Legs Collection (#19)

A Ducks egg
Illustration by Raphael Kirchner taken from The Kirchner Album of twelve prints issued by The Sketch during World War I. Picture depicts a suspended egg

Sea Legs; Twixt Calais And Dover
Two ladies sat on board a ship travelling from Calais and Dover. The weather is stormy causing a rough, uncomfortable journey and causing a saucy exposure of beautiful leg

A countryside stream with an otter
A view of a countryside stream. An otter is set into the border framing the scene. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Young Victorian boy and pet dog
A golden-haired young lad with his pet dog sitting on a ornamental stone wall with one leg on his other knee. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

London Opinion 1932
A glamorous blonde woman with a Marcel wave hair style applies lipstick before going to a party in a multi-coloured dress which shows off her legs

Silk Worms / Vernon Ward
Two leggy girls sit on a country fence and observe with curiosity the activities of an entymologist looking at a caterpillar through a magnifying glass

Sheer Rep-Hose
The long legs of a seductive flapper girl spill over the edge of a comfortable chair into which she is sinking

Restored figure of the Iguanodon
The Iguanodon, a large herbivore, which could grow up to 10 metres. It had numerous teeth enabling it to chew vegetation. Its powerful hind legs were ideal for escaping predators

German Limbless Soldier
A German soldier who lost both legs and arms in World War I, seen woodworking after being fitted with artificial limbs. With around one million amputees worldwide following the First World War

Girl / Raincoat / Doorstep
A small girl in raincoat sits on a doorstep

Metal Monster Machine
THE METAL MONSTER by E K Jarvis. A massive metallic machine strides through the sea on four legs grabbing battleships in its clutches and firing a ray-gun

Chicago Stockyards 2
Sheep arriving at the Chicago stockyards to be converted into legs of mutton and lamb chops

The Stag Seeing Himself
THE STAG DRINKING aka SEEING HIS REFLECTION IN THE WATER A stag is impressed with his antlers, & bemoans his spindly legs, but these legs are useful for running from danger

Reading with Legs Up
A young woman in high heels lies on her front and reads with her legs in the air!

Dinner table scene
Engraving to illustrate a short story by Robert Buchanan, The Master of the Mine showing a family in a typical middle-class Victorian home around a dining table

Boston Seagull
A seagull rests one of its legs, Boston harbour

Ape Signalman
This signalman of Uitenhage, South Africa, lost both legs and an arm when run over by a train : he taught a baboon to operate the signals when he heard the train whistle

Blonde by Pond 1950S
A pretty short-haired blonde model, in a red gingham halter-neck sun-top & white shorts, sits with outstretched legs beside a modern style garden pond

FROG / 1857 (BUCKLAND)
A common frog

Coaching Inn Yard / 1812
An Inn yard after the arrival of a stagecoach. Luggage is adjusted, the horses refreshed and the passengers stretch their legs

Hippopotamus C1880S
A hippopotamus with its front legs in the river and its back legs still on the bank

1940 Aussie Beach Babe
A skirtless bathing costume composed of a transparent blue lace or net lined with a flesh-coloured jersey. Lightweight, its guaranteed not to hamper the swimmer

Bas Le Bourget Stockings
Concealed by a large armchair, the head, hands & stockinged legs of a dangerous looking blonde, can be glimpsed

Fifties Girl / Long Legs
Epitomising the 1950s sweater girl, this model poses wearing a red jumper, cinched at the waist with a belt, with lipstick to match

1950S Smiling Girl
A smiling model poses and shows off her legs wearing a sunray pleat skirt and chevron striped sleevelss top

Fifties Woman and Mirror
A young woman wearing a typical, strapless fifties dress gazes at her reflection in a hand mirror and checks her upswept hairdo

Lingerie 1933
A selection of slips, knickers with open French legs & lace trim & a full-length nightdress

Beggar / Owen Clancey
Owen Clancey. A noted London beggar, who it seems is not quite as bereft of the use of his legs as it may appear at first glance

BATHS
A selection of baths (with legs and free-standing)

WW1 / 1915 / ALLIES LEGS
With the Allies on their last legs, Germany - fresh and fit - awaits the final round of the fight (but this is May 1915, with more than three years to go !)

Citroen on Tour 1930
A Citroen en voyage pauses so that the passengers can get out and stretch their legs while admiring the view

Surgery Cures Handicap
SATIRE:RESULTS OF ETHER - surgery as a cure-all: crippled man reconstructed by skillful surgeon

Farmer Feeding Cats
A farmer or farm hand sits in a wicker basket and feeds two hungry cats, one of them begging on its hind legs! Note the hopeful dog on the right. Date: early 1930s

Female Type / Party Girl
A young flapper type at a party

Female Type / Bright Young
A bright young thing with a short haircut and cigarette

Electricity Experiment
French schoolboys illustrate how the human body can act as an electrical conductor, with the aid of an insulating stool, a small stool with glass legs

Cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of money
A cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of money after the First World War. The German man in the foreground is in rags, and has no trousers, but none of the other European powers is able to help

Showgirls showing their legs at an audition
A group of showgirls showing their legs at an audition. Shakespeare spells ruin, but legs mean dividends

Pantomime fairies flying across the stage, supported by wires from above

Joseph Haydn & Mozart
JOSEPH HAYDN Austrian musician and composer (left) with Mozart (right)

Nicole Maurey in Shorts
NICOLE MAUREY in high heels wears tiny tight checked shorts which reveal her shapely legs & a skin tight sweater to emphasize her charms

Richardson / Chamberlin
SAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist and printer

Stevenson / Father Thomas
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writers father Thomas Stevenson

Sir James Clark / Hills&s
Sir James Clark Medical

Churchill / Randolph / Fly
British MP Lord Randolph Spencer Churchill as a pesky insect which bites at night, but no-one feels its sting, and which is " all hum"

Charles Buller / 1844 Drg
CHARLES BULLER Statesman, at the age of 38

Acrobats in a Group / 1860
5 acrobats, 3 of them boys, pose with legs crossed, with their ?manager. Their costume consists of decorative shorts & leotards with soft lace-up boots or pumps

Horace Walpole / Harding
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE 4TH EARL OF ORFORD English man of letters at his home, Strawberry Hill

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