Lower Collection (page 21)

C17 Sand Glass
The SAND GLASS, also known as CLEPSAMMIA, measures time by how long sand takes to filter from the upper bulb into the lower; different apertures measure different periods

Egyptian Clepsydra
The CLEPSYDRA, used throughout the Near/Middle East in ancient times, measures time by how long it takes the upper bowl to fill the lower one

Costume / A Florent 1902
S-bend ladies wear gowns with trained gored skirts, braid trim & sleeves with fullness at the lower arm. Also an open bodice, turned back cuffs, lace yoke & belts

Ship on Lower Thames
The Lower Thames

Building French Ship 8
Careening a corvette : she is laid on her side so that the accumulation of marine rubbish which has gathered on her keel and lower hull can be burned off

Brazil / Amazon C1890
Tropical forest lines the banks of the lower Amazon, Brazil

Girl Hides Behind a Fan
A shy young woman hides her mouth and lower face behind a fan which is ornamented with a design incorporating foliage, berries & flowers. Date: 1880s

GORKY, LOWER DEPTHS
A scene from the 1902 production of Maxim Gorkys classic play of working class life, THE LOWER DEPTHS, performed by the Moscow Arts Theatre

Henry I of Brabant
HENRY I DUKE OF BRABRANT (formerly Henry IV Duke of Lower Lorraine). Known as The Warrior. Took the title Duke of Brabant in 1190

Chariot Race
Depiction of a chariot race, with putti taking part in the upper panel, and a curious monster making his appearance at lower right

Spinning, Austria
A Rockensitz - literally, a distaff session - among peasant women in lower Austria; the old lady tells stories as she spins, the young ones listen

Jerusalem / Plan 1C Ad
Plan of the city in biblical times : the City of David upper left, Solomons Temple lower centre, the site of Jesuss crucifixion upper centre

Haymarket, St Petersburg
The Hay market, St Petersburg - where many things are on sale, except hay : the lady lower right may have passed out with the excitement, but is more probably drunk

Lifting Water 1690
Device for raising water : the lower end of the tube is submerged, so when the string of discs is pulled through it by turning the handle, they bring water with them

French Mental Patients 2
Three of Voisins patients at the Salpetriere, classed by him as lypemaniaque (term not in any dictionary !) The lower pictures show Mme Ball... before & after treatment

Man Overboard
Having fallen off his ship, this man is jolly pleased that his shipmates were able to lower a boat and come to his rescue

Dance of Zulus, 1840
The sina dance of the Amazoulous, watched by Delelorgue (lower right)

Jean Jaures, Speaking
JEAN JAURES depicted singing the revolutionary song La carmagnole, which contains the words Tous les bourgeois on les pendra ! (we shall hang every bourgeois)

Manhattan Skyline
Lower Manhattan seen from Governors Island

Mongoose (Bewick)
The lower creature is the lemur mongooz : the upper the TAILLESS MACAUCO - lemur tardigradus - who spends its life envying the mongoose its tail : both live in India

Japanese Types
Officer of the Taikoon in civil costume - mendicant bonze - superior bonze - military - women - soldier - man of the lower classes - fish market coolie - pilgrim

Egyptian Veils - 2
Egyptian women and children of the lower classes : the women are veiled, the children are not

LA Salle in America
RENE-ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE French explorer; claiming the Lower Mississippi valley for Louis XIV as Louisiana, 1682

Wells / in the Abyss
IN THE ABYSS Divers encounter weird creatures in the lower depths of the ocean

C16 Rhineland Ware
Drinking and drink vessels from the lower Rhineland - though heavy and lumpish in the German manner, they have a confident assertiveness all their own

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