm School tailors shop. Date: 1890s

Pyjama suit with wide brimmed hat, 1931
An elegant pyjama suit, a new fashion phenomenon in the early 1930s, featuring wide legged trousers, an easy jacket over a vest top, finished with a wide brimmed sun hat. Date: 1931

Beach pyjamas, 1931
A beach pyjama outfit, a new fashion phenomenon in the early 1930s to be worn at leisure or on holiday. The outfit comprised of wide legged trousers in easy flowing fabric such as jersey

Fur trimmed pyjama suit, 1931
A flamboyant pyjamas suit for the evening with the wide legged trousers trimmed with repetitive lines of fur down to the hem. Date: 1931

Nautical style beach pyjamas, 1931
Beach pyjamas, a new fashion phenomenon in 1931 consisting of wide-legged pants worn with a matching or complementing top (vest, halter neck or bolero)

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