Leon Trotsky / Iln 1920LEON TROTSKY or LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN Russian Communist leader in 1920, at the height of his popularity as the Peoples Commissar for War
Paddy Paws
John Keats / HampsteadJOHN KEATS English poet reading a book at Wentworth Place, Hampstead
Kayser Bondor Nylons advertisementElegant advert for Kayser Nylon stockings showing a woman raising a sumptuous cloak to reveal her shapely legs and the tops of her stockings
Kayser Bondor advertisementAdvert for Kayser Bondor nylon stockings featuring the fabulous legs of a lady, revealed under a fluttering skirt
Nude by David WrightErotic painting by David Wright, best known for his pin ups, showing a nude woman from an unusual angle, with her legs and bottom in the light, and her back in the shadows. Date: c.1948
Illustrations of a Sealyham terrier puppy by Cecil AldinIllustrations of a Sealyham terrier called Bunch, by Cecil Aldin. Seen here running away from his owners (left) and winding his lead round his masters legs (right). Date: 1932
Pin up in Pink by David WrightA lovely pin-up by David Wright featuring a blonde woman in a pink dress with a matching pink flower in her hair against a black background. c.1947
Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail barA flapper girl from the 1920s sitting at a cocktail bar on a high stool. She is slim, wears a slinky dress, and has a cigarette in a holder in her mouth. On the bar is her glass of champagne
Red-headed girl seated in a sheer red dress. Painting by David Wright reproduced in Men Only Magazine
LEGGY SECRETARY 1920 SA leggy secretary sits by her typewriter and takes a letter, revealing her suspender in the process
Stockings Advert. 1931Advertisement for Bembergs stockings, depicting a black cat curling itself around the legs of a woman
Mahatma Gandhi spinning at his wheelMahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, spinning at his wheel (Charakha) in 1931, demonstrating his strong work ethic
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity FairCaricature of the naturalist Charles Darwin in Vanity Fair Magazine, 1871
Douglas Bader - Flying Ace of WW2Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982) - Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War. A postcard produced for the (Royal)
Otter standing on hind legsAn otter (Lutra lutra) standing on hind legs on a riverbank. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Putting on lipstick - David WrightA smart blonde girls sitting in her boudoir applies some vivid red lipstick. Her red and black evening gown, awaits... Painting by David Wright
Paddling on BlackheathChildren roll up their trouser legs and go paddling in the ponds on Blackheath London
Streamline Fuselage by David Wright, showing a red-haired woman in pink and black polka dot lingerie, stockings and stilletos, stretching out her legs
WWII - Pin-up showing a lot of leg, accompanied by the caption: " This Front is quite active!" Date: 1943
David Wright woman in short black underslipElegant woman with red hair, wearing a short black, semi-transparent underslip. She is sitting on the edge of her dressing table, loosening her hair
Poster advertising Union Castle cruises for South Africa, East Africa and around the African coast
Battle of SalamisA Persian admiral, the bravest of the brothers of King Xerxes, is killed by the Greeks at the Battle of Salamis
Bathing Belle ParadeThree disgruntled beauty queens look particularly annoyed at a sassy woman in a red bikini holds a placard boasting that she can cook too!
Goligher EctoplasmKathleen exudes ectoplasm from between her legs; sometimes it would become sufficiently rigid to tilt a small table
Browned Off by David Wright, showing a model seated with her legs over a chair. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Three German SunloversOne-piece bathing costumes for men & women. His is striped, the ladys ones have V -necks & short legs. The lady in the sleeveless costume wears bathing shoes or espadrilles
Diagram of the bones of the right leg and hipDiagram of the bones of the right leg, showing the joint with the pelvis at the hip
Blighty magazine cover, Christmas 1945 - Happy New Year! 1945
The British Royal Family - King George VI and familyThe British Royal Family - King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth (late Queen Elizabeth II - pictured wearing an ATS hat) and Princess Margaret
Girl climbing tree, line of washing, Balham, SW LondonA girl climbs a tree under a line of washing in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Green lady by William BarribalFanciful painting by William Barribal, depicting a young woman in a bonnet and matching green dress walking across an artists palette as her skirt flutters upwards to reveal her stockings
American Gangster Jack Legs DiamondAmerican Gangster and Bootlegger Jack Legs Diamond (1897-1931). Date: circa 1928
Sir Douglas Bader playing golfGroup Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982), RAF pilot during the Second World War despite having lost both legs in a crash in 1931
Lord Brooke, later 6th Earl of WarwickLord Brooke (Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 1882-1928) who married Miss Elfrida Marjorie Eden on 29 April 1909 at St Margarets Church, Westminster
Helen Duncan showing ectoplasmUndated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan showing " ectoplasm" bunched around Duncans mouth and twisted into a tail between her legs. HPG/1/4/2 (iv)
Pin-Up in PetticoatPin-up girl lifts up her flounced petticoat revealing shapely legs & broderie anglaise edged knickers as she stands between a Christmas tree & a full-length mirror
Lady in pink underwear by BarribalPainting of a young woman with dark glossy hair, captured in the middle of getting ready. She sits in pink lingerie and stockings, having just brushed and tied a matching pink ribbon in her hair
Maurice and Eleonora at the Acacia, 1926The famous dancer Maurice Mouvet and Eleanora Ambrose, the daughter of a Kansas City oil millionaire, captured by Annie Fish giving an exhibition dance at the Acacia in Paris. Date: 1926
Caricature of Nellie Farren and Edward LedgerCaricature of Nellie Farren (1848-1904), English actress and singer, and Edward Ledger (18??-1921), editor of The Era theatrical newspaper
Common Raccoon - adult female, begging for food (Procyon lotor). Zoo in Ekaterinburg, Urals, Russia
Materialisation of Geordie, controlling spirit of Annie Fairlamb (later Mrs J B Mellon, 1850-1938). He was described as a tall Scotsman who had lived most of his life in Newcastle. Date: 19th century
Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1933Bear Brands newest expression in silken luxury. Dull lustred, gossamer thread and softest strength. 1933
Mutoscope postcard - Laden girl in a spot of botherHelp Wanted !! Humorous Mutoscope postcard featuring an attractive young lady in a spot of bother as her pet dog dashes off in the wrong direction (the lead causing a skirt mishap)
Pin-up by David Wright, circa late 1950s, showing a woman in a transparent black, negligee reclining on a bed, her shapely legs clad in black stockings. c.1958
David Wright woman in white evening dressElegant woman in a white evening dress, fixing her stocking near her dressing table. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
Poster, Don t be afraid of Soap and Water. Showing a little boy welcoming a humanised jug and a bar of soap. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century
