Likeness Collection

St Michael Archangel by Guido Reni Date: 1635

Jester in cap and bells
A jester, traditionally dressed in cap and bells, holding a stick with a jesters likeness, variously known as a jester stick, fools wand or ninny stick

Silhouette portrait of Paganini
Silhouette portrait of Niccolo Paganini (1782 - 1840), virtuoso Italian violinist, cut by August Edouart. Paganini considered this to be the only likeness taken of him that was not a caricature

Pussys Picture
A young girl shows her cat her likeness in a picture-book, but the cat shows little if any interest

Advertisement, Levi Strauss copper riveted overalls
Advertisement for Levi Strauss copper riveted overalls, featuring Levis Electric Rodeo -- the Talk of Treasure Island. The figures are all hand-carved likenesses of famous rodeo people in authentic

Vauxhall Gardens / 1833
C. H. Simpson, Master of Ceremonies, venerated with an illuminated likeness at Vauxhall Gardens

Jesus of Nazareth, religious leader of Jewish origin who preached Christianity

Portrait of a German maiden in late 16th century garb. She wears a lace ruff, a painted glass brooch with her own likeness, and holds a prayer book bound in painted parchment

Portrait Of Lady Lavery
A portrait painting of Hazel Lavery, a painter and second wife of artist John Lavery. She became a lady in 1918, during World War 1

Comic postcard, Vicar, woman, baby and lodger Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, New father with maternity nurse Date: 20th century

Front cover photo, Of Old Egypt and Modern Beauty
Front cover photo, Profile Parity -- Of Old Egypt and Modern Beauty -- Lady Kay Muir, Queen Nefertiti, and Madame Guepin. Date: 1930

Curtis British Entomology Plate 755
Lepidoptera: Drymonia dodonaea (Kitten Likeness, Marbled Brown) [Plant: Quercus robur (Oak)] Date: 1824-39

GROTTES DU LOUP
In Les Grottes du Loup (Grotto of the Wolf) ten minutes walk from the Basilica, is a cave, The Palace of the Madonna, where a stone seems to have been carved in her likeness Date: 1907

A Mother and daughter have a duo portrait photograph taken at the American Studio, Margate Kent. The Mother has selected the dainty Japanese parasol as her shoot prop ! Date: circa 1920s

Lands End, Cornwall - Dr Syntax rock - bearing a remarkable similarity to the profile of the comic character created by William Combe and the cartoonist Thomas Rowlandson in 1812. Date: circa 1907

Illustration to Morte d Arthur by Aubrey Beardsley
How a devil in womans likeness would have tempted Sir Bors, an illustration by Aubrey Beardsley to Malorys Le Morte d Arthur, published by J.M. Dent, 1893 - 1894. Date: 1893

King George V beside a portrait of the Czar, 1909
Photograph showing King George V (1865-1936) when Prince of Wales, standing beside a portrait of Czar Nicholas II of Russia (1894-1917) in 1909

William Kitchener, Beadl
WILLIAM KITCHENER, described as a conceited coxcomb, is beadle to Saffron Hill and other wards in Holborn, London, to whose householders he presents his likeness. Date: flourished circa 1730

Famous folk in wax in the Sketch
Black and white photographs of famous faces made into waxworks by M Pierre Imans to adorn big shops and stores in Paris to boost sales

Sir James Calthorpe, Gentleman
Sir James Calthorpe of Norfolk (1604-1652) -- Vera Effigies Jacobi Calthorpe de East Basham (ie Barsham) in Comitatu Norfolciae Armigeri

Old Bill lookalike
Mr Samuel Birkenshaw, of 123, Eldon Street, Oldham, the winner of an Old Bill lookalike competition run by The Bystander. Old Bill was the central cartoon character created by Captain Bruce

Close-up of mother and daughter
A close-up photo of mother and daughter

Mother and daughter sitting on a beach

Four people with collie dog
Four people (two men and two women) sitting on steps with a collie dog

The Royal Likeness - 3 / 3 - Queen Victoria
The Royal Likeness - 3/3 - Queen Victoria (1819-1901) - a remarkable fold-out card, which opened from an initial portrait of King George V to then show King Edward VII

The Royal Likeness - 2 / 3 - King Edward VII
The Royal Likeness - 2/3 - King Edward VII (1841-1910) - a remarkable fold-out card, which opened from an initial portrait of King George V to show Edward (here) and then finally Queen Victoria

The Royal Likeness - 1 / 3 - King George V
The Royal Likeness - 1/3 - King George V (1865-1936) - a remarkable fold-out card, which opens to revel King Edward VII and then Queen Victoria. Date: circa 1910s

The speaking likeness. Print showing a woman holding a frame in front of her daughters face, creating a living portrait. Date c1892

Silhouette portrait of George Studdy
An excellent likeness of George Studdy, artist and creator of Bonzo the cartoon dog by fellow artist and silhouettist, H. L. Oakley. Date: 1930

A Correct Likeness of Mr. H. Rockwells Horse Alexander, Bowery Amphitheatre, New York March 17th 1840 Date: March 17th 1840

Royal wedding 1919 - wedding gift
A bust of Princess Patricia of Connaught by sculptor Clare Sheridan, which she gave as a wedding gift to her husband Captain Alexander Ramsay

Royal Wedding 1934 - ILN Wedding Number
Front cover of the Illustrated London News Royal Wedding Number celebrating the marriage of Prince George, Duke of Kent to Princess Marina of Kent at Westminster Abbey on 29 November 1934

Portraits a la Mode - silhouette portrait taken
A French print showing a silhouette artist taking a portrait by means of shadow and shade. Date: c.1770

Gustavus Viscount Boyne
GUSTAVUS HAMILTON, 2nd viscount BOYNE, famous for having his likeness taken by Hogarth... Date: 1710 - 1746

Grottes Du Loup, Lourdes
In Les Grottes du Loup (Grotto of the Wolf) ten minutes walk from the Basilica, is a cave, The Palace of the Madonna, where a stone seems to have been carved in her likeness

Seal for Scotland 1656
Cromwells Great Seal for Scotland with his likeness on one side and Scotlands Saint Andrews Cross surmounted by his Paternal Arms on the other. From Simons Medals

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